Author: Stephen and Ginger Jordan

God is working and He is changing lives.  This past Sunday, seven believers in our village followed the Lord in baptism.  To follow Him means going against their culture and traditions. And that is what these seven have chosen to do.  We praise the Lord for their step of faith and pray for strength and […]

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is making sugar cookies. The event begins with all the kids sitting around Ginger as she reads The Sweetest Story Ever Told.  In the story, the Cookie Maker shares the wonderful story of Jesus’ birth with the help of his cookie cutters: an angel, a star, a tree, a […]

I was awakened in the middle of the night by the feeling of a bug crawling on my hand.  I quickly shook it off, and then realized I had only succeeded in shaking it off into the bed.  Not knowing where it had gone, and uncertain what kind of bug it was, I woke my […]

From one day to the next, everything changed.  Thursday was a beautiful sunny day here in the Philippines.  And then Friday blew in with wind and rain as the super typhoon made landfall. If this storm was in the States, reporters say that it would have stretched from New York to Florida.  Wind and rain […]

It has been our goal, as our girls get older, to have a special time each year for just Mom and daughters.  This year, we decided to have our girls’ day while we were in Manila, a few days after Abigail’s check-up. Grandma Jordan had just returned to the country after a short furlough, so […]

Many of you know that New Tribes missionaries teach what is known as “Creation to Christ”.  This is an extensive evangelistic approach that takes months to go through.  During these months, we have seen Agutaynens turn their backs on old customs and their hearts prepared to receive the glorious gospel of Jesus’ death on the […]

Over the years, we have noticed the trend of the teenagers has been to grow up in the village, go to college, and move away from the village.  Many of them are leaving, without having listened to God’s Word being taught.  Also, as our children get older, we see the need for them to have […]

Do you believe everything you see or read?  For example: when you see a sign that says “Don’t touch!  Wet Paint!”  Do you believe the message of the sign?  Or do you think: well it might be dry nowand just touch it with one tiny little finger (of course, if no one is looking). Ginger […]

In years gone by, you might remember your Sunday School teacher saying: “Swords Up!  Romans 3:23.  Charge!”  There was excitement in the room as each student scrambled to find the verse.  Did you find the verse before the other kids? Even though the Agutaynens have never heard of such a game, they do the exact […]

Where we live in the Philippines, we have a dry season that lasts up to six months.  During this time, the wells will dry up and the ground will harden like a rock.  Truly, one can break his shovel if he tries to dig in this dirt.  The rice fields almost look like a desert.  […]