I would like to start this prayer letter by saying that I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION! Hebrews 4:12 tells us, “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing [...]
The last two months have been a rollercoaster of emotions. We’ve experienced the joy of victory and the sting of defeat. We’ve experienced the euphoria of the mountaintop and the discouragement of the valley. We’ve felt the heartbreak of lo [...]
Happy New Year from soggy Dapitan! As we near the end of typhoon season in the Philippines, there has been no shortage of rain here in Dapitan. However, with family members in Maine, Michigan, and other northern states, we are certainly not [...]
I’d like to start this letter by saying that I still love being a missionary! I cannot imagine any other life. In the less than four months since our arrival, we have successfully settled into our apartment, and Dapitan City has become home [...]
It’s been nearly two months since our return in the Philippines, and as I think back over the events since our arrival, I don’t even know where to begin. God’s hand of blessing has been so incredibly obvious! In James 4:6, we find the state [...]
“. . . that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.” (Joshua 3:4) This verse has really gripped my heart over the last few days as we prepare for the big transition back to the Philippines. In so [...]
“Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.” That verse is a perfect description of how we’ve felt over the last two months since our last letter. God has blessed us in so many ways and on [...]
Psalm 90:17 ends with a powerful statement: “. . . yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.” As we near the end of our second round of deputation, that verse summarizes my feelings perfectly. For nearly two years, we have been amazed t [...]
It’s hard to believe that 2016 is over. It truly was an incredible year in so many ways. I couldn’t even begin to tell of all God’s blessings throughout the year, but I’ll try to give you an overview. We traveled nearly 39,000 miles, with m [...]
Deputation is many things, but boring is not one of them! In the two months since our last prayer, we have driven nearly 9,000 miles, traveling from Ohio to California to Florida. We visited the Grand Canyon (nobody fell in), enjoyed drivin [...]
