Taking a census. David’s sin is my sin.
There is a lot going on in 1st Chronicles chapter 21. I know that the story of David taking the census is full of meaning in terms of God fulfilling his promises (chapter 17) and establishing the location for the temple (vs 29). I know that there is huge Christological significance in terms of David […]
Serving in Ukraine with Samaritan’s Purse
Background and preparations In 2018, I applied to Samaritan’s Purse be a part of the DART (Disaster Assistance Response Team). I was accepted and ended up doing my training in the US in 2019 while on furlough. Covid, our commitments in Honduras, and other life circumstances prohibited me from being deployed in 2020 and 2021. […]
Fear of Failure – Compass Series Post #3
You might remember that in the first installment of The Compass Series, we showed the picture of the compass on our website and asked: why is it not pointing north? We talked about the need to make sure that we are calibrated to true north and to be absolutely certain that we stay correctly oriented. […]
Conflict – Compass Series Post #2
You might remember that in the first installment of The Compass Series, we showed the picture of the compass on our website and asked: why is it not pointing north? We talked about the need to make sure that we are calibrated to true north and to be absolutely certain that we stay correctly oriented. […]
Why isn’t the compass on your website pointing north?
Why isn’t the compass on your website pointing north? (Yes, this is a trick question!) When you see this picture on our website, you might think, as I first did, that the compass is broken, seemingly pointing to the south southwest. For the purposes of our discussion, let’s assume that the compass is not broken. […]
Hurricane Eta update
Marinajo and I are in Denver caring for my brother in law Archie. We were not in Honduras this last week as hurricane Eta passed through, but I did want to share what I’ve learned so that you can be praying for Honduras as well as give you some trusted ways to donate. Loma de […]
Trusting God when plans change….
This year has been a “case study” in changed plans for all of us, we’re sure. This lesson continues as we’ve been in the US for about 6 weeks now, and very little has gone according to our plans. Here are some highlights: Ben was able to meet us in Houston as we flew in […]
We are here in the USA
Dear friends, we wanted to let you all know that we are in the USA for a visit for the months of September and October. We had scheduled a trip for April and May and everyone knows what happened that prevented that trip from happening. Once travel began to open up in Honduras on a […]
Photo Update July 2020
Hey all! Here’s a quick photo-update on what has been keeping us busy during the Covid-19 outbreak. Lots of behind the scene logistics, planning, receiving and distribution of supplies and donations, maintenance and repair of medical equipment. Exciting stuff here folks! Haha! We are beginning to see positive Covid-19 cases at Loma de Luz. While […]
Articles, podcasts, and sermons that have been a huge blessing to me over the past two weeks.
I’ve come across so much incredible Gospel content online in the last few weeks, I thought I might just run down a quick highlight reel below. I pray that someone is encouraged the way that I was by some of these amazing podcasts, articles, and videos. ~ DF Articles: Broken to Comfort the Broken: How Quadriplegia […]
