Prayer Request | Jerry & Joyce McDaniels

to do – DONE!

April 15, 2019

Don’t you just love being able to cross off big tasks from your to-do list? We have had a happy month like that where we finished up the English help files for the literacy software and uploaded thousands of pictures to the Image Finder database. Thanks for your prayers and encouragement. Next steps Finishing tasks […]

multiplying a treasure

March 15, 2019

Some treasures are too big to keep to yourself – you’ve just got to share them with others! That’s what we’ve found with the literacy software. But for this big treasure to be shared with the many on our worldwide literacy team who don’t speak English, it has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, French, etc. […]

secret ingredient

February 11, 2019

Our ministry is focused on literacy: teaching people to read so they can have full access to the translated Word of God in their own language. This certainly involves printed words in the literacy curriculum that we develop. But there is a secret ingredient that goes into the reading materials. It is the illustrations! Great […]

God is doing something so BIG

August 16, 2018

The media is filled with stories of the evil and disasters of life. And each of us have plenty of our own cares that weigh our hearts down. But let’s not get distracted by the difficulties each day brings and miss the fact that our God is still on the Throne! He is faithfully and with such loving-kindness […]

training future missionaries

November 20, 2017

This time of year always fills our hearts with such thankfulness that our Great God is drawing people from “every tongue, tribe and nation” into His Family. And what a wonder that He includes each of US as part of His amazing plan! We recently returned from México and the missionary training center where candidates […]

Five languages in 6 weeks

July 26, 2017

First stop – Ecuador, South America Soon we head out to the country of Ecuador. Ecuador is named after the equator which runs through the country. We found it interesting that the “Panama hat” is actually from Ecuador. Straw hats were woven in Ecuador and taken to Panama to be sold to canal workers. Spanish […]

speechless by languages

February 22, 2017

God’s amazing wisdom and power can be seen in every area of life. Look at vastness of the universe with its stars and planets! Or the tiny perfection of a molecule. Or the intricacies of the human body. Speechless by languages In the same way, we have the privilege of observing […]

a new year with new opportunities

January 17, 2017

Here’s a quick look at the current plans for 2017: England to the missionary candidate training center. We will also have trainers from W. Africa joining as they prepare to begin literacy training in Senegal in French later this year. quick trip to N. Ireland to visit some friends, just for fun! on to Papua […]

Thailand & Canada

October 26, 2016

Thanks so much for praying with us and all the encouraging words as we made the long trip to Africa and the Philippines! We are so thankful for the 8 teams that we were able to work with and the literacy materials that were written for these languages. We are now getting ready for our […]

four more…

September 8, 2016

4 more weeks & 4 more languages! Greetings from the Philippines. We are more than half done with our around-the-world trip and praising God for His faithfulness every step of the way. We spent a month in Senegal where we held a literacy workshop for the field and then worked with 3 languages, writing literacy […]