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“You’re going where?”

“You’re going where?”

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! We are making preparations to celebrate Christmas with Megan’s parents here in Colorado. Chuck’s schedule as a medical provider has always required that he work a certain number of holidays; this year he will work Christmas Eve and be home with us on Christmas Day! We are thankful […]
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Why is Christmas important?

Why is Christmas important?

The real story that we celebrate at Christmas time requires the whole Bible to tell. It’s the story that we’ve spent most of our life being a part of helping others tell… I’d love to write that it’s a short, simple, everybody’s-happy at the end kind of read. It isn’t. But you should still read […]
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Getting ready for Christmas … some year

Getting ready for Christmas … some year

Happy December!  Are you enjoying this advent season, getting ready to celebrate the birth of the Savior?   Here in Senegal, as I work with colleagues in discourse analysis, we have been getting ready to celebrate.  It’s been fun to be around for the putting up for Christmas trees, decorations, drinking of hot chocolate (and […]
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Refreshed Focus

Refreshed Focus

We are already nearly five months into our one-year ministry Home Assignment! One of my (Tom’s) personal goals for Home Assignment is to seek clarity from the Lord about our ministry engagement when we return to Mexico. We have shared before that we were spread too thin, and we would love to return with a […]
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Merry Christmas from our new home!

Merry Christmas from our new home!

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. . . ” John 1:14  Or as C. S. Lewis put it in Mere Christianity, “The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.”  We are so thankful we get to play a small part in bringing this good news […]
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Walter’s Eye and Christmas

Walter’s Eye and Christmas

Thank you all for your prayers! The gas in my (Walter’s) eye lasted for 11.5 weeks which made teaching difficult and driving impossible, but it kept getting smaller and smaller as the doctor predicted. It is now completely gone and my vision is back to normal and I can do everything again–Cheryl is thankful that […]
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Sweet Celebrations

Sweet Celebrations

This past week began with the believers of Faith Bible Church celebrating their fifth anniversary in their new building.  They planned and led the service with singing, preaching, and eating.  We are so proud of the believers and excited to see them do this on their own.  The theme they chose for the celebration came […]
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GO Team and Grandkids

GO Team and Grandkids

Shari’s South Asia GO Trip What an encouraging trip it was for our GO team. We are thankful to the Lord for the opportunity to be a blessing to friends from our local fellowship who have lived and served the Lord faithfully in South Asia for many years. The day after our team arrived, we […]
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