Category: Prayer Request

literacy training in Bolivia

literacy training in Bolivia

Hello from Bolivia! We are about to begin the final week of the literacy course here at the   missionary training center. There are students from Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Peru and it is so exciting to think of the ministries that God is preparing for each of them. We have certainly come to love and appreciate […]
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keeping those suitcases free of dust…

keeping those suitcases free of dust…

Yep, it’s time to get out our suitcases again. We are preparing for an important trip to Bolivia. We leave the end of this month for Bolivia. One project we’ve been working on is to update the literacy training that missionary candidates receive and then to train the trainers. This trip to Bolivia is a […]
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literacy training in England

literacy training in England

Joyce and I are back from a trip to England to help with the literacy training of new missionary candidates. We really enjoyed every minute with the staff of the training center and students from countries all over Europe. Seeing all these talented and well-educated young people with such a burden for the lost world […]
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happy iguana month

happy iguana month

A very happy “Iguana Month” to you! That is February in Kuna-land. This month the Kuna literacy teaching teams in Panama are beginning their classes. Recently we received word from Hernan, the Kuna brother who is coordinating the literacy effort that he has been training literacy teachers from several more Kuna communities who didn’t participate in […]
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back from Guinea, Asia-Pacific ahead

back from Guinea, Asia-Pacific ahead

  What a special time we had in Guinea! Thanks so much for your prayers. We met so many dear servants of the Lord, investing their lives in difficult locations. The majority of our time was spent with the team among the Landuma people. After learning about the situation there and looking over their literacy […]
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back from Panama, Guinea ahead!

back from Panama, Guinea ahead!

The trip to Panama went so well! We were accompanied by a team from our church here in FL and their work saved us a whole month! A heartfelt thank you to each of you who went, putting up with the heat and inconveniences with us! A highlight of the trip for us was the […]
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3 continents in 3 months

3 continents in 3 months

Ready to expand your hearts and prayers with us? We are preparing for trips to 3 continents during the next 3 months… Panama: end of July – August A group of nine from our church here in FL will be traveling to Panama to organize all the newly printed Kuna literacy materials for the upcoming training […]
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you never know…

you never know…

We have to tell you the story of two Kuna ladies, Yeli and Norma with whom we were just re-connected while in Panama. Many years ago when we had to leave the Kuna village where we had been living because of safety issues, we resettled in a community outside of Panama City where there was […]
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Countdown to the printers!

Countdown to the printers!

If you’ve ever worked on a huge project for a LONG time, you know how wonderful it is to see things coming together! That’s how we are feeling about the Kuna literacy project. Years ago we began developing a whole literacy program using all the things we’ve been learning about successful literacy training. Since it has not been […]
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in their hands!

in their hands!

We had the most wonderful time in Panama for the Kuna leadership conference. It’s always a thrill to be able to reconnect with our Kuna friends, study God’s Word together, sing and hear reports of how God is working in the churches. But the thing that touched our hearts the most was something that they […]
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