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Our newest great-granddaughter, Kiara Last week, we were on the Polar Express with our California family, including our newest granddaughter, Kiara. Yes, we had to show her off to the whole world as the proud grandparent bug has bitten us! We reached the halfway point in our five-month tour visiting our supporting churches. We decided that since we are traveling so much anyway, we might as well board the train and see the North Pole. Sad to say, once we arrived at the “North

Rich and Jo Ann in Corinth, Greece - Oct. 2024 Fond Farewells Missionary life is full of “Hello’s” and “Goodbyes.” The biggest challenge...

A real ham radio is a bit more sophisticated! In our first year as newly arrived missionaries in Peru (1976), we were isolated from other...

On the home stretch . . . (AI) The idea of “home stretch” comes from horse racing and refers to the final straight part of the racetrack...

“ For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a...

Last month, near the end of October, the ABWE missionaries in central and eastern Europe gathered near Athens, Greece, for our biannual...

The Gift of Days It was a beautiful sunny Friday afternoon. Jo Ann and I visited the US Embassy to submit our absentee ballots, followed...

If we imagined that summer was dedicated to R&R, we were wrong! We had the privilege of supporting the youth camp for the Criuleni...

We decided to improve our productivity as cross-cultural missionaries somewhere in our journey with the Lord. That’s when we came across...

“What advantage does man have in all his work which he does under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth...

“And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their nets and followed Him” (Matt 4:19–20)....

“But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for...

“Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and...

“Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Mark 1:41 The will of...

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”...

Summertime We are thinking about modifying the words to the song written by George Gershwin “Summertime.” If you do not know the melody...

“Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He...

Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbein Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be...

"And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.” And he said...

Long before the craziness of crowds flocking to Times Square to watch the ball drop, New Yorkers would congregate farther downtown at...