Will You be My Friend?: I heard it said once that most people are looking for a friendly church, but as I have been in the ministry for some time, I have come to realize that it is not necessarily a friendly church that people are looking for but a friend at church. If someone comes to church and doesn’t know anyone, it is much less likely that they will return. If a person … [Read more...]

Abiding in Him: When I was younger, I always liked to play outside in the fields and woods on the farm where I grew up. There was something about being out side with he plants and trees. Now, I hated having to mow our yard, but loved to play out in it. When I got a little older, I liked landscaping, and even took it upon myself to do the landscaping around our house and pool. … [Read more...]

Reaching the Jungle: From the time we arrived to Bolivia we have been working with a sister church in the north, in a city called Cobija. Cobija is a smaller town with about 75,000 people and shares a border with the country of Brasil. If you travel outside of the city you will notice that it is surrounded with thousands of acres of jungle and hundreds of small towns and … [Read more...]

Training to Train: I heard it said once, that you don’t really learn something until you teach it to someone else. This can be seen clearly in the ministry, and specifically in missions. Our ministry verse is 2 Timothy 2:2, which shows us that our goal has to be to train up leaders with the goal that they will in turn train up more leaders. Especially at this stage in our … [Read more...]

Busy and Getting Busier: This past month was a very busy but rewarding time for us here in Bolivia. We have been very busy in the new church plant and the Lord has been blessing. We have had between 30-40 almost every Sunday with visitors in almost every service. We have also been blessed to see the owners of where we are renting coming to most of the services. The wife has … [Read more...]