12 Top Days of 2014

December 16, 2014

12 Days of Christmas – Highlights of 2014 April 1 – Bethany and Zach officially became associates with New Tribes Mission, continuing with their ministry on staff at New Tribes Bible Institute in Waukesha, WI; Zach working in IT and Bethany working in the office. May 3 – Charity and her classmates at Moody Bible Institute hosted a […]

Charity Finishes at Moody

December 13, 2014

Dear Friends and Family, Just wanted to send out a quick update with some prayer requests. All I have left of school is one more paper to write! I cannot believe it! I am almost done with school and am about to move onto a new season of life! I am excited about the adventures that […]

Our Grandson

October 1, 2014

Our family has had some busy days with everyone’s comings and goings and new school years beginning. After all the dust settled, we have ended up with 4 family members in Waukesha, WI at New Tribes Bible Institute, 3 family members in Chicago at Moody Bible Institute, and 2 of us are here in Missouri. […]

New Semester, New Opportunities

September 5, 2014

Our ministry continues as a new semester begins at the New Tribes Missionary Training Center, located on the beautiful Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri. Missionary candidates from all over the States, as well as some from other parts of the world, come to spend time in intensive training for cross-cultural life and ministry. Our unique training […]

Josh’s Graduation

July 17, 2014

Well, we thought with the conclusion of the busyness of the end-of-the-semester activities that life would slow down a bit, but it hasn’t seemed to. Let us fill you in on our personal lives and ministry. On May 22nd Josh graduated summa cum laude from Camdenton High School. His sisters were able to surprise him by […]

Josh’s Trip to Guatemala

June 28, 2014

Dear Friends and Family, I hope everything is going well with you! I wanted to write to you all again and tell you about my trip to Guatemala and also thank you all once again for all your prayers. We had a very profitable time and I personally learned a lot about worship. Our youth […]

BJ & Carissa in Jewish Studies

May 27, 2014

Dear friends, I am so excited to tell you that God has seen fit to move BJ and me on to our next step in His plan for our lives. Over the past many months, we have seen His hand clearly directing us into full time Jewish evangelism. To become better equipped for this work, we have now officially […]

New Associates with NTM

April 28, 2014

Dear Friends and Family, We appreciate your prayers and your support. For all that do not know, because this is the first prayer letter to go out after our finding out, we are expecting. Bethany is due August 1st, and is feeling very well after completing the first trimester. It has been a lot of fun seeing her […]

El Shaddai

April 19, 2014

Although we enjoy God’s amazing creation of winter, we are really thankful we don’t live any further north. Our bodies are a little wimpy after living so many years in the tropics! We are really enjoying the more springlike weather we’ve been experiencing recently, and seeing new life pop up around us, especially here in our new home, […]

What is Charity Up To?

April 8, 2014

I am currently in my second to last semester at Moody Bible Institute. Before I can graduate I have to do an internship for six to eight weeks, doing some kind of children’s ministry (which is what I am getting a degree in). This internship is a time where I get to practice everything that […]