Category: Ministry

We are heading “home” again tomorrow after a wonderful visit in Texas.  I am grateful to God for beautiful weather and great fellowship with family and friends, some of whom we have not seen in quite a while.  We know it might be a very long time before we have an opportunity to visit with […]

We continue to move towards our goal of being in Mozambique in June.  At times it is difficult to know what we have actually accomplished at the end of the day because of all the things that need to take place before we leave Missouri and eventually the country.  Yesterday we made it one step […]

We headed out on Thursday morning on what has become an annual trip to Waukesha, WI to take five young people to New Tribes Bible Institute to check out the school.  Congrats to our hosts for making our time their a lot of fun and profitable getting to know more about the school and what […]

Yes, Lisa is definitely seeing more clearly these days.  What a huge blessing for her to be able to have Lasik surgery done last week.  It seems unreal that after a 20 minute procedure she has 20/20 vision again with a lifetime warranty. She is still getting used to not having to wear her glasses.  […]

We enjoyed our annual Super Bowl party with our youth group on Sunday.  We were not real sure if we would make it to the Lewis’ house because of the snow but thankfully we did.  The commercials always seem to be a bigger hit than the actual game but I am pretty sure everyone had […]

I realize this is not “big news” for those of you living up north but the winter storm that blew through the Ozarks yesterday dropped at least a foot of snow.  I was walking in drifts that came up to my knees.  I have to admit I am a bit sore after all the shoveling […]

Next week we will head to the Health Department for routine blood work and more immunizations in preparation for our move to Africa.  We will certainly be glad when we get the shots out of the way.  In the midst of all the planning and preparation it is so easy to lose sight of why […]

We are so thankful to the Lord for faithfully guiding us through another year.  A year ago Lisa and I were still getting over the shock of having two daughters married less than three months apart.  Then adjusting to our “empty nest” when Nathan when back to school in August. Now we are trying to […]