It was bound to happen to us eventually. We have joined the millions who have gone before us. They have blazed a trail for us to follow. They scratched and clawed their way to survival and have lived to tell their story. They are our great cloud of witnesses. What has happened? We have a [...]
Last night we had a record attendance at our church as our small auditorium was filled way past capacity. The Christmas Cantata drew about 150 plus the 50 member cast. “Standing room only” does not do justice to the sardine-like feel in the place. There is an energy, restless energy mind you, [...]
October is a heavy month for us. Tumultuous. Besides responsibilities with the church and the mission, Scott is teaching a seminary class every evening from 7-10pm. This particular Bible Institute actually goes to churches where the members want to study and holds classes for a week in a three year cycle. Scott was given the [...]
How do you plant a church? has been a new question for me these days. I have agreed to lead a church planting team from my church, Iglesia Bautista Getsamani. First I need to write a strategic plan, then form a team (and hopefully a multi-church agreement), and then get to work on actually starting [...]
Being robbed feels like a violation. We returned home to our house a few weeks ago to discover a back door open. A quick glance into the office confirmed our suspicion. Someone robbed us.
That Friday was a holiday and we thought we would go see a movie. We were only gone for 2 hours. [...]
We have all heard the Christian cliche: “If this is God’s will He will open the door; if not, He will close it.” We have had an interesting month of open and closed doors. I think in the last blog we mentioned our excitement about beginning a ministry in a little church about 30 miles [...]
The school year has started anew. Danielle and the kids resolutely (and happily, I might add) leave from the house every morning at 6:15am. I spend some time during the week working on my own class work. Contrast that with so many here who do not have access to adequate education. And what they [...]
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, every creature was sweating profusely…Certainly an unlikely beginning to a Christmas poem and not likely to become a classic and adopted in mainstream American culture—though it would make a great Hallmark card. We are certainly not dashing through the snow here, but are [...]
It is just a typical day here in Paraguay. The fam got up early to go to school. Our vehicle needs some work so I decided to take everyone to school. On the way there Danielle begins to scream bloody -murder, “I just got stung by a scorpion!” Sure enough, I looked down at her [...]
It’s been a crazy month. First things first. We finally found a house and moved in at the end of July. The Mennonite Mission had been renting the house and we just happened to stumble upon the search process. The owners only wanted missionaries to live in it and wanted to bless them with a [...]