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What a great time to celebrate God’s love! God knows you by name and by heart.  He is a personal God who knows exactly how many hairs are on your head (Matthew 10:30).  You can’t read Psalm 139 and think that God is a distant, uncaring God.  He is the exact opposite! That is why […]

…the headquarters for New Tribes Mission Aviation? Climate Because McNeal is located in the desert land of SE Arizona, many people think that it is a warm climate year-round.  Some people wonder about our autumn season.  Now that we have lived in McNeal since early July and have seen the transition of the seasons, I […]

What is it like to live and serve the Lord with New Tribes Mission Aviation in McNeal, Arizona? In many ways, McNeal seems like it is located in a third world country.  We live close to the border of Mexico.  In fact, our family has chosen to attend church in the nearby border town.  We, […]

I will never forget the time when I was a teenager working at a Christian camp one summer, and I heard a fellow counselor state with great enthusiasm that she had “saved” someone.  I immediately jumped to the conclusion that she had saved a camper from drowning in the lake.  As I continued to hear […]

Sixteen years ago in Hudsonville, Michigan, Ron and I said “I do” to one another as husband and wife.  We made the commitment “till death do us part” because that is God’s mind for marriage, spelled out clearly in His Word.  We have left our families of origin to begin our own, and God has […]

“Am I really living in the United States of America?” sometimes I have to ask myself.  You see, now it is quite normal for me to see too many tarantulas to count in a day roaming about the same road that I frequent either by foot or by vehicle.  I never thought I could feel so benign about […]