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New Team in Philippines We are preparing to serve with WorldVenture in the poverty-stricken countryside of the Philippines providing hope and redemption, both economical and spiritual, through the Lord Jesus Christ. Mike and Ghed will be working to plant...
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Mesa Baptist Church of Mesa, Arizona, came to do a Church Partnership Evangelism campaign with us on the island of Bohol where we are starting a new church. Upon sharing the gospel in a home with three ladies, we walked outside and saw five men sitting...
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Last week was a busy one here at Turame. With the board meeting on Friday, the week was spent finalizing the business plan, compiling the financial projections, and gathering promotional material for the shareholders. I spent a few days in the meetings...
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So, I’m still sitting under the tree with Douda and Salifou as I read and tend to my bloody blisters. I read in The Shack, “Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.” Why is it that my generation seems apathetic...
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New Members Join Poland Team Please pray with us as we prepare to join the WorldVenture team in Poland. Through God’s leading, we hope to display to the Polish the abundant life through Jesus Christ. Gabe seeks to accomplish this through building relationships...
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Mission-minded Teaching As I explore where God is leading me to serve through WorldVenture, I seek to disciple children in a school setting. I plan to work alongside nationals, coaching them on how to integrate faith into the academic learning process...
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Any of you who have seen the Oregon Coast know how beautiful it is!! Kent and I had been there only once before and Kent knows that every once in awhile I need a “beach fix.” What I mean by that, is that I want to go to a beach some. and even though Kent...
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Back to Ukraine! Please pray with us as Stella now joins me in an official role through the ministry of WorldVenture. We plan to continue our ministry in Ukraine, working at Donetsk Christian University. Pray that we would be able to blance our ministry...
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Intense – that is the best word to summarize the week spent in the village of Ndiadiane. The first day the team arrived to greet the chief, a concerned young woman latched onto one of the New York ladies and quickly pulled her inside her compound. There...
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Thanks for praying, guys. It’s done. The wallpaper (and walls and everything else) is done. Sveta and Victor finished today, packed up their stuff, and we began the final cleaning. I’ll try to put some pictures on soon.
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Last week I had the chance to travel to Rwanda with a colleague of mine from World Relief. The 40 minute flight from Bujumbura to Kigali would hardly be worth mentioning if not for the beautiful countryside over which we flew. Burundi’s mass overpopulation...
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We moved from Bellingham, Washington two weeks ago. We had parked here in the same place last fall so were glad to be able to park here again. BECAUSE kent had to fly to Phoenix almost as soon as we were settled in here. So I took him to the airport and...
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I caught this over at the Sovereign Grace Blog (By CJ Mahaney ) Lazy? Not me. I’m busy. Up early, up late. My schedule is filled from beginning to end. I love what I do and I love getting stuff done. I attack a daily to-do list with the same intensity...
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“Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.” – The Shack by William Young In regards to discovering the landscape of my heart: “I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later… when you...
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As I “promised”, it has taken a few days for me to get the time to write a new posting about Richard´s funeral. Celeste and I guess that around 200-250 were there for this outdoor funeral which took place on the grounds of an old monastery...