halfway there

February 21, 2023

Today Jerry is at the halfway point of the radiation treatments for cancer. That means four more weeks ahead of us. To be honest, it’s not been the easiest month as we deal with the effects of the radiation and cancer medicine. But our hope remains strong in the Lord, and we marvel at His […]

Videos done, Panama here we come!

September 5, 2022

At the end of last month, we finished the filming of the 7 weeks of literacy training videos. Thanks so much for praying for this huge project! Now, it is in the hands of the editing team. We are so thankful for the resource these videos will be for missionary training and the consultants to […]

Seeing the fruit

July 28, 2022

We are beginning to see the fruit of some huge projects into which we have poured time. When we could not travel because of Covid we were able to write the 251-page Literacy Manual. Teams are translating it into Spanish, Portuguese, French, etc. Recently, a team in Bolivia who is teaching the literacy course had […]

literacy training videos

June 6, 2022

We are down to the finish line on the preparations for the literacy training videos! This is our last week to work on the presentations and practice them. This first phase of the videoing begins next Monday, June 13th till July 1st. In August we will video the second part of the course. Anytime you […]

our hearts turn “home” to Latin America

October 5, 2021

News from Panama This month our hearts turn toward “home” and Latin America. We want to share a precious update on some dear friends in Panama from the village where we lived for many years. A couple of weeks ago Edelfonso with a group of believers traveled to different Kuna communities sharing about Christ and […]

Did you hear three shouts?

August 6, 2021

What a grand month July was for us! It was full of family fun and celebration to the Lord for some great things He has done. You just might have heard three loud shouts from us as we thanked God. First shout: family celebration The month began with all of our kids and their families […]

Short & Sweet, April’s Update

April 12, 2021

Just a quick update on things here. This time without travel continues to be a huge blessing in that we are able to concentrate on some key projects right here at our desks. Literacy Manual The final chapters of the manual are in sight! Chapter 13, which covers the printing of all the literacy materials, […]

if Ponciano could do it…

September 14, 2020

Several years ago we worked with teams in the Philippines to write literacy curriculums in the languages spoken in their villages. Recently we received an update and a few literacy questions from one of the teams. They have taught the first literacy classes and have several graduates. One of these is an older man named Ponciano. […]

a tale of three cities

August 5, 2020

Charles Dickens wrote a classic novel titled, A Tale of Two Cities. We have a tale of three cities (well, really more like jungle villages) that reminds us that God is not limited in His work even during this pandemic year. Our family lived and worked among the Kuna people of Panama from 1985 to […]

40 years of God’s faithfulness

June 4, 2020

Our first prayer card Hard to believe, but it was 40 years ago that we began missionary training as two kids believing that God would actually keep His promises. And He absolutely has done just that all the way! His sweet provision has brought us to tears this month. And just like that, another two […]