Category: Prayer Request

Thirty three years!

Thirty three years!

  MEMORY LANE: Thirty-three years ago this week we moved into the Higaunon village that we’ve called “home” in the Philippines. We joined our coworkers, Ron and Michelle Jennings, in the work where they had been for two years.The gospel had just been presented a few months before we moved there.
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Greetings from Oklahoma! It’s Tuesday August 2 and we’ve been home a week already. How thankful we are for our own home! Praise God with us for a safe and successful road trip. What a wonderful time we had with family, friends and ministry partners! We had invitations to visit more of you, but we […]
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Answers to prayer

Answers to prayer

Greeting! We trust this finds you doing well and encouraged in the Lord. A week ago today we arrived in Portland and spent our 15 hour layover visiting Lance’s cousin. It had been 10 years since we saw her last. She’s going to be 78 this year but certainly doesn’t look it. We had some […]
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the countdown is on!

the countdown is on!

Our Florida Trip: It wasn’t that long ago when we were counting down the days to our trip to Florida and now it’s over. Thank you for praying. We took part in two workshops which gave us more tools to use to be a help and encouragement to others. After leaving Florida we went to […]
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Ostman Update…

Ostman Update…

Hebrews 4:12(NKJV) For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. OUR (UN) CHRISTMAS    Since Christmas has come and gone and we’re […]
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Exceedingly abundantly…

Exceedingly abundantly…

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, (Ephesians 3:20 NKJ) Our first house guest! When we went to Florida to get our things from storage a friend from our church offered to drive the moving truck for […]
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Sugar? ● God appointments ● House purchase ● Translation

Sugar? ● God appointments ● House purchase ● Translation

Hello from Oklahoma. Sugar? We recently went to put fuel our car and found that the gas wouldn’t go in. After looking online, it seemed the problem was a part that needed replacing. After that part arrived and was installed, we tried to fuel up again to no avail. Lance’s brother-in-law told him to check […]
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Seminars, workshops, coming and going…

Seminars, workshops, coming and going…

Biannual Seminar. It’s a very quiet week here in the village. Most people are either at their farms or at the biannual seminar that is in a neighboring village. At the seminar, the church leaders are discussing church planting strategy. Before they left, they showed us a map of where they are in relation to […]
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