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!

I love seeing how God is working in different places in the world. Last month, Rev. Mark Surbrook and I traveled to the Cayman Islands to spend time with Dr. Gayle and Sister Micki Woods (Cayman Brac) and Pastor Carlson Benjamin (Grand Cayman). Before arriving to the Brac I committed myself to prayer-walking part of it every day that I was there. Little did I realize the blessing I would receive, traversing this beautiful island. God gifted me with seeing His creative handiw

What does ministry in Ghana look like? It can include an outreach service in the village of Ducie, outside with a tree for shade. It can look like taking an offering and delivering it to a needy family in Glang. It can even include Pastor George staying after a church service to counsel with a young couple in the church. He wrote that there had been misunderstandings for a while and that they were on the verge of divorce. However, God blessed this meeting, and it concluded wi