My friend’s baptism remains one of the great highlights of my life. The feeling of that moment still overwhelms me. I ministered to him in jail about five years ago. As you can see, he was a tough guy, and a leader. He has a Christian dad and sister, as best as I remember. I …
Yuri, Rick, Gil, Natán, Yurí’s Christian grandma. When Gil got out of jail, the guard called me to come and pick him up. We had been talking about going on a missionary trip together. I contacted another ex-inmate, Natán, who invited his friend, Yuri. They lived in a village near our city. Gil and I …
Last week, I wrote, “Happy Birthday, Deanna.” It was on the morning of her birthday. Here are some photos of the special day. Bella’s birthday gift to Deanna was to come to church with us, where we could show the twins to many people who prayed for them through their 66 days in the NICU …
Watch a two-minute video to explore the idea of the “good gold” outside the Garden of Eden.Genesis 2 describes how the River of God flowed out of the Garden to the chaos land.And in those rivers, good gold, rare perfume, and onyx stones exist.”The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there” (NIV, Ge 2:12).Outside of the …
1. Start Your Day with the Word: Begin each morning by prioritizing your Bible reading. Let it be the first thing that welcomes you into a new day. 2. Seek Nuggets of Wisdom: Approach your reading as a search for gold nuggets. You’re not trying to mine the whole creek or process every word. Look for one …
Our families rented a log house AirBnB in Naches, Washington State, between Christmas and New Year. Now that our clan is more balanced between men and women, from 1:6 to 5:7, we are expanding our daily activities. The daybreak view from the livingroom window as I had my quiet time. Quiet Time – Via and …
We have many options when it comes to Christian missions.Partners who support Deanna and I are helping Train Leaders and Plant Churches.We are working at planting and releasing church-planting communities where people can work out their faith and help others do the same. We started by learning to work together with many people to plant …
In 1995, three of us went on a survey trip from Santarem to Altamira to determine whether we wanted to open a mission base in that region. Our goal was to prayerfully talk to the people, expecting God to reveal His will to us. We drove for 14 hours through thick dust, smoke, and fires. I cut …
We were invited to Jim and Vicky’s 64th wedding anniversary meal. Jim (grey sweater) and Harold (blue coat, black-rimmed glasses) were super-instrumental in the early days in Altamira. They helped us buy our first large boats, the first Central Church property, the airplane, and innumerable other projects. They took a long shot in investing in …
Do you think you ever connected with someone like this when you were an infant? How is that relationship these days? What happened? Powered by WPeMatico