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The Glessner Globe – October 2021

The Glessner Globe – October 2021

“At 300 feet above the touchdown zone we passed our safe abort point.  Because the terrain at the end of the airstrip rose so steeply, we no longer had the option to go around and were committed to landing. Just then, my heart skipped a beat as . . .” Follow the link below to […]
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The Blessing of Brokenness

The Blessing of Brokenness

Thankful that despite the helicopter being broken at the moment, it still was able to be a blessing, providing life sustaining support.
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Hinds Feet on High Places

Hinds Feet on High Places

Bible Verses Habakkuk 1:11b (Babylon) “They are deeply guilty, for their strength is their God.” Habakkuk 2:4 “Look at the proud! They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked. But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God. Habakkuk 2:18-19 What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that […]
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Always Learning

Always Learning

We’ve been back in country for 2 and a half months now and have gotten settled into our roles again. We’re working with a mostly new group of people studying language, but our jobs are largely the same. I help as a language consultant, handle some financial things for our area and other various things […]
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Building a Godly Heritage

Building a Godly Heritage

Bible Verses 2 Kings 23:22-24 There had never been a Passover celebration like that since the day when the judges ruled in Israel, nor throughout all the years of the kings of Israel and Judah. But in the 18th year of Josiah’s reign this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem. Josiah also got […]
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Love of Ice and Legal Fireworks

Love of Ice and Legal Fireworks

I’m at a child safety training. There is some automatic camaraderie with others at such conferences as we are all in missions and/or education with similar goals. This training is a small group of only twenty, but I wasn’t quite sure who my people were until a fellow attendee declared, “You know what I love […]
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Influencer to Pursue God

Influencer to Pursue God

Bible Verses 2 Chron 34:3 Josiah was 8 years old when he began to reign… During the 8th year of Josaih’s reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the 12th year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the […]
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Thankful to be in the Philippines

Thankful to be in the Philippines

We are thankful to be back serving in the Philippines, and we are thankful for all of you who pray and give financially which enables us to be here. There was a recent international article that stated that the Philippines is the worst place in the world to live during the Pandemic, but we are […]
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God’s Fragile Lantern

God’s Fragile Lantern

Bible Verses 2 Chron 33:12-13 (after being taken prisoner by Assyria) Manasseh sought the Lord and sincerely humbled himself… and when he prayed, the Lord listened to him and was moved by his request. So the Lord brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem. Then Manasseh finally realized that the Lord ALONE is God! Ps 75:1 We […]
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God Works Long Distance

God Works Long Distance

Africa (w/out the Trip) If you’ve been following our recent saga, you know we weren’t able to actually go to Africa as planned. So we can’t call this an Africa Ministry Trip. But Bill was still able to do the ministry part. He pre-recorded his main introductory two-hour session last Sunday, once his cough was […]
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