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Thank you for praying for us over the past couple months. This month DJ traveled to Florida for 5 days to attend annual team meetings with the rest of the IT team at our organization’s home office. He & his team have been staying busy keeping the network running smoothly at the home office and […]

When one of the villages we work in heard the Gospel for the first time, they believed and were overjoyed! However, they had some very difficult questions to ask the Australian missionary. “How long did it take you to fly here from Australia?”   The missionary replied, “Oh, about eight hours.” “And how long ago […]

“Do you know how to swim?”  Should this be a question a church leader asks a person who wants to be baptized?  You probably don’t need to if the person is being baptized in a large bathtub or a horse trough (as Stephen was).  It never crossed our mind to ask this question.  Why would […]

Aaron When we moved to Ethnos360 Bible Institute, it was with the expectation that I (Aaron) would take the place of the retiring Finance Manager.  We were surprised to find out that the Finance Manager’s boss is now retiring, too!  So now, I will be the next Business Director / CFO of Ethnos360 Bible Institute […]

Dear PRAYing family and friends, Greetings from Sheridan! I’ve been sick this month with a bad respiratory infection, but praise the Lord, while I still have a bit of a cough, I’m feeling much better. There’s been a lot of sickness going around here lately so it’s not too surprising. Mom is coughing now and […]

Studying a language is like putting together a puzzle with more than a thousand pieces. You find the pieces all around, but even when you put them together, they're not always in the right order.

Six years. That’s how long it’s been since we left the Philippines for a short home assignment. Fully intending to return just a few months later, we packed up only a few necessities and hopped on a plane bound for the U.S. Little did we know, that would be last time we made that trip […]

Today it seems like everyone has a cell phone in their hand and their eyes stuck to the screen, even here in the Philippines.  Years ago, I heard the phrase . . . “Keep your eyes on Him, and your nose in His Book.” As we prepare to leave the village soon, this is something […]

This is the time of year when I (along with most of my neighbors and friends probably, too) wished we lived somewhere else. It’s hot season, and it came with a vengeance this year. It’s the time of year when you can’t really think since the main thought in your head is, “It’s hot.” And […]