Thank you for your investment in the Middle East. God has used your prayers and support to make good progress towards some big projects that are taking place. The first major project that has been completed is the publishing of a website th [...]
What incredible and interesting times we are living through. Some people seem so lonely and will spend extra time chatting with the clerks at the store, and others are so afraid that they cross the street to avoid coming close to someone. T [...]
Traveling Like Paul, I am writing to you from Rome; unlike Paul, I am not writing from prison. My wife and I have been in Italy for a week. While we’ve had a wonderful time, we are nonetheless anxious to return home tomorrow. Our trip serve [...]
As we live in a country with a different culture, language, and customs, misunderstandings are inevitable. Some of our more recent misunderstandings concerning the language are laughable. I recently resumed taking Twi lessons—my first attem [...]
Thank you again for your support and prayers as we follow the Lord here in the kingdom of Thailand. With our family of five all having birthdays within one month, we thank you for the encouraging messages, cards, and gracious notes. Your ef [...]
We rejoice in your prayers for us as we write to you from Thailand. Our last three weeks in America included meetings of encouragement in Florida, Missouri, Indiana, and Kentucky. The night of our flight, we attended the Wednesday evening s [...]
Praise the Lord! After a trip that lasted 30 hours, we finally made it to Peru. We left Dallas and had a 16-hour layover in Mexico City. Irene has an aunt who lives there, and we were able to visit and spend the night with her. The next day [...]
This spring has been a bit of a roller-coaster ride. We said goodbye to one family that had been here less than a year but felt God was moving them to a new field. Around the same timeframe, however, we welcomed some new arrivals. One of ou [...]
Purchasing property in a foreign country is a daunting task. We did it in Europe, but that was after we had been there long enough to be fluent in the language. As many of you know, we were told by immigration officials that purchasing prop [...]
Turning a Corner Our first year in Asia could be summarized by the words "overcoming obstacles." It didn't take long for us to discover that corporate and government cooperation in our host nation inches forward at a snail's pace. It took u [...]
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