Weekend Cleaning
We scheduled a cleaning day at church on Saturday. And while some parts of the building did get a fresh scrubbing, a soul to soul conversation revealed that Jesus had been doing some scrubbing too....
View ArticleHeart Cry
I rank with that group of people who organize their groceries at the checkout stand. Heavy things first, cold stuff stays together, lightweight and bread last. I was in that mode while keeping an eye...
View ArticleChristmas Tea
We had a wonderful ladies Christmas tea this month. No, there was no snow and temperatures in the frigid zone but we made do with Christmas decor in the air conditioning and it worked quite nicely!...
View ArticleWhen your husband is the pastor...
it is a very special thing. He shares his messages with you before he preaches them. He asks you how it went after the service. He is always there to answer any Bible question you have and give...
View ArticleThanksgiving
"It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than resentful over what is withheld - one attitude or the other becomes a way of life." ~Elisabeth ElliotHe had seen me gasping...
View ArticleSpiritual Battles
The world is poised and panting, eager to enter into Sodom and Gomorrah and fulfull every fleshly lust for a few short days. The thought process, the planning, the money that goes into such an event is...
View ArticleEleven and a half cents
It was a miracle really, not that I should have expected anything less than that. I had 23 reais in my purse (about 12 dollars). I carefully weighed in my mind which grocery items would be the best...
View ArticleFamily Day
Today was family day, like every other Tuesday. We have set this day aside each week just to be with our family. BJ doesn't do anything church related. The kids don't have school (they make it up on...
View ArticleInnocence
The doors are closed, the windows shut, the air conditioner running, but still the beat of the music and the blast of fireworks comes through. The official holiday is Tuesday, but the party always...
View ArticleCarnival Camp
Thank you for your prayers for our teens at camp. It was a very hot week and there were times without water and a swimming pool, but the living water refreshed and made anew many thirsty hearts. We...
View ArticleMy Brazil
I'll be honest, Brazil doesn't always feel like home to me. I mean, I grew up eating peanut butter and jelly, drinking water out of the faucet and running barefoot in the grass. I forget that Brazil...
View ArticleTo the Amazon (and back)
To the AmazonDear Friends,Lord willing, early tomorrow I will board a plane with fellow missionary Nathan Patefield and we will fly to the Amazon region of Brazil for a ten day trip to visit our friend...
View ArticleBirth Days
We will always remember the birth day of Word of Truth Baptist Church ~ Daniel shares it! Our first services were held March 3 - 4 and Daniel's birthday is March 4!We celebrated one year of services...
View ArticleLife and Death
I am the kind of user that facebook probably hates. I log on, check my messages, scan through the posts for anything life changing and log off. There are days I have probably logged on for the grand...
View ArticleHelping Blind Men See
Monday we were on our way to a monthly pastor's meeting. We were excited to get there and take part in the surprise baby shower that was being hosted for one of the pastors and his wife who are...
View ArticleShining Moments
These are proud days if you are Catholic and Carioca (person born in Rio). The Pope arrives in Rio tomorrow. Traffic proves that an extra two million people are in the city. Everywhere billboards...
View ArticleEducating MK's
Living overseas is exhausting. The dollar menu, Hungry Howies, Meijer and Horrocks are all just a dream. Driving anywhere raises the stress level to high as you dodge people, buses, bikes,...
View ArticleGirls Retreat
November 8 and 9 the pastors wives held a special mini teen girls retreat complete with nail polish and chocolate! In the days leading up to the retreat, emails and phone calls were flying faster than...
View ArticleConfessions of a Missionary Wife
*WARNING: What you are about to read is an unedited excerpt from the life of a missionary wife.December 25: Christmas is here! I am so tired from all the preparations for this day as well as the...
View ArticleHope
"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed, we are perplexed, but not in despair;Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed...For our light affliction, which is but for a...
View ArticleAnwered Prayers
So many of you have been praying day and night for our family, calling, emailing, messaging your love and encouragement. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. While our water and electricity...
View ArticleHolidays
Six Christmases and five Easter's later I still want to curl up in a ball and disappear until the holiday is over. Somehow I thought that with the passing of time, holidays in a foreign country...
View ArticleHappy Birthday!
When BJ wrote in our last prayer letter that he had taken up a new birthday party ministry, he wasn't joking! We literally just had three birthday parties in the last seven days, two of which he...
View ArticleGraduation
Tomorrow is the big day! BJ graduates with his Doctor of Ministry degree. Eight years ago in June this journey started. He faithfully took class after class every time he was in the United States...
View ArticleThe Church ~ Christ's Bride
This was the theme for a three day conference celebrating eight years of existence for the church in Vargem Bonita, Minas Gerais. One state north of us is the beautiful state of Minas Gerais where our...
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