Author: Dean Hess

Where are Today’s Leader Youth?

Where are Today’s Leader Youth?

When I was young (and dinosaurs still walked the Earth according to my kids), our youth group planned and carried out our weekend retreats and all of our youth events. For several years we built and entered floats in the local parade to reach out to the community. Another youth group in our area put […]
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Have You Ever Wondered How Missions Keep Track of Everything?

Have You Ever Wondered How Missions Keep Track of Everything?

I am guessing that the answer is “No”. Most most ministry partners have never had to consider how Ethnos360 keeps track of donations. I doubt you have ever thought about how we keep in contact with candidates who wish to become members. You may have questioned if Ethnos360 spends it’s funds wisely, buy have you […]
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Who Says God Doesn’t Work Miracles?

Who Says God Doesn’t Work Miracles?

     Many of you have been praying for us as we have been searching for a house. In December, we signed a contract on a house that was in foreclosure, and we waited three more months to hear from the bank holding the mortgage. On March 18 (Dean’s birthday), we got a call from our realtor saying that our offer […]
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Off we go again – on our way to Christchurch

Off we go again – on our way to Christchurch

From On our way to Christchurch, posted by Tuti Hess on 7/08/2012 (14 items) Kaikoura mountains and coastline. IMG_3720 IMG_3721 IMG_3722 IMG_3723 Going inland – more mountains. IMG_3725 Big waves. Going to see the baby seals at Ohau point. They hang out at the waterfall. Levi and Veronica looking down at the baby seals in […]
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Crossing over from north to south

Crossing over from north to south

The day started out OK but it ended up quite cold in the end. The boat was delayed 2 hours so when we left there was only about an hour of daylight. Thankfully the crossing was smooth and there was a playground and TV on the boat to help keep the kids occupied. Woke up […]
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Ange & Sara

Ange & Sara

It was great to catch up with Ange, Sara & the boys. It was too bad that we didn’t have a little bit more time with them. We were so impressed with Ange and how well he is communicating in English now. Well done Ange & Sara you have come such a long way from […]
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The beginning of our trip down to the south island.

The beginning of our trip down to the south island.

It was a really wet, cold day when we left. The desert road was treacherous, it actually snowed and everything was shrouded in mist. We were in the path of a squall all the way to Masterton. These photos are all that I remembered to take of our time in Masterton. We felt an earthquake […]
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