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 […]

One Last Word on Our Pirate Princess

January 27, 2016

Our sweet little “Pirate Princess” Iris had an eye appointment a few days ago and we are praising the Lord over the news we received. As some of you may know there was a chance that Iris might need a secondary eye operation. For the last three months she has been wearing glasses and we […]

Return of the Pirate Princess

October 10, 2015

She is so sweet and cute but to be honest, we never wanted to see Iris with this “look” again. We had done our best to get her through a really difficult time in the past by helping her feel like her eye therapy was something fun and could be like she was dressing up […]

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 […]

Drinking from the “Español” Fire Hose

February 7, 2015

“Stem changers,” “cognates,” “infinitives,” “base verbs,” “dichos,” “conjugations” & “pure vowels?” Does hearing those words get your language learning energy flowing? Those terms along with countless others have become a part of our daily lives now that our brains have been thrust into the world of Spanish language study. Our daily language classes feel mostly […]

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 […]

We Need Wheels!

August 11, 2014

One of our biggest needs for our move to Mexico is a vehicle! We are looking to purchase a used, yet reliable family-sized vehicle with around or under 100,000 miles on it. After exploring around the internet, we are estimating somewhere between $8,000-$10,000 for this purchase. If you want to be a part of seeing […]

Don & Chrissy

August 3, 2014

Recently, I was reading a study on the statistics of global missions, and I was once again staggered to learn that over 2.2 billion people on the planet remain isolated from the gospel! That’s just under a third of the world’s population! Its easy to get distracted by whats going on in our own lives […]

Pirate Princess’ Voyage

October 1, 2013

The last three months with our little “Pirate Princess” Iris have sure been interesting! Iris has endured all these weeks of wearing an eye patch covering one eye (alternating sides every three days) all day, every day. There have been good days, ok days and some days where I thought the world would end before […]