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Christ is Building His Church

Christ is Building His Church

Here’s some news about the Palawano church where we worked for many years. An brief update about our health concerns is at the bottom of this post. The Church on Palawan is Thriving We’ve received encouraging reports from coworkers (and messages from Palawanos on Facebook!) about how the church continues to meet, studying the Palawano […]
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What God Did

What God Did

Here are Donna’s reflections on her surgery yesterday… Would you like to know what God did in answer to the prayers of the saints yesterday, the day of my breast cancer surgery? This is long, so if it is TL:DR (too long: don’t read) for you, the short answer to that question is: A LOT. […]
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If At First You Don’t Succeed…

If At First You Don’t Succeed…

…Try, Try Again We appreciate your prayers. The cardioversion was done without incident… but also without success. After the maximum number of 3 jolts, Bill’s heart was still in AFib (out of rhythm). He will see his doctor soon to discuss what options to try next. Stay tuned. Thanks so much for for standing with […]
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They Come in Threes

They Come in Threes

Medical Concerns We have three health concerns that have come up recently that we’d like to ask you to pray with us about… The Heart of the Matter About two and a half weeks ago Bill’s heart went out back of its normal rhythm into AFib (atrial fibrillation). So his cardiologist ordered a procedure called […]
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God at Work Among the Nations

God at Work Among the Nations

We trust you had a special Christmas! Here’s a quick update on our lives and ministry… 50 Years We must be getting old. In September we attended Donna’s 50th high school reunion, then Bill’s 50th reunion followed in October! Global Forum In November we were blessed to attend an international conference in Thailand with nearly […]
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Bones, Kids and Skin

Bones, Kids and Skin

Here is a quick update so you can be praising and praying with us… Bones: Bill’s Knee It took a couple months, but Bill was able to see a rheumatologist. A mere 4 hours (yes, FOUR HOURS) after the first dose of prednisone, the PAIN WAS GONE! The doctor has already almost completely weaned Bill […]
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Update on Donna

Update on Donna

Successful Surgery Thank you all for praying! Donna’s surgery, under local anesthetic, was done quickly and without incident. She’s home now, resting while I pamper her. Now we wait… The doctor said it might be up to 11 business days before we get the biopsy results. Then we’ll know if they need to cut out […]
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Health Concerns

Health Concerns

Sometimes an apple a day isn’t enough, and this is one of those times. We would appreciate your prayers. Skin and Bones… No, we haven’t gotten skinny (too bad!) But we do have some health concerns involving skin and bones. Donna… A routine annual dermatology exam about three weeks ago found an unusual mole on […]
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Lini’s Surgery

Lini’s Surgery

Success! Lini had her surgery and it was a success and she’s already feeling better and able to walk a bit. Thanks for praying! We learned that she was taken to the better of the two hospitals in the town of Brookes Point. So she’s at the Leoncio private hospital. We’re thankful, because this means […]
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Urgent Prayer Request

Urgent Prayer Request

UPDATE ON HOW TO GIVE Hi,Some of you have mentioned having trouble with donating to Lini’s medical expenses. Apparently the scheme I described creates issues with IRS rules. I apologize. The mission is not allowed to have a designation “for Lini,” since she is neither a member of the mission or an official “project” of […]
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