First Elders

June 23, 2016

“Two“ seems to be the number that describes us these days… TWO elders The Lord answered our prayers, guided and gave wisdom. After many prayers and thoughts and talks, the Lord directed us to appoint TWO of our four Bible Teachers as elders. During a special service last Sunday, we made it official. As you […]

Women With Focus On Things Above

May 16, 2016

I am still pretty excited about our most recent Ladies meeting. Let me tell you about it and may you be as encouraged by it as I am. Friday morning at 8 o’clock we ladies meet for some Bible study and prayer time. While the little kids are going to preschool next door and singing […]

“Oh, no, that’s not good!”

April 20, 2016

One morning B. came to the office of our coworker, Gary. He was holding a SD card in his hand, which he uses for his mobile phone. (Yes, those things are even here in the middle of the jungle!) B. wanted Gary to organize his pictures, videos and songs on his card. As Gary was […]

It’s raining in Dinangat!

February 2, 2016

Today we will talk about the weather :), about the youth and about a move. Thank you so much for your prayers! God gave us a lot of rain in the last few weeks. We can now use our little hydro-power system again and have enough power; also the people’s gardens are looking great again […]

In Big Need Of Rain!

October 18, 2015

“Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly,… Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life;… The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures for ever – do not abandon the works of your hands.” Psalm 138:6-9 God strengthened my heart this week […]

Lukas, a life lived for the Lord

September 15, 2015

When we taught the “Creation to Christ Story” the first time here in 2008, he was a teenager. He went to school, wasn’t married yet and had no idea what God was going to do through him and in him in the coming years. Today Lukas is one of our most faithful bible teachers, one […]

Jesus In The Center

August 18, 2015

The church service last Sunday morning was very encouraging. As a review we have been learning from the letter to the Ephesians for a few weeks now. The Dinangat Bible Teachers have been learning to write their own Bible lessons, and we are clearly seeing progress with that. Jaspa was preached this morning about Eph.5: […]

ITF2015 & back in the tribe

July 22, 2015

This summer has been a really good time for us as a family. The girls, Naomi and Rebekka joined us as we went down to M. town to be part of the Interface program. Interface is a summer Missions internship program for young adults who are interested in church planting overseas. 26 students (picture below) […]

Time To Walk

May 16, 2015

Do you feel the same sometimes that the burdens and the routine of everyday life robs you of the joy and the strength that we have through the relationship with our Lord? We know that from our own lives and also see it in the lives of the young Dinangat believers. We all know a […]

Growing pains

March 18, 2015

Growing hurts sometimes and becoming more mature is not always easy. We all make mistakes and hopefully we can keep on going and learning more. ” …we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ…” Eph.4,15 Oh, how hard can it get sometimes to grow and to mature […]