We often call August in our ministry “SMITE Month.” August is when we have three weeklong SMITE Camps in three different regions of Nigeria. These camps have been greatly used by God to train young people to reach children for Christ and to [...]
Recently, Emma’s favorite song has been “Jesus Loves Me.” She’ll sing it in the car, while playing with her toys, while coloring, or while she’s doing anything really. So, hearing her little voice singing her own version of “Jesus Loves Me” [...]
What an incredible time it was celebrating our church’s 17th Anniversary! The house was packed with the largest attendance ever recorded at Truth Baptist Church–nearly 400! There were dozens of visitors, including 3 Emily personally invited [...]
You may remember a couple of prayer letters ago that I mentioned some regional Youth Conferences geared toward challenging young people to surrender to the ministry. I had the opportunity to travel to the second conference in a city called [...]
I want to begin by saying thank you to everyone who sent us extra support for Christmas. I know that times are not easy financially right now Stateside. The fact that you would sacrifice to send something extra means the world to us. I’ve b [...]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! On top of the normal festivities this time of year, it was special for us to celebrate one year since we moved to Nigeria. We have enjoyed meditating on all that God has done and brought us through in the [...]
At the very end of October, I had the opportunity to go with several of our Bible college students to a church in the city of Lokoja for a special soul-winning day. We praise God that He used us to see 55 people saved. You may remember that [...]
After our last prayer letter, many of you reached out, saying that you have been praying for us and specifically for our health. We have not had any debilitating sicknesses since our last prayer letter, so thank you for praying. It is alway [...]
This prayer letter has been delayed longer than I would like. Since our last prayer letter came out in July, we have had some major sicknesses in our family. Each week since we sent our last prayer, at least one member of our family has bee [...]
We praise the Lord that we are back in Nigeria. We have waited longer than normal to write this prayer letter because once Lydia’s visa was approved, we went full steam ahead with getting tickets, packing, and getting back to our field. We [...]
