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The other night we took time as a family to walk through a Live Nativity that was presented by the Episcopal Church in our part of Jacksonville. Their presentation began with God revealing Himself to Moses at the burning bush. A God who speaks through a burning bush is eye catching, even powerful but it […]

Hi Friends, We want to invite anyone in the Jacksonville, FL area to join us for a short luncheon which will include an update on ministry and stories from our last term in Indonesia! October 5th after the 2nd hour service, around 12:15 at Christian Family Chapel (CFC) we will have a small lunch prepared […]

July 8th we arrived in Jacksonville after several flights and much fatigue! Lots of flying! So fun to be back in Florida! We were blessed by two generous families sharing their homes with us while we dealt with jetlag. After that we made a road trip up to Michigan to connect with my family, friends, […]

Dear Friends, We have come to a point in our family life where we are facing a big transition. In July of 2025 we will exit Asia Pacific and begin a season of transition for our two graduating seniors. Some of our friends here have referred to this time as a, strategic swerve.” Dina and […]

Last month I was teaching a group of students at the missionary training here, and a question was raised about where the end of the earth is. We have had the conversation with older tribal people who still have a cosmology that includes the sun circling the earth and the earth being basically flat. In […]

As the saying goes, a picture speaks a thousand words. With that in mind we are sending along a 3.44 minute video with lots of pictures and some video from this year. Our hope is that this will give you a little taste of our life and ministry here in Asia Pacific over the past […]

Dear Praying and Supporting Friends, We just returned from almost a month interior and then a bit of traveling to other villages on our way out. We spent time as a family fixing up and preparing the houses that our team has used for so many years in the village. The Lord has raised up […]

Last week 6 more people graduated from the missionary training program we have been a part of these past several years. It’s exciting for us to see the Lord raising up these tribal believers for ministry. It’s also humbling to come along side them so that they can follow their call to go make disciples […]

Hi Friends! We hope that 2024 is off to a good start for you! I don’t often do it, but this year I decided to choose a word/concept that I wanted to focus on through the coming year. After much thought I chose the idea of Abiding in Christ. Not a new concept but such […]

Beside my computer is a list of Thanksgiving preparations and plans for this coming week. Even though the culture around us does not celebrate the American Thanksgiving Holiday, we will still take time to meet as a team and celebrate together. Speaking of being thankful…We want to take time to thank each one of you […]