Author: David and Joyce Hilt

We are just a few weeks from wrapping up our summer ministry activities of speaking in camps and doing mission-focused events.  Not only do these venues provide opportunity to share the gospel and to motivate others to join in the task of declaring Christ to those living beyond the reach of the gospel, these events […]

I would assume most individuals reading this newsletter have heard of the incredibly extravagant generosity of God but perhaps never stated in such expressive words.  Maybe you’re thinking “What’s that?” We throw around words like mercy and grace, sometimes without ever pondering their deeper meaning.  Well today while reading one of the many English translations […]

It is both encouraging and exciting to do face-to-face meetings with young people wanting to embrace a life of service in reaching the lost.  Many times these potential candidates want to hear our story of how God directed our steps.  As one mentor told us early on… “You can’t steer a parked car.”  As we […]

We felt it!  It’s amazing what prayer does but then none of our newsletter recipients are unfamiliar with the power of prayer and what God does when His people pray.  We value your prayers for endurance amid our busy schedule of activity and for our wellbeing.  We value your prayers for our daughter, Jenn, as […]

Have you ever thought about what possesses people to walk away from perfectly good careers with great salaries and good benefits; away from a substantial retirement portfolio; away from nice homes or away from a dream vacation to pursue reaching out to people who remain unengaged with the gospel?  …Or as Jesus said in Matthew […]

Has anyone out there in newsletter land ever looked at your spiritual condition and exclaimed “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved?”  (Jeremiah 8:20)  Even when we were dead in our trespasses and sins not many of us considered ourselves dead.  …And most likely we didn’t think much about […]

I recently read the accomplishments of an aging man, who, as a young man, established himself quite well in life to train and equip people with specialty skills used in the movie making industry.  While his accolades are many, that’s really all he has when he leaves this life.  Yes, his legacy will live on […]

It’s just like going down a road in rural Kentucky.  We learned there was one way and one way only to get from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’ in the area where we lived as young missionaries in training.  As one local resident told us when we moved there, “You ain’t got no other way […]

I haven’t ridden a motor coach in ages. Matter of fact the last time I can recall riding one was traveling a treacherous highway that led us into an area of jungle in Central Brazil.  At one point we all disembarked from the bus even though the driver told us that the rickety bridge would […]

When we lived in Papua New Guinea it took around three weeks for a letter from the USA to arrive in New Guinea.  Not bad, if you weren’t expecting a letter and one just showed up.  However, we did not live at the location where mission mail arrived… we lived interior, in the tropical rainforest […]