By Hand

March 25, 2019

Could you imagine building a church or a house with no electric tools? Each week, we have a crew of about 12 men who are laboring away at the construction of Faith Bible Church . . . by hand. By hand they have: made over 1000 hollow blocks; dug 22 “holes” for the footing of […]

March 2019

March 25, 2019

As I was trying to think of how to communicate how life has been for us, I came across this picture and thought it described it quite accurately. Both Eric and I have felt exhausted and drained from the steady week after week putting in the hours of language study. Sometimes it seems to be […]

Let the Games Begin …

March 23, 2019

Our sister school from Jackson, MI came over recently to compete in the bi-annual sports competition that happens between our two schools. For the Spring competition event there is soccer, ultimate frisbee, basketball, and volleyball. Although the school population doubles at that time, and it takes a while to get through the meal line, it […]

Abi is Here!!

March 22, 2019

Just a quick note to let you know about some long-standing prayers that have been answered. Abishai Kip Burns was born on February 19! Abi (for short – to pronounce think “Bobby” without the “B”) was born at 6:31 PM weighing in at 9 pounds, 7.3 ounces and 21 inches long. He was a big […]

March News!

March 20, 2019

Here are the highlights of our ministry so far in 2019. Women’s Tuesday night Bible study The women’s weekly Bible study has been going on for nearly ten years. For most of that time it has been Judy teaching the women every Tuesday night. However, the goal has always been to hand this over to […]

An awesome sad Sunday

March 19, 2019

There has been so much going on in our neck of the woods in the past few weeks that we thought it was time to show you what we’ve been up to. First of all, when we flew back to the tribe in February, Jason and Tami Hughes and their three kids came with us! […]

Commentary of Romans in Loron

March 19, 2019

We had an encouraging couple of months in our village in Ivory Coast. We have now returned to Northern Ireland. Since coming home we have worked on making the final adjustments to the new commentary on the book of Romans in the Loron language. It’s called Nyelye a Nanpɩkɛ a gʋʋn – The Righteousness of […]

March On!

March 19, 2019

March is upon us, and I read through Psalm 118 this morning. I am reminded to keep on “marching!” Whatever we experience, God’s mercy endures forever! His grace and power are great. And His mercy endures forever! We often find ourselves thinking, “How would I ever make it without the LORD!” Many thousands of people […]

March 2019 Simbari Update

March 18, 2019

New Sunday School Building Last month we were able to fly out to the village with some visitors and spend a few hours on the ground showing them around and sharing with them about the Simbari ministry. While we were walking around the village we came to the church and were excited to see the […]

News

March 18, 2019

Alberto is traveling during the first two weeks of March with Eliodoro, one of the Guahibo tribal church leaders. Despite his serious health problems, Alberto decided to make this trip because it’s so crucial at this moment for the advancement of the ministry in that area of the country and for discipling José and Eliodoro. […]