Not forgotten

July 19, 2016

When was the last time you cried in public? It happened to me last week. I was in Washington DC for a conference, and took advantage of a break to walk to the National Mall. I stopped to see Korean War Veterans Memorial, the National World War 2 Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It […]

Unreached, close at hand

October 22, 2014

It’s Baja California. Tourists. Beaches. Fish tacos. And hidden in plain sight are a variety of people groups: Zapoteca, Mixteca, Triqui and more. People who have held onto their languages and worldviews in spite of constant pressures to assimilate. As one missionary here said, “The children all say they don’t speak Triqui. But then they […]

Best Christmas ever!

December 26, 2013

Wow, what a haul! Take a gander at what Julie and I got this Christmas season: The opportunity to help more than local 100 needy teenagers have Christmas presents, through our church here, Covenant Community Church. The ability to provide (so far) the equivalent of meals for a week for eleven needy families in Nicaragua, […]

Made it to our conference …

June 18, 2013

Well, Julie and I are in the second day of our conference here, and all is going well. We’re having a wonderful time reconnecting with missionaries who serve, literally, around the world, and are being enriched by some world-class teaching from Dr. Mark L. Bailey, president of Dallas Theological Seminary. But perhaps you are wondering […]

‘Now I know! I am saved!’

July 17, 2012

“I believe there is only one God,” Salim told missionaries Francois and Nadia Hattingh. “He is the Creator of heaven and earth. I believe that He sent his only Son, Jesus, to pay the price for my sin. He saved me! He is the Redeemer. He is my Redeemer. “Now, I am not afraid of […]

Caught in a trap

March 16, 2011

The Morop people say they have no future. But soon they'll hear about the One who died to give them a hope and a future.

Getting ready for the New Year

December 30, 2010

What are you doing New Year’s Eve? Like many in the USA, the Agutaynen people of the Philippines prepare for the turning of the year. It will be an active, noisy night. But they won’t be celebrating. They’re divining the future. In the traditional ways of the Agutaynens, the events of the evening of Dec. […]

Rice to the occasion

November 23, 2010

Your gratitude can change lives. The Red Karen people, whom Julie and I visited last month, know that. They’ve just completed their rice harvest. Rice is a staple food and a key money-maker. Flooding in other parts of Thailand cut into the rice harvest nationwide. So the need for rice, and the potential to make […]

11 years of thanks

December 30, 2009

Thank you! January 1, 2010 will mark the beginning of our 12th year in ministry at the NTM USA home office. Your prayers and giving have brought us this far, and we appreciate being able to count on you in the future. I don’t need to ask where the last 11 years went. I know. […]

This seems backwards, but it works

November 22, 2009

Did you ever want to just set someone straight? Somebody did something last week that was discouraging to me. I know that wasn’t intentional, but I also know the way it was handled fell short of the biblical admonition to “encourage one another.” So I started thinking about how I should express that to them. […]