In Uncharted Waters

July 7, 2024

If anybody had told me I would be looking to work in Florida, I assure you, I wouldn’t have believed them If anybody had told me I would be looking to be as a missionary, set afire in the heart for Christ, working completely paid from the support of others; I would have looked at […]

An Unmovable Mountain in a Sea of Change

August 27, 2019

Our lives are full of constant change and transition. Whether its moving, traveling, kids growing, or just the fact that we’re aging, there always seems to be something shifting in our lives. And maybe as missionaries we’ve taken on a little extra of that, but really it’s a part of everyone’s life. No one escapes […]

Virgilio testimony

September 30, 2018

Alberto and Mark are in a place close to the Guahibos. They traveled on Sunday September 16. Alberto is working with Guahibos brothers in updating and improving the content of the biblical lessons (Firm Foundations) and Mark Cain is working with in the last comprehension check of the N.T. before being printed. As Alberto and Mark […]

Update June 2018

July 12, 2018

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, We give thanks to the Lord for the trip that Virgilio and Alberto made to visit the Guahibo missionaries. Thank you for your prayers! We count it a privilege to continue having a part in discipling these folks; they continue to be encouraged in their ministry despite the many […]

Unto us a child is born…

December 21, 2017

Merry Christmas! We have so much to be thankful for this year but the most amazing thing ever happened: Welcome Joshua Michael Daum He was born Decemeber 10th at 5:58 a.m. he weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces and was 19 and three quarter inches. Everyone has told us about how much our lives would […]

God’s faithfulness is manifested

November 14, 2017

Visiting teammates. In August, Alberto had the opportunity to visit the missionaries planting the church in the among the Tikuna in Colombia. The translation of the Scriptures is being finished by being finalized by a couple of missionaries from Wycliff, they live on the border with Peru. Our desire is for the Tikuna church in […]

A New GOAL for the Guahibo Church: Reaching out to evangelize small groups of tribal people in the same linguistic family

June 14, 2017

In the low lands of the Casanare region of Colombia there is a reservation called Mochuelo Creek. There lives some groups of Guahibos who have the same linguistic family. Among those groups are the Sikuani, Amorua, Tsiripo, Masiware and Waëpijiwi, all who understand Guahibo but have not yet been reached with the message of salvation. […]

Desecrate the Sacred Pictures

June 1, 2017

Spirit pictures painted on sheets of bark “Take them,” Watofo said in January of 2006, his voice wheezing with the effort to speak. “Get them out of the house.” Fato’s brow furrowed. The Hewa shaman, Watofo, had gone in and out of consciousness with the fevers, but now he was making no sense. Fato, Waina […]

No Longer Afraid

June 1, 2017

I hiked to Emo’s hut on the banks of the Yif River on June 13, and when I arrived, Emo was very happy to show me his brand new house and the garden his family planted in the river valley. “Why did you leave your brother’s house on the ridge top to move here,” […]

¿What is the future of the Guahibo Church?

May 9, 2017

What is the future of the Guahibo Church? In the Vichada state region… The teaching is continuing in some of the Indian communities. We are thankful for the financial provision to print and send much material for teaching. Some believers want to participae in teaching others in their villages as well as accompanying their leaders when […]