Author: Benjamin and Missy

Push Back

Push Back

Thank you for praying for us since we wrote a week ago. We flew back into the village on Monday and were warmly greeted by our friends here. After sweeping up the dirt and grime, and the graveyard of critters that visited the Roach Motel while we were gone, we had a good night’s sleep […]
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Gospel Day In Amdu: Launching

Gospel Day In Amdu: Launching

“Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.” Luke 24:27 This is one of my favorite stories in the life of Christ. If you haven’t read this story recently take a few minutes to read it again. The things that transpired […]
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Resolved

Resolved

Since our last update we’ve celebrated three birthdays, our Amdu Anniversary, Thanksgiving, Christmas and the hailing in of a new year. Even here in the village away from the hubbub of the holidays we still found ourselves very busy. But it was a good busy and if anything it has made us more focused on […]
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Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones

We are so encouraged with how God has kept Chris and Evie Jones in the race for the Gospel to the Pei people!
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“We were dancing!!”

“We were dancing!!”

Our pilot flew a long, slow loop above the village we have called our second home away from home. We weren’t sure what condition the grass landing strip might be in so we all peered down to investigate. We could see so much more than just the landing strip from our bird’s eye view. We […]
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Heavy Legs

Heavy Legs

Amdu friends of ours left the village one day on a long journey only to return later the same afternoon despite their intentions to be gone for two weeks. They said their legs got heavy and so they came home. In the Amdu universe when a person goes on a journey and their legs get […]
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Diamonds In The Rough

Diamonds In The Rough

An important principle in disciple making is to find the hungry hearts and feed them (2 Timothy 2:2.)  This was Paul’s admonition to the hungry hearted Timothy (Acts 16:1, 2) as he handed the ministry baton to his spiritual son.  The context for this treasure hunt, though, is a larger group of witnesses.  Paul ministered […]
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The Faithful Fourteen

The Faithful Fourteen

I have been trying to remember where I read a story about Abraham Lincoln who, for the love of reading, walked miles to borrow a book from a distant neighbor (in the snow no doubt) and had it read by the time he returned home. There were few obstacles that could keep him from satisfying […]
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