Prayer Request

April 7, 2019

Please pray for Abi, our new grand baby, as at 6 weeks he is still not nursing well and this has led to pain during nursing for Beka, longer feedings and less sleep for all of them. They have an appointment with a Dr. in Jacksonville on April 17th. Please pray for a quick resolution […]

Abi is Here!!

March 22, 2019

Just a quick note to let you know about some long-standing prayers that have been answered. Abishai Kip Burns was born on February 19! Abi (for short – to pronounce think “Bobby” without the “B”) was born at 6:31 PM weighing in at 9 pounds, 7.3 ounces and 21 inches long. He was a big […]

2017 Gone Bye-Bye

January 16, 2018

Happy New Year from the Burns’ family!! Our children were not able to make it home for Christmas, but we were happy that some of them came afterwards to spend a few days with us. Cody and Beka just left yesterday to fly back to Spokane. Heather came, also, for a few days and flew back […]

Burns Are On the Move

June 26, 2017

Leaving Florida Behind We left home this past Thursday (June 22) for an extended trip to visit supporting churches, friends and for a Burns’ family reunion in Montana. Our first stop was in Mississippi to visit some of Jackie’s relatives. It was a great time and great food, though the time was much too short!! Unfortunately, […]

BY THE WAY – WE HAVE A NEW ADDRESS!

May 1, 2017

A NEW PLACE I guess we are a little late filling you in but on February 10th, after 5 years of remodel, all our mission offices moved from being situated in four buildings to all being under one roof. Our new building is affectionately called ‘the Tower’. We are now in downtown Sanford but only […]

Jackie’s Bolivia Mission Trip Update

May 1, 2017

Last August you may remember that I (Jackie) led a group to Bolivia to minister to several tribal groups through eye glass clinics. We only spent one night in the Yuquí tribe where we worked over 17 years ago. They have had very little spiritual teaching since then & I felt the Lord leading me […]

Cabinets, ESL and Bolivia Trip

April 11, 2016

Phil has been kept very busy at work making cabinets for one of the missionary apartments and also building cabinets on the side to make a little extra money. Beside her normal secretarial work at the mission, Jackie has been enjoying teaching English to mostly Spanish-speaking adults. She is also forming a mission team from […]

Where is Waldo…oops! Where were Cody and Beka Hiding?

April 11, 2016

News from Cody & Beka: On their spring break from the Missionary Training Institute they took a quick trip to Oregon (to visit her brother) and to Washington to visit Moody Aviation. They wanted to check out places to live when they move there in July and Beka wanted to see about a job at […]

What’s Jackie up to?? ….Debugging the what??

January 4, 2016

What Does Software have to do with tribal missions? Let me tell you a little bit about what I have been doing and maybe that will answer the question for you. I, Jackie, enjoy having a long-term project to work on.

Cody & Beka Update

January 3, 2016

We have enjoyed so much having Cody and Beka here with us during the holidays. They have stayed this first part of their 4 week break with us and later this week will move over to Beka’s parent’s home to spend time with them for the rest of their time here.