A couple of weeks ago a teammate and I went for breakfast at a chai place that we normally go to. Over thelast months, I have shared the good news with the workers there a few times. I arrived a little bit earlier thanmy teammate and sat down at an empty table. Shortly after, a …
I have a friend who helps me with language learning one day a week, a hard-working widow with six children. For the past few months, when she would see my prayers answered, she would keep asking me to pray that she could get a house or rather, land for a house. Poor people here are …
Early in 2025 I was given notice of a ‘code’ on my police file. Those with codes find themselves unable to re-enter the country after a trip, some have received orders to leave the country in ten days. I had not been contacted directly by police or received deportation orders, so I continued to travel …
It is ten years since I first arrived here, and I am so grateful I can continue to travel in this country to share the Good News. My heart is to reach the lost in unreached areas and to encourage believers who have very little fellowship. About four years ago I went to a province …
Walking in my neighbourhood one day I heard a group of women behind me speaking the language of my Focus people group. I turned to greet them, and they all gathered around me to chat, excited to hear their language spoken by a stranger. With their faces covered, the only one I could see a …
Our need of food, both spiritual and physical, can open a door to share the gospel. “Jesus said, I am the bread of life… If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever.” John 6: 35 & 51 We have restarted what we call the Community Banquet. This is where we throw open our …
In recent days we have faced several hard, complex situations. We needed the Lord’s help to walk with a light heart and to be full of His hope. Sometimes we just needed to become like children with a childlike joyful faith. My sister and I found a chorus that talks about swinging on swings and …
Our life these days is in the café we opened recently. We are here day in and day out with little bits of other interesting endeavours tucked into the folds of our café aprons. Meaningful conversations are happening, and deep relationships are being forged. We hope the café will be like a community garden where …
I am blessed to have lived in this country for nine years. Each year I gain more love for the people. I have traveled all over the country and shared the gospel with people who are hearing the good news for the first time. In the last of the 81 provinces I visited, I knew …
Last week my wife and I had an urge to go to a local park where we had not been for a long time. When we got there my wife saw a lady she knew. While they talked, I sat on the grass a few meters away. After a few minutes a young guy came …
