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Supporting Tribal Church Planting in Papua New Guinea “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” -Romans 8:28 When I was eight years old, what I really wanted for Christmas was a Playskool dollhouse.  I just […]

Like many of you, December is a busy month with . . . extra shopping, extra cooking, extra cleaning, and extra events.  For us, December is full of all those items plus extra evangelism!  Last week, Stephen had the opportunity to share a Christmas message with the students and relatives of the local preschools. And […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Verses for the day Thoughts These past few weeks have been pretty challenging. Early in November I started a list of “stressors.” This is a list of the things that have come up that continue to throw me on the Lord. Let me just give a quick example. Here’s the things I wrote down yesterday. […]

I have all sorts of pictures on my phone, probably too many. One that I have saved from 2021 (long before I even I had the phone I am using) is a prayer that I come across and return to frequently. When I realized I wanted to use it in my post for these last […]