Almost Moving Day!
Goodbye Missouri & Hello Tennessee, Baby & MPD
So much is changing and we want to keep you up to date.
A Life Changing Retreat (September Update)
A life changing retreat in Colorado In our last update we informed you we’d be leaving on a week-long marriage retreat in Colorado at the end of September. This retreat is designed to help pastors and missionaries learn to balance the demands of life, family and ministry while rekindling passion for Christ and His church. […]
Bible Translation Training and Checking
Three members of the Loron Bible translation team, Samuel, Donald and Joel, are currently attending a two-week Bible translation workshop in Burkina Faso. They are doing in-depth studies into the meaning of numerous key terms that are used in translation; words such as angel, hope, righteousness and grace. They are also discussing the various tasks […]
Build Trip 2: Day 6
Well, the days of our big blue plastic houses sticking out like a sore thumb are coming to an end. The Kovol people are helping us blend in a little better with… bamboo camouflage The bush house surveys its surroundings from its hiding spot Now this is no small undertaking! The local area doesn’t currently […]
2019 Second Half Round Up
Wow, this year has just flown by! We are back in Northern Ireland for a few weeks, so we can now catch our breath a little and bring you up to date with what’s been going on over the past few months. Our daughter, Laura, and her husband Andrew, and their children, Seth, Caleb and […]
Build Trip 2: Day 2
We are back in the bush and ready for action! and buy action I mean more milling, there’s nothing like settling in to a 45 minute cut to really get the blood pumping! Our newcomer this trip is John Michael… John Michael is in the back wearing the “I *heart* witches shirt He seems to […]
We Made It!
Editor’s Note: we had this blog ready to publish at midday on Thanksgiving, but our internet connection went down for 24 hours. Just one more adjustment in the mountain missionary lifestyle! On Friday November 15th, our family sleepily crawled into a fully loaded pickup truck and put Mazatlán in the rearview mirror. We drove two […]
Thanksgiving Letters
Thanksgiving may be one of my favorite holidays. The weather makes it fun to be outside, and afterwards when you cold you and cozy up next to a fire. The colors have changed in the trees and plants and animals are starting migrate and prepare for winter. And to me it’s such a comforting Time […]
Mexico Trip Update
Words can’t express the how honored I was to be able to go on this trip and witness the Tepehuan people receiving the New Testament in their heart language. In Genesis 1:1-2 the earth was formless, void and in darkness…then God speaks birthing life and light. The Word of God is what brings life. We […]
No Comparison
Translating Psalms is exciting, and convicting, and encouraging. How about what David says in Psalm 40:5, "Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which you have done and your thoughts towards us; there is none to compare with you. If I would declare and speak of them, they would be too numerous to count." […]