The first part of this year has been good for our family. Christy and Jacob’s return at the end of January was great, and at the school break we were able to get away and relax for a few days on the coast. The boys have all done well so far in school, and are busy with learning and activities. Christy has joined right back in with her jobs at the Clinic and in Staff Care, and enjoys helping people. Larry has had some time to work on planning and preparation for the rest of th

Paul Confer, a board member, and I were in Bolivia, visiting and ministering in churches. One night we visited Iglesia Macedonia. The service was to start at 8:00 p.m. Since we had gotten there early, I was approached and asked, “Can we use this time before service begins to do a prayer walk?” As different ones of us gathered together, I was asked what I did during my walks. I shared the following. Prayer walks are not social times for us to be talking to one another. As we a

He could have ignored the impulse, but when a pastor friend of Dr. Jim’s felt Jim on his heart on Thursday morning, March 27, he prayed for him. That was the same morning that Dr. Jim and Paul Confer were visiting the tourist site Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and somehow misplaced something important. The regional secretary of the church, not knowing anything was lost, found it about 11:00 a.m. That afternoon, he contacted Paul to see if it could belong to t

A massive 7.7 earthquake shook Mandalay, Myanmar, on Friday, March 28. Its effects were felt in neighboring countries, as well. Five days later the number of those killed in Myanmar had surpassed 2,700. We are thankful to have heard from Andrew Bawi Ceu that his family and those he works with were ok, although they have sustained building damage. We are in contact with him to learn more details. Please keep the Christians in Myanmar in your prayers!