Voices from the Field
Archive
Shan in Japan: Spring 2022
Christmas is a wonderful time of year, not only because of the lights and gatherings but also because it is one of the best times to share about the love of God our Father and the birth of our Savior Jesus.
Continue ReadingMore Than Conquerors through Chr*st Who Loves Us
As the COVID “zero-tolerance” policy has been embraced in here since the beginning of pandemic, large group gatherings, no matter private or public, are strictly restricted amid the current wave of Omicron’s spread.
Continue ReadingYear-End Blessings and New Year Hopes
God was very faithful in granting opportunities to share the real meaning of Christmas and sow seeds of the Gospel at the end of the 2021 year. I was intent on “connecting” with people this Christmas as the COVID cases were quite low.
Continue ReadingFrom +30 to -30
The Kairos Project Brazil is celebrating its first anniversary! Thank you so much to those of you who have given scholarships to the Brazilian Kairos students. Without these funds, this kind of education would not be possible.
Continue ReadingReconciling Health Services Ministries
The vision statement of the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services is to “offer quality care to all as an expression of Christian love.” This ministry is carried out through ten hospitals, twenty-nine health centers, a primary healthcare system for small rural villages, a centralized medicine and medical supply distribution service, specialized services for the disabled including the deaf and blind…
Continue ReadingThankfulness, and Steadfast Endurance
August and September saw Jeff working closely with our partners on some major issues related to persecution, as seen later in this newsletter. This time frame also saw Sonya operating in high gear.
Continue ReadingTo Everything There Is a Season
The beginning of this season of living in Romania started in 2015 when God brought us here on a two-week mission trip to Camp Falcon Rock. It was on this trip we fell in love with the people and the country and began to sense God was calling us to something more.
Continue ReadingHome
I love autumn! I love the colors. I love the smells. I love the tastes. I love Thanksgiving. I love the imagery of the trees letting go of the past year’s leaves and settling in for a ‘down’ time before the next year’s growth.
Continue ReadingA Month of Testing
With our academic year drawing to a close at the end of December, the last five weeks have been a whirlwind of testing. Each resident is expected to sit for a written exam (pictured above), an oral examination, and a practical bedside examination.
Continue ReadingThe Just-a-Seck Newsletter
You remember the water projects we are doing with the two Roma/M*sl*m villages, Meksiko, and Tribagremi? Well, after lots of starts and stops due to wildfires, land issues, material shortages, fundraising needs, and a need to rework the Meksiko plan, the clean water will be turned on this week in Tribagremi!
Continue Reading