In the Philippines…

February 14, 2013

Thank you to all who prayed for us as we returned to the Philippines. 1Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. We arrived safely in Manila the end of January and got over jet lag in time to help with child care […]

We need your prayers!

January 18, 2013

Greetings in Jesus’ name! Romans 15:13 “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.“ What a wonderful message! This month has been quite busy. The first week, Lance continued translating the book of Leviticus. The […]

Merry Christmas!

December 13, 2012

The birth of the Savior so long ago is why we celebrate, not only during this season, but the whole year long! The first thing the angel said that night was, “Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people” (Luke 2:10.) What a wonderful message […]

Got Hope?

November 14, 2012

The third Thursday of November is marked as Thanksgiving on the American calendar. What are you thankful for? A couple of verses from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians are a tremendous encouragement to us: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the […]

Laura’s health…

August 31, 2012

August 31 – 2012 If you’re following us on Facebook then you know that over the past ten days, Laura has been ill. For those of you not on Facebook, we give this short report to let you know what’s going on. Ten days ago Laura started feeling sick to her stomach and then other […]

Our goal has been reached – thank you for praying!

May 4, 2012

To borrow a phrase from Paul’s letter to the Colossians: To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are scattered around the world: Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. What a blessing to experience God’s grace and peace day by day and know He […]

Life’s adventures…

February 3, 2012

1 Thessalonians 5:24 – Faithful is He who calls you who also will do it! Some of you remember that this is what we looked like thirty years ago – the rest of you are probably laughing! 🙂 Who would have guessed then that we’d be looking back from this vantage point having experienced so […]

Our grandkids

January 19, 2012

Saying goodbye…

January 19, 2012

Act 13:3 “Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.” Dear prayer and financial partners, The above verse was part of the text used during daughter and son-in-law’s commissioning service last week. What a privilege to be here for that and know that there are lots of people praying […]

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 22, 2011

For those of you in the US, Happy Thanksgiving. We have so MUCH to be thankful for. This past month has flown by and the things we were looking forward to in the future are now past. When Justin and Nicole asked us to help with their children while they attended their last pre-field training, […]