Hundreds and Thousands Slice
Thursday, November 12, 2020

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Managing my time
Friday, November 27, 2020

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Northern Scenery, Way Back When...
Monday, November 9, 2020

Today I'm returning to the "Way Back When..." series, highlighting some of the surreal beauty we enjoyed in the boreal forests of the far north. Obviously most of these photos feature frigid beauty. That's because it was cold and snowy/icy much of the year. Also, there were no roads going anywher... .. read more..

The nature
Monday, November 9, 2020

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Raft, Burdens, Intervention, Virtues, Suspicion…
Thursday, November 12, 2020

We constructed a simple raft, with four plastic barrels, some planks and a nice steel frame pieced together by Geraldo, a talented man in our village who can weld and work with steel, and put it in the Cubango River, home to many crocodiles and hippos, above some severe rapids, to allow people to... .. read more..

Christmas Song #3 – And it’s a strange one.
Thursday, November 26, 2020

Due to my disgust that the “greatest Christmas songs” never seem to relate at all to the birth of Christ, a couple of years ago I put in my vote for the greatest Christmas song of all time, and wrote a series of articles for the Christmas season. Since it really could be a tie, […] .. read more..

Running
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

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Random Thoughts on Church Closures…
Thursday, November 19, 2020

We are thankful to the Lord that we continue to meet on Sundays here in Ixtapaluca, after having had interactive services online for 18 weeks. I’m sure most of us have put a lot of thought into the question of “closing churches”. As I’ve mentioned before, we really started... .. read more..

Insécurité à Bordeaux
Friday, November 20, 2020

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Zoom zoom
Monday, November 9, 2020

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Knowledge, Hidden Works, Field Goals, Fund Update, Travel…
Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Living in Cavango has opened my eyes to how life has been lived for most of history, including when Jesus walked on water, worked with wood, made wine, calmed storms, angered the powerful and physically touched so many seekers in the Middle East. As it was then, in Cavango there are no books, new... .. read more..

Church Growth in Thailand - Why So Slow?
Saturday, November 7, 2020

One of the perennial questions about Christianity in Thailand is why the church has traditionally grown so slowly compared to other countries where Protestant missionaries arrived around the same time. Ultimately, we don’t know for sure why the church grows more slowly or more quickly in a given ... .. read more..

THINK FAIR-TRADE FIRST!
Friday, November 20, 2020

November 19, 2020 – As you are thinking and doing your Christmas shopping this year, we want to ask you to THINK FAIR-TRADE FIRST! If there is a Fairtrade store near you take some time to go and check it... .. read more..

Not able to make plans yet
Monday, November 16, 2020

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Well that's week 1 done of Couch to 5K
Saturday, November 7, 2020

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Divine Connections!
Friday, November 6, 2020

November 5, 2020 – Over the past few weeks, we have had several things come our way that can only be described as “Divine Connections” - Let me briefly tell you the stories. Our worker at our Jackson Store messaged... .. read more..

Happy Thanksgiving 2020
Saturday, November 28, 2020

November 27, 2020 – For Thanksgiving this year (because we are stateside) we rented an Air BnB and spent 2 nights as a family with our 2 sons, our daughter-in-law, and granddaughter. We are so thankful that we could all... .. read more..

Giving Thanks during City Quarantine
Monday, November 9, 2020

November has been quite interesting so far. The month began with a thanksgiving service at church. The regular thanksgiving service was delayed by one week because Mariana, who creates the beautiful displays, was sick for a few days, but after she recovered, the ladies decorated the s... .. read more..

Arbol de Vida EFC Church Construction Update! Nov 2020
Monday, November 16, 2020

With many rules in place due to COVID, the Arbol de Vida EFC has been holding services in the unfinished sanctuary for the last 5 weeks! Even without electricity, air-conditioning, doors or windows it has been a major blessing because with physical distancing there is legally room... .. read more..

Can I pray for you?
Monday, November 2, 2020

Can I pray for you? This was the call to action, in October at our local church. After being locked down for what seemed an eternity, we hit the streets of various neighborhoods in the city of Encarnacion to ask the following question; Can I pray for you? We were all wearing ye... .. read more..

Curve-ball kind of week
Saturday, November 7, 2020

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Follow Me!
Sunday, November 8, 2020

Jesus's command is not to seek out the best circumstances—it is, rather, “Follow me!” .. read more..

We Are Thankful
Monday, November 23, 2020

City of Gherla, Romania This is Thanksgiving week and we have many things to thank God for as we near the end of thirteen years of ministry in eastern Europe: First we thank God our Father for the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord! Then we thank Him for the privilege of serving o... .. read more..

So today I thought :
Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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