Greetings from Southern Michigan! My family and I did something yesterday that we haven’t done in over five years—we went shopping for jackets! It’s not cold here, but it’s less than 80 degrees, so it feels cold to my kids . . . and even to [...]
“For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to a [...]
As is often the case, I’m not sure where to start. The last couple of months have been busy, with just a touch of tumult! 😊 I’m just glad that serving God isn’t boring. Let me start with some personal news. Ruth and I are happy to announce [...]
I would like to begin this letter by saying that the last two months have been very normal, calm, and peaceful. However, that would be highly inaccurate because the last two months have been CRAZY! I sent out my last prayer letter on Tuesda [...]
The last two months have been an absolute blur. By temperament, I am a very forward-looking person, and to be perfectly honest, right now I am sitting at my computer trying to remember what has happened over the last couple of months. I som [...]
I hope you’ll forgive me as I skip over the typical preliminary greetings. The last two months have been some of the most blessed and difficult of any we’ve experienced here in Dapitan. God gave us a tremendous conference in October, our pe [...]
In Psalm 119:32, David makes a great statement: “I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.” I WANT TO RUN FOR MY GOD. I don’t want to walk. I don’t want to jog. I dead sure don’t want to sit. I WANT TO RUN! W [...]
Well, I really just don’t know where to begin. Have you ever noticed that the ministry just never seems to slow down? People always need to be saved, Christians need to be taught, materials need to be produced, music needs to be practiced, [...]
As a child growing up in an independent Baptist church, I often heard the statement, “You can't out-give God.” I have found that statement to be 100% true! However, after 3½ years in Dapitan and over 8½ years total in the Philippines, I've [...]
I’ll be perfectly honest; I have struggled with this prayer letter! I wrote the outline over two weeks ago, but every time I’ve sat down to actually write the letter, I couldn’t seem to get it off the ground. I had a list of things that I w [...]
