Within a week we’ll be sending three of our boys in different directions for the summer. Two will go “woofing” in Wyoming and the other will go to Stellenbosch, South Africa for a sports ministry internship. No, I didn’t misspell roofing, it’s “woofing” – world wide...
Two weeks ago I spent a week in Brazil with 50 missionary women at the Continent Care Connection Conference sponsored by Great Cities Missions. I joined a team who went to encourage the missionaries who gathered from Central and South America. The missionary women...
Be careful, or your kids might take your Christianity a little too seriously. We pass down some Christian basics to our kids from the time we can pass them the milk. Tell the truth, God doesn’t like liars. Obey your parents, and it will go well with you. Blessed are...
Easter and springtime–they go together. When I was a kid I probably thought that baby chicks, colorful eggs and spring flowers were mentioned in the Biblical story of the resurrection—at least it’s somewhere in the gospel according to North Americans. Then we...
Last week our friends, the Steenpkamps, had a garage sale. They are moving to South Africa next month, so it’s time to get rid of things. Lots of things. Coffee cups, couches, crib Tissue paper, toilet plunger, TV Baby toys, baby books, baby bottles Shoes, shirts,...
Yellow underwear. Twelve grapes. A run around the block with the suitcase in tow. Venezuelans know how to celebrate, and when it’s New Year’s Eve, they do it better than anyone. Everyone wears their best for the occasion—including new yellow underwear for the...
