Back in the USA

June 25, 2019

1 Peter 3:12a For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers… Home again Greetings from our Oklahoma home! We arrived back on US soil three weeks ago, Wednesday June 5th. The Lord blessed our time in Portland, Oregon with a dear friend Mark Myers (pictured below) […]

Changes

May 18, 2019

Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Life Change The SYIS workshop in Manila is history and we want to thank each of you who faithfully prayed for us during that week. There were twenty […]

It is Finished!

April 18, 2019

So when Jesus had received the vinegar He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. John 19:30 Easter: It’s Good Friday as I type this update. Earlier today my mind went to SM Lockridge’s message, “It’s Friday but Sunday’s coming” – what a marvelous thing to know that our sin […]

Caught off guard?

March 27, 2019

John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Caught off guard?: Do you sometimes get discouraged and things just seem to overwhelm you? I felt like that the other […]

In the village

February 16, 2019

Isaiah 40:31… those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. Arrival: Greetings from our mountain village home in the Philippines! We arrived in the country three and a half weeks ago. God […]

Looking back – Looking forward

January 2, 2019

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 Looking back: When we were looking forward to 2018, the Lord put a word on our hearts that by faith would characterize His work […]

Merry Christmas 2018

December 11, 2018

Merry Christmas! Emmanuel: God with us! What an amazing thing to realize that God became man to take upon Himself the sin of the world. We were sharing this truth with a young man in the store just the other day. Please pray for Dylan. He was very receptive to the things we had to […]

Coming and going

November 2, 2018

Psalm 121:8 The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore. Road Trip: God has been so gracious to us! We had a wonderful road trip last month. We traveled to Alabama, Florida, South and North Carolina, (the pictures in this email were taken in North […]

Translation work, 67 Visitors and things to pray for.

August 12, 2018

Translation: Another annual trip to the Philippines to work on checking scripture is coming to a close. This is the 6th year we’ve returned to our village to check the translation Lance worked on while at home in the US. Between our return to the US in May of 2017 and our return to the […]

The desire of our hearts…

June 29, 2018

Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:4-5 (NKJV) Travel: Where did the month of June go?! Well, for us it meant a lot of travel. Thank […]