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A Time of Crisis
This will be a much different prayer letter because of the historic flooding we are facing in our state in Brazil.
Continue ReadingBe Still
The last week of April, Yuri and I were able to attend a retreat for missionaries serving in Japan entitled “Still Waters.”
Continue ReadingCatching Up on Life and Ministry
Today is May 1. In Cameroon, this is their Labor Day. A fair amount of people are participating in some celebrations, and the rest of us are, well, continuing with our labor.
Continue ReadingA Time of Transition
Our transition to accepting international residents has gone well. To date, I’ve had the opportunity to work with four of the five new recruits.
Continue ReadingChanging Chapters
Greetings from Cameroon . . . for the last time. Though it is far from my last newsletter to all of you, it IS the last one I will be writing from here in Cameroon.
Continue ReadingThe Lord Is My Light and Salvation
The words of Psalm 27:1 had new and powerful meaning to me when I meditated on this verse during the Still Waters retreat that I attended recently.
Continue ReadingCommencement – New Beginnings
This fall has been full of highlights for our family and the mission here in southern Brazil. In March, we held our seminary graduation.
Continue ReadingFollowing His Steps
Before leaving from our previous mission field, we delivered discipleship training and organized spiritual retreats for local churches.
Continue ReadingIce Crackles and Seed Pods
Some of you may have experienced that when a puddle just lightly freezes over, if you tap it with your foot it makes a wonderful cracking sound.
Continue ReadingRain, Refreshment and Reunion
We have just returned from a conference that we have attended during the years we have been serving in Africa, since 1989.
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