Tyler Turns 7

June 29, 2016

Tyler is our fun, easy going, friendly boy. This year has been a huge year of growth for Tyler. His ability to communicate in French has exploded. He spends most of his time in school helping other kids around him learn. When we do award charts at home he is always on the look out […]

The Sacred Crocs of Sabou (and no, it’s not a VeggieTales song – at least not yet)

June 8, 2016

On Monday, as I was on a road trip with other missionaries to come to some training, they were kind enough to stop in Sabou, a village along the way, so I could see the famous sacred crocodiles that I had heard about for years but never had the opportunity of meeting before. Here’s how […]

An awful first

May 24, 2016

On Friday, just before going to the wedding, we stopped at a new village in our people group that I had never been to before. It reminded me of many other villages in the people group, except for one thing. One awful thing. One thing that I had never done before and hope to never […]

Does God really love her?

April 17, 2016

I have four different Bible versions on the shelf in my office, and another one on my Kindle. At home I have five more translations. On my way to church this morning, I passed a dozen other churches. The county I live in has nearly 300 churches. I know thousands of Christians who are from […]

Thoughts from W. Africa

April 5, 2016

Our time in West Africa is drawing to a close — we will be home this weekend. I thought I’d share some photos from a large city here in West Africa, near the capital, that we visited today. Despite the fact that this is a large city, in and around it live five unreached people […]

W. Africa trip photos

April 3, 2016

Last week we headed south and east, into the interior of West Africa.

He lives!

March 27, 2016

Il vit! Il vit! Je sais que mon Rédempteur vit! Wow. Easter morning service in West Africa was amazing. Like the chorus from the song above, it was all in French. (That means, by the way, “He lives! He lives! I know that my Redeemer lives!” And the tune was nothing like the old American […]

24 hours later

March 23, 2016

We’re scheduled to arrive in the capital of a West African nation on Wednesday evening, local time. Since the city’s been called the Paris of Africa, I imagine the city will be vibrant. Since I will have spent the last 24 hours in airplanes and airports, I imagine I will not be. Pray that we […]

Signs I’ve been at this too long?

March 22, 2016

This week I head to West Africa, in order to gather photos and stories about the amazing things God is doing there through New Tribes Mission. But as I finished packing, and ran out for a couple of last-minute things, it occured to me that some things I take for granted may mark me as […]

Why I’m going to Africa

February 18, 2016

Spreading the gospel to “the ends of the earth” is the responsibility of each and every believer … but how do you do that? How do you make an impact, for instance, on Africa? Africa is huge. Much of the missionary effort over the years in rural areas has been ineffective, resulting in few disciples […]