Gratefulness Report!

All the preparations are coming to an end and it’s about time to embark on our long trip. We will be working in 3 countries (Senegal, Burkina Faso and the Philippines) on 8 languages. And the route takes us completely around the world! But what excites our hearts and motivates us is that God will […]

Answers to prayer

July 5, 2016

Greeting! We trust this finds you doing well and encouraged in the Lord. A week ago today we arrived in Portland and spent our 15 hour layover visiting Lance’s cousin. It had been 10 years since we saw her last. She’s going to be 78 this year but certainly doesn’t look it. We had some […]

Back in the Swing of Things

June 27, 2016

Last week we asked you to pray that we would have a good adjustment back to village life and we have. In fact, we have been able to experience a lot of the various facets of life here in less than a week. We have held a couple brand new babies, participated in a funeral […]

Landslide and Flooding!

June 21, 2016

There has been a lot of rain lately in the central part of the island of Kalimantan where I live and minister. As you may know there is a huge river that flows across half of our island. On Sunday this week, there was a huge landslide in the upper regions of the river which stopped it […]

Nathan High School Graduation 2016

June 7, 2016

We are pleased to announce the graduation from High School of our son, Nathan Samuel Recalde! Please pray for Nathan as he begins this new chapter in his life.

Welcoming new granddaughter

June 3, 2016

Baby Bella We wanted to let you know that she’s here! Isabella Marie Collins was born on May 28. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and was 18 ¾ inches long. We praise God with Joey & Connie for this little miracle. Bella is our eighth grandchild, but it just never gets old! We can’t […]

New Outreach Update

May 24, 2016

Our four man evangelism team had a great reception from the Bari speaking people of the MM village. The attendance averaged about 20 people while the guys taught day and night to get through the 25 lesson covering creation to Christ. At the end when opportunity was given to the MM people to respond four men and […]

Shaken and Changed

May 23, 2016

As I sat with Aaron contemplating the scene that was before me I felt tears well up in my eyes. My Patpatar friend sat holding her 14 year old boy, Jordan on her lap tightly trying to keep him from hurting himself. Just a minute earlier I had noticed him put his head on his […]

THANKS FOR CONTINUING TO PRAY FOR OUR VEHICLE SITUATION

May 15, 2016

We want to say a HUGE thank you for praying for our vehicle woes. Brian did some math yesterday and realized that our car has driven an average of about 24 hours/week for the past 6 weeks, and we’re still keeping that pace! When we asked you to pray about this, it seemed nothing could […]

Category: Prayer Request