access to God’s Written Word

April 15, 2016

Putting on the miles… Since our last letter we’ve put on a few more miles to Colombia and England, worked with a team from Papua New Guinea on a revision of their literacy program, and lead some annual meetings with the team that translates church planting resources into Spanish. Life is full and we thank […]

a new year and new travels

January 25, 2016

Are you ready to join us through prayer on the adventures of a new year? Next week we begin our travels with a trip to Colombia where we will be helping one more time with the literacy course in the training center for missionary candidates. Over the last few years we’ve been training Martha who […]

20 and counting…

October 16, 2015

How many countries? Recently we were asked how many countries we have traveled to and ministered in. So we had to stop and count. It has been 20 countries. And by God’s grace, may there be many, many more in the years ahead! We are so thankful that this has not been a journey that […]

Literacy Primer Production Improvements

September 17, 2015

Thanks so much for your prayers while we were in Bolivia at the missionary candidate center. How we appreciate these young people preparing for missionary service! There were students from Chile, Argentina and of course, Bolivia. So what do we do when we are not collecting stamps in our passports? Office work! Now, office work […]

off and running again…to Africa!

May 15, 2015

We are about ready to head to Mozambique. As we did recently in Colombia, we’ll begin by equipping a group of people arriving from several countries in Africa so that they will be able to help their fields with literacy. Then teams from 3 language groups in Mozambique join us with speakers from their villages […]

What a team!

March 16, 2015

What a team! Thank you so much for your prayers during the Literacy Workshop in Colombia. It was a completely wonderful, exhausting and profitable time! The first days were with the ten people from different countries in South America who were beginning the training for literacy ministries. It was obvious that God sent each one […]

Countdown to Literacy Workshop

February 8, 2015

This week begins the Literacy Workshop here in Colombia. We’ve been getting all the language data ready for the Jiw and Cubeo languages, making sure everything ready for the new computer program that will help us write their literacy materials. Just look at the letters in the Cubeo language! There are vowels with marked nasalization, high […]

100% funded

January 8, 2015

We have some very exciting news! God provided 100% of the funds that were necessary for the upcoming literacy workshop!!! Thanks to everyone who joined us in prayer and gifts. There is rejoicing all throughout Latin America as everyone who was supposed to be at the workshop will now be able to attend. What a […]

Investing in God’s Word throughout Latin America

November 19, 2014

We are excited to invite you to partner with us in an important ministry opportunity! In February 2015, a group of literacy consultants and consultants-in-training from all over Latin America will meet together in Colombia for an intense, 3 week literacy workshop. This will sharpen the literacy workers’ skills through hands-on, practical work. It will […]

Africa and back

October 27, 2014

Back from Mozambique and praising God for big steps taken! The first week in Mozambique was a literacy workshop with the missionaries on the field. We met with each of the church planting teams and made plans for their literacy programs. Next year we will return to help 3 different language groups write literacy courses. How exciting […]