New Year, New Team, New Work

February 3, 2025

In our previous episode How do you recap a whole year? Well, actually Bethany did a pretty good job. If you need a recap, please checkout the year-end letter that went out in December of 2024 for a great way to get up to speed. A New Year Bethany and I started ministry with our new […]

Updated Prayer Card!

January 13, 2025

This is a quick post to share our updated prayer card. If you want to print it as a photo, it should print as a 4×6 print quite easily. We’d be happy to mail you one as well, just drop us a line!

What a year that was! What did we learn?

December 23, 2024

Reflections on the Year When we last checked in with you all, we were just crawling out of a hospital stay, a pneumonia recovery, and a totaled car…yeah, that’s what October brought. But as we reflect on the year, there were so many opportunities to see God breaking through. We hope you can see that […]

Connect, Catch-Up, Care …

November 23, 2024

Soup’s On … Once a month, during the semester, all staff and intern ladies who “can” come together for lunch – with soup and bread always on the menu! We take this opportunity as a way to connect, catch-up, and care for this community of co-workers. The time together is short due to schedules and […]

Praise the Lord for travel, 26 baptized and tickets!

November 4, 2024

Join us in praising the Lord. We are thrilled to share the latest news from our Higaunon brothers and sisters in Christ. Just last week, we received a message from one of the outreach villages reporting that 26 new believers were baptized! While we usually see pictures of baptisms in rivers, this time the baptism […]

Come Away …

October 29, 2024

Once a year, in the fall, the staff ladies at the BI go on a retreat. It is only for one day and one night, and the location is usually not more than 1-2 hours away from the school. This year, I was blessed to share that time with a good friend and former co-worker […]

Thanks Again for Praying!

October 26, 2024

“Toto, I have a feeling we are not in Kansas anymore.” When we last wrote to you (in July!) we were sharing about Paul’s quick trip to Kansas for his (step) Dad’s funeral and a few weeks visit with his mom, Lavon Blackburn. She has been in ailing health these last years and we just […]

Walter’s Eye Update

October 24, 2024

Thank you all for your prayers for us. Walter’s doctor has been pleased with the healing of his eye and has lifted all restrictions on his health. But he does not know if Walter’s vision will be as clear. When the retina detaches, some of the cells can die. If a large percentage of them […]

A Little Bit of Fun …

September 30, 2024

What did ministry look like to us a few weeks ago? Being at the BI is not just about our office responsibilities or academics; it’s about community too! Staff, Interns, and students all take the opportunity to interact with each other and have a little bit of fun at times! Recently, our three families – […]

Update on Walt’s Surgery

September 8, 2024

Here is an update on Walt’s eye surgery. His surgery was at 6:30 am September 7 and it went well but I didn’t get to talk with the doctor then. We had to go back for a post op check, today, September 8. We saw the doctor who assisted in the surgery. He explained a […]