Finding Encouragement In God’s Grace

September 29, 2015

Church Mobility In past updates we have shared about how many of the tribal believers are more mobile now coming and going to the cities. This continues to be true, not just in the Simbari tribe but in many other rural areas as well. Last week the Simbari believers living in the capital city of […]

The Trujillos

September 17, 2015

Faithful messengers We have great respect and admiration for our good friends, Luis and Elizabeth Trujillo. When we were training missionary candidates in Colombia, they were attending a little church plant that our team had started in the town of Fusa. Soon, they also wanted to have a part in sharing the gospel with those […]

Good Times in Nova Scotia!

September 8, 2015

Cana-days Forgive me for the cheesey title. Don’t blame Eida, it’s all my fault — just couldn’t pass it up. 🙂 WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO GOD for making it possible for us to visit Esther & Curtis and our Canadian grandkids in Nova Scotia during the last two weeks of August. It was a […]

Busy Coming and Going

September 3, 2015

A lot has happened since we last wrote. The beginning of May, John flew out to Las Vegas with his father and sister to see his brother who was in critical condition due to his decline from the chemo treatment for colon cancer. You probably received our updates during that time and prayed for David. […]

How to Make a Translator Happy

August 25, 2015

It’s easy… tell them that their Bible translation is being used and that people’s lives are being changed by it! A Good Report We keep hearing good reports about the Palawano church back in our village. People are reading and teaching the Word of God, using their Palawano New Testaments and the Talking Bible audio […]

10,000 Miles Later….

August 6, 2015

We just returned from a long trip out west. We were thrilled to be able to visit with folks and share in many of our supporting churches including Corvallis Community Church, Victor Community Church and Ulm Bible Church in Montana, Shan Creek Community Bible Church in Oregon and First Presbyterian Church in Mississippi.

What? Dental Work in Mexico?

August 4, 2015

No, we aren’t crazy but we have had some dental work done in Mexico. Phil and I both went about a year ago to have some dental work done there. I know some people might question the wisdom of that but Phil needed a lot of work done which would have cost thousands of dollars here […]

Visit to the Grandkids!

July 27, 2015

The end of July we stopped back on our way back to Florida to visit Jason and family in Grand Junction, Colorado. We had seen them a few weeks earlier at the Burns Family Reunion in Montana but….guess you can’t get too much of the grandkids! Besides, we wanted to see the home that Jason […]

Say What? When are you good enough?

July 6, 2015

The world is a big place. And Christ’s command to make disciples of all nations is a big task. We can easily feel overwhelmed by it. Can we do it? Yes! We have his command, and his promises. The church can move forward with confidence; undaunted, and full of hope. How can we do it? […]

Meeting Kaylene!

June 8, 2015

Meeting Kaylene Over Memorial Day weekend, we finally got to meet a very special person, the newest member of our family, little Kaylene Joy. Isn’t she a doll? Look at those eyelashes! Although she was born in March, we weren’t able to get over to Art and Lenn’s place near Austin for a couple of […]