French in October 2020

October 26, 2020

The 14 men in the photo are all church leaders from the Loron people group in northeastern Côte d’Ivoire. They were having a church development workshop, led by Norbert who traveled to one of their villages to teach this seminar last month. This was a follow-up session for these local church teachers who no longer […]

Life in May 2019

May 14, 2019

Hi again, April showers bring May flowers. My mom, Hedy, says the weeds in our front & back yards are starting to call her. It’s hard to persuade dear momma to relax, to not work too hard. It’s spring, after all! Mom has recovered well from her falls and skin cancer minor surgery. We had […]

Unreached in October 2018

October 16, 2018

One of the joys of serving the Lord from North America is being able to see our grandchildren, more than every 4 years. We saw 4 grandchildren in Idaho after only 2 years, this summer, and we will be seeing 3 more grandkids in North Carolina the end of October. Then for Christmas we plan […]

Strumming in June 2018

June 25, 2018

Hi from Alabama, again, The Broadway Baptist Church missions trip to Haiti (June 10–16) went great! Thanks for your prayers! I enjoyed being able to participate in things like: putting up eaves troughs (called “gutters” here in Alabama) to collect cistern water for the orphanage, throwing Frisbees and holding babies for hours, and playing my […]

Literacy in November 2017

November 16, 2017

Thank you, Lord, We are thankful this month with Americans, and were thankful last month with Canadians. ???? Actually, Martha and I are thankful every month for the privilege of serving the Lord, and THANKFUL for you who pray for us and give so that we can minister full time. My mom told us at […]

Studying in August 2017

August 1, 2017

What are you studying? In Senegal, this month, there are some young men and women who are studying 60 lessons on God’s story from eternity to eternity (sometimes referred to as Creation to Christ). Our Vision Integral missionary teammates are teaching this as a 3-week course, the third module in training Africans to be equipped […]

Story in January 2017

January 26, 2017

Want a challenge? Often we pick a goal or resolution for the New Year, and this year Martha and I were at a mission workshop January 4-6. The workshop was for international missionary trainers. Martha and I were there on behalf of the training program in West Africa, where our co-workers are training Africans to […]