“Thank the Lord It Is Not Good Friday”

March 24, 2016

This Thursday morning we awoke with the news that our Agutaynen neighbor gave birth to a son. At 6am, the village midwife was at our gate and excitedly shared with us all the details of the event that took place just a few hours before. If you don’t mind, we won’t share all those details […]

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 […]

A Trip to Colombia

March 23, 2016

A Poisoned Dart It was back in the early ’70s. The initial contact with the Nukak didn’t go as planned. Though Danny Germann was pleased at the seemingly smooth exchange of gifts — the accompanying poisoned dart in his neck wasn’t quite so pleasing. It took time to earn the trust of this remote tribal […]

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 […]

Folders

March 22, 2016

In this day of high speed technology and latest electronic gadgets, I’m so thankful for a good old-fashioned folder. Yes, I, too, enjoy gadgets like computers and i-devices that truly are valuable for the ministry. However, the one item that seems to be most useful is a 10-cent folder. Without these inexpensive folders, my desk […]

He is Risen

March 21, 2016

Dear Friends, Spring greetings and Easter pondering to you. Our family is really enjoying the new signs of life and beautiful flowers all around as the weather warms. We’re also enjoying the public celebrations of Easter as we rejoice in our Lord. Remembering Easter in years past has been just with our team in the […]

Becoming

March 20, 2016

This morning I helped out in children’s ministry at my home church. I was in the 2 and 3 year old class. There is a sweet little girl who is still warming up to the idea of being left in children’s ministry while her parents are in church. She isn’t a crier. She just stays […]

Buffalo and Ducks…and other suprises

March 20, 2016

Sometimes when a day starts, you never quite know what it will hold. Like when you are going to a Chinese New Year something-or-other with friends (sometimes things get lost in translation) and you think it will be a big red dragon parade and instead you get rain, a variety of dragons, loud drums, a […]

Taking A Trip This Summer!

March 18, 2016

Bringing Indigenous Churches To Maturity March 8, 2016 Encouraged To Encourage Others Hello Friends, Love Talking to People Cheryl and I are so grateful to be able to talk to folks about the needs of reaching the most […]

Training, Translation And A Drone

March 18, 2016

Back in January a friend’s drone captured some aerial shots of our tribe. In the above photo is our airstrip with the mission plane on the ground in front of our bush house and the tribal church building just across from the plane. At this stage, with the church becoming more mature we don’t live […]