Lucha Night!

March 25, 2017

As you know, part of our work down here in Mexico right now, besides studying language and building relationships, is studying culture, and of course this is all for the sake of reaching people for Christ. What is culture? According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, culture is “the way of life, especially the general customs and […]

Speaking to the Heart

January 30, 2017

I stood in a church service in El Paso, Texas and sang along to a praise song projected up on the screen. The words I was reading were words my heart best understands, they were the words that are the most powerful to who I am as a person, they are able to stir up […]

Exploring Missionary Burnout, Pt. 2

May 16, 2016

Burnout among missionaries is real and it is one reason for why some missionaries leave the field. Sometimes burnout itself is actually the main reason behind why someone leaves the field even when other reasons are given for their departure. According to Webster’s dictionary, burnout is “exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as […]

3 Lessons on Sovereignty, Forgiveness & Trust

October 10, 2015

Its been over a year since I returned from packing up our house in Papua New Guinea. A lot has happened since then. We raised support, bought a new van and moved to Mexico. A new family joined our old team in PNG, and are settling in nicely on the tiny island we used to […]

Orphans, Widows, the Poor & the Bible

September 5, 2015

Three years ago I began a journey through the Bible that would take me through its entirety in depth over the span of five years (which is now actually looking to be six). I came up with a plan of study that would ensure that I spent time all over the Bible instead of just […]

Consent to Be Loved

May 5, 2015

A number of years before moving down here to Mexico I served on a team at our home church to help set the direction for the adult Sunday morning classes. I remember one of our first meetings it became clear that while we all brought many different positive elements to the table, we also brought […]

Our Daunting Privilege

September 26, 2014

“Oh but Beth! Isn’t all this just daunting?!” I smiled as I heard a sweet friend’s genuine sentiment in response to discussing our family’s future in ministry and all that it has involved and will continue to involve. No one had expressed it in quite that way before and I appreciated the way she, a […]

Four More in the Family!

April 7, 2014

Recently, on a rainy evening the gospel was once again presented to a small group of Tigak people who had been faithful to attend the several months of teaching occurring 5 days a week. The group had been taught clearly from the creation of the earth (Genesis) through the life and work of Christ and […]

So, Now What?

July 16, 2013

Its been about three months since the Tigak church grew a little in number as the conclusion of the chronological, evangelistic Bible teaching took place explaining the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross and the way of salvation through faith in Him. After the dust settled on this exciting time, the new believers […]

Regional Conference 2013

June 22, 2013

“I guess I’ll eat this…” I said holding out a candy bar, a container of cole slaw and some cheeto-like chips. Beth laughed of course, but we both knew it was time to head back to our island so we needed to “go big or go home” in terms of eating all the junk food […]