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. […]

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 […]

Trusting Christ

“How are you guys doing down there?”  It is a question we get asked about 5 times a day right now via email, FB, or Whatsapp. We are so grateful for all of the concern that has been lovingly expressed.   The operative word for us has been “prepare!”  and now the operative word is “wait!” […]

Answered Prayers

Pray and Praise Update “THANK YOU for your prayers!” At the end of January, we posted a blog post in which we asked for prayer.  We wanted to get back to you and let you know how God has answered these prayers!    We are grateful for God’s grace as He helped us through our […]

A few ways that you could pray for us

photo note: We were so incredibly grateful to have all of the kids with us for Christmas this year here in Honduras!   We had a wonderful visit and will do our best to write more about that and put some more pictures up. Dear friends, we wanted to take a few minutes and let you […]