Thailand & Canada

October 26, 2016

Thanks so much for praying with us and all the encouraging words as we made the long trip to Africa and the Philippines! We are so thankful for the 8 teams that we were able to work with and the literacy materials that were written for these languages. We are now getting ready for our […]

October 25, 2016

Michael recently had the opportunity to travel to Southeast Asia. He soon came to see it as the land of rice. Rice isn’t something new, he grew up in Colombia with plenty of rice. In other parts of South America, Mozambique and Tanzania (where he and his family currently serve) there were plenty of opportunities […]

College Kids, Our Kids, and the Patpatar

September 19, 2016

We have been back in the tribe for almost a month enjoying doing ³Patpatar ministry² after a great summer being able to help out with other ministries here in Papua New Guinea. One of those ministries was a program called Interface. Interface is a short term college level missions program offered each year here in […]

four more…

September 8, 2016

4 more weeks & 4 more languages! Greetings from the Philippines. We are more than half done with our around-the-world trip and praising God for His faithfulness every step of the way. We spent a month in Senegal where we held a literacy workshop for the field and then worked with 3 languages, writing literacy […]

August 2, 2016

Greetings from Oklahoma! It’s Tuesday August 2 and we’ve been home a week already. How thankful we are for our own home! Praise God with us for a safe and successful road trip. What a wonderful time we had with family, friends and ministry partners! We had invitations to visit more of you, but we […]

around the world in 68 days!

July 21, 2016

All the preparations are coming to an end and it’s about time to embark on our long trip. We will be working in 3 countries (Senegal, Burkina Faso and the Philippines) on 8 languages. And the route takes us completely around the world! But what excites our hearts and motivates us is that God will […]

Answers to prayer

July 5, 2016

Greeting! We trust this finds you doing well and encouraged in the Lord. A week ago today we arrived in Portland and spent our 15 hour layover visiting Lance’s cousin. It had been 10 years since we saw her last. She’s going to be 78 this year but certainly doesn’t look it. We had some […]

One step forward and one step back

July 5, 2016

How many of you remember songs that you learned in elementary school? I may be the exception and not the norm, but I remember quite a few. One about cows chewing their cud for the sesquicentennial of the state of Wisconsin, the Pennsylvania Polka, one about Christmas songs and candy canes from 1st grade, ‘She’s […]

tribal trip

June 9, 2016

Last week I mentioned that I was heading into a tribal location to help our medical staff run a vaccine clinic, but due to some inclement weather on both ends, it was delayed until the next day. Since we knew that the weather in this location can get real bad real fast, we opted for […]

Welcoming new granddaughter

June 3, 2016

Baby Bella We wanted to let you know that she’s here! Isabella Marie Collins was born on May 28. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and was 18 ¾ inches long. We praise God with Joey & Connie for this little miracle. Bella is our eighth grandchild, but it just never gets old! We can’t […]