Training literacy workers

March 17, 2025

We recently returned from England and the missionary training center where we had the privilege of helping with the literacy course. It always encourages our hearts to be with young people who are preparing to serve the Lord in cross-cultural locations all around the world! During the literacy course, we looked together at the many […]

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 […]

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, […]

making the most of these days

April 7, 2020

We hope that this finds you and your family well. Joyce and I are healthy and working from home. There sure have been lots of changes to life in a few short weeks, haven’t there? The virus has changed the way we greet each other, shop, work, clean, educate the kids, meet together as a […]

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 […]