WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE BURNS – MAY, 2021
The last couple of months we have been busy with end of the school year things like finishing up AWANA at church for this school year.
RSK, MMS….What are all the Crazy Acronyms?!?!
Jackie has been spending a lot of time working on RSK! You are probably wondering – what is RSK? It’s Rock Solid Kids – a 6 volume Bible curriculum for kids that is being developed by a couple of Jackie’s teammates. It can be used for homeschooling, Sunday School, Christian School or for home devotions. The lessons are made to cover a 2-3 year […]
Christmas with the Burns Family 2019
We are excited to have Heather with us from Texas and Cody, Beka and little Abi from Aviation training in Arizona helping us to celebrate Christmas. Jason and his family were not able to come from California but at least we got to have a nice long visit with them this summer while we were […]
Prayer Request
We are contemplating a trip out west to Montana this summer for a family reunion and to visit supporters and supporting churches. We also have a supporting church in Oregon. We would like to go to Texas and California, as well, because in May, our daughter Heather, will be moving to San Antonio, Texas and […]
Abi is Here!!
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 […]
Burns Are On the Move
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!
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 […]
Cabinets, ESL and Bolivia Trip
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 […]
What’s Jackie up to?? ….Debugging the what??
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.
Surprise Visit from Unexpected Guests
We’d like to tell you about an exciting thing that happened this month – almost on the level of a miracle! Abel, a 30 year old Yuquí from the tribe we worked with in Bolivia came to visit us last week!!! If you had lived and worked with these people for 20 years and knew […]