Whacked out GPS

January 30, 2016

For some unknown reason the GPS on my phone has a mind of its own. Numerous times while traveling an Interstate it instructs me to exit in the middle of nowhere only to tell me to get back on the highway I just got off. I don’t get it. Maybe it just wanted me to […]

Cultural Barriers

January 30, 2016

The concepts of sin and reconciliation provide an example of cultural barriers that can hinder the growth of an indigenous church to maturity. The best we can understand at this point, as learners in this culture, it appears that an offense is only that—an offense. It becomes an offense when you are caught—at that moment, […]

Moving On

January 29, 2016

This month we watched 1 family and 2 singles complete their time in Dakar and move on to their next location. The family moved to a location 3 countries away where they will work in a really remote village among a people who are in need of Gods truth. We were there 2 years ago […]

Continued Drought Relief

January 28, 2016

While Jim was in town picking up our truck, he bought more fish and rice to help in the drought relief. The sweet potato plants are growing but no sweet potatoes. Often if not enough balance of sun and rain the leaves grow well but no sweet potatoes. Now it has basically been dry for […]

We have our truck back!

January 28, 2016

We got our truck back! We met up with a fellow missionary in our nearest town to pick up the vehicle. We had been using our coworkers’ truck while ours was in the shop. So our fellow missionary, Bill, drove ours up and we drove our coworkers’ down and […]

My Thoughts on Goodbyes… written by Donell

January 28, 2016

This time it seemed harder to leave… We have 4 beautiful, loving, grandchildren who are far too young to understand why these grandparents seemed so intentional with the goodbyes this time… They don’t yet understand where and why we have to go. And then there were the goodbye kisses planted on cheeks of aging parents […]

Broken Bones

January 27, 2016

One of the leaders of the clan told them that they would have to move out of the hamlet and that the teaching of God’s Word would no longer be allowed to happen there. Tokiung’s uncle was ‘at it again’ and this time it was even more severe. Tokiung, the pastor of the Patpatar church, […]

Jinongkes Testimony

January 27, 2016

Check out this short video of Jinongke. He is a very influential person in the Dinangat tribe. At first he was resistant to the gospel, but God’s Word is powerful and has changed his life.

Tribes just begging for missionaries

January 26, 2016

Did you know that there are many tribes just begging for missionaries to come to share the Good News about Christ with them? There are several tribes that have heard about other tribes being taught about Jesus, and they are asking for someone to come and share in their language, but there are not enough […]

What is Home Assignment (furlough)?

January 26, 2016

As time marches on and we continue to prepare for our time of home assignment (starting June 2016), I thought I would share some thoughts. Home assignment, also known as furlough, is a time for reconnecting with ministry partners and churches, meeting and connecting with new ministry partners and churches, addressing any medical/health/education/other issues, rest & refreshment. What […]