Contentment

May 5, 2016

It’s been an emotional couple of weeks in our household. If you’ve followed our newsletters, you’ll remember hearing of how the Lord worked to sell our house in only 3 days on the market. The next month was a whirlwind! So many things that need to be orchestrated, completed, moved, and finished. The flood of […]

The Plow

February 14, 2016

Luke 9:62 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” Winters have never been good to me. During the winters, my grades have always slumped, I often end up depressed, and simply don’t ‘feel’ like doing anything. However, our God […]

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 […]

Commitment

February 2, 2016

“… I walked here today to tell you all these things the Lord has been showing me these past few days. The Lord has brought you all to Wantakia to do His work, and you must finish it. Even if disaster comes upon you, you must continue to do the Lord’s work.” My wife and […]

Financial Update January 2016

January 25, 2016

This is going to be one of those truly practical posts. Right now, in Papua New Guinea, there is a team of IT people working to support the church planting efforts. The problem is that there aren’t enough workers to cover the need. Shortage of workers results in teaching materials not being completed as quickly, […]

Will not hell quicken me?

January 22, 2016

I’ve been reading Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening devotional, and in one of his writings, he said this: We are so sluggish that the best motives cannot quicken us, apart from the Lord himself. What! Will not hell quicken me? Shall I think of sinners perishing, and yet not be awakened? Will not heaven quicken […]

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, […]

Moving on

September 13, 2015

Our plans to move to Papua New Guinea have included the knowledge that eventually, the furry member of our family would have to move to a new home. Today, we sent Pumpkin, our 10-year-old cat, who we’ve had since she was an itty bitty 8-week-old ball of fur, off to live with Bill’s parents. With […]

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 […]