And These Stones Shall be for a Memorial

February 9, 2016

In Joshua chapter 3, we read about Israel preparing to cross the Jordan river. Joshua tells the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” As the priests bearing the ark of the Lord step into the Jordan, the waters are cut off so that the people can cross on dry […]

If you get a big sick…

January 4, 2016

Over the last couple of years, since we’ve started this journey into our new world missions role, we’ve watched videos of testimonies from people in Papua New Guinea. One of them, in a message to Americans, says “Yes, living in the land of Papua New Guinea is very difficult. … You of America cannot be […]

Team…we are not alone!

November 14, 2015

There are very few things that any of us do in life that are done alone. God wired us to work together. From the beginning, Genesis 2:18 “It’s not good that the man should be alone” One of my favorite is in 1 Corinthians 12 Where Paul elaborates on how we all have different gifts […]

How shall they believe?

September 28, 2015

A few years ago I needed a new Bible. It took me a few weeks to choose one because of the extensive list of options available. Which translation did I want? King James? English Standard? New American Standard? Do I want cross-references in text? Do I want the words of Christ printed in red letters, […]

School time!

September 9, 2015

Some people have asked what we’re doing with all of our time now that Bill has transitioned out of his previous job and into full time partnership development. Well, he’s making a lot of phone calls and sending e-mails for one thing. He’s also handling some of Katie’s daytime ‘kid care’ because, in our house, […]

Ends and Beginnings

September 4, 2015

This week we’ve entered a new stage of preparation to serving in Papua New Guinea! Monday was Bill’s last day of work at his old job at PDS. The Lord used that job to provide for over 15 years! While Bill may elaborate more on his feelings in a future post, we now change gears […]

Serve the Lord with gladness

July 8, 2015

Psalm 100:2 reminds us to “Serve the Lord with gladness.” Charles Spurgeon wrote, “Reader, let us put this question — do you serve the Lord with gladness? Let us show to the people of the world, who think our religion to be slavery, that it is to us a delight and a joy! Let our […]

Remodelling

June 17, 2015

A realtor suggested that we remodel our old, broken down bathroom to get our house ready to sell for our move to Papua New Guinea. So Bill, Bob (Katie’s brother) and Barry (a hard-working friend) spent a day tearing out our old vanity, sink, medicine cabinet, and flooring to get to the old subfloor, which […]

The Miracle of Life

April 13, 2015

This week, we welcomed our 4th child into this world, a boy! James joined us on April 10th. Both James and his mom are doing very well. Perhaps that’s why I found Luke 1:57-58 to be of interest. For some reason, Luke decided it was worth noting that after she gave birth, her friends and […]

Our Roles in Global Missions

February 10, 2015

Our journey to Papua New Guinea started when a missionary asked me the question, “What’s your role in global missions?” When I was asked this, I didn’t really have a good answer. I didn’t know and I honestly hadn’t thought about it much. I didn’t realize at the time that the Lord had been preparing […]