You may remember, about three months ago, I posted about an opportunity our son Michael had to go on a missions trip to Portugal. God provided, and he was able to have an incredible experience with other young people from Fellowship Baptist Church in Lakeland, Florida. Here are some of the pictures he took. More…
This week our family is in Ohio, attending the Annual Conference of Baptist Mid-Missions, the mission agency it is our privilege to serve. The highlight of this years conference has been the passing of the baton from outgoing president Gary Anderson to incoming president Vernon Rosenau. Dr. Anderson is the only president I have known…
Three-and-a-half years ago, as we were in the initial stages of planning for the Ebenezer church plant, we had at our side an enthusiastic young man named Francivaldo. We had worked together for a year in our previous ministry, and it was evident that the call of God was on his life for ministry. God,…
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Wynton Marsalis is an internationally known American jazz trumpeter. Maestro Spok is a less-well-known, but no-less-virtuoso saxophonist. Together, they put on a mind-blowing performance here. The the music style is called Frevo, and it is native to the city of Recife, Brazil. Marsalis talks about this trip to Recife here.
We’ve been on the road for the past few weeks, and so our updates here have been somewhat…shall we say…infrequent. I thought I would briefly break the silence, however, and post some of the more interesting “Kodak moments” we have had along the way. These pictures are not necessarily in order. Also, some of them…
Every five years or so our furlough travels take us through the little hamlet of Limestone, PA. Whenever we visit, I am flooded with memories of the five years I spent there as a child. This time, as I made my customary pilgrimage through ancient haunts, it struck me that, although I did not know…
Behold, phase one of the new meeting house of the Ebenezer Regular Baptist Church!
The folks at Ebenezer recently sent me these pictures of a youth event held at the church. What is cool is that about half of the kids pictured are visitors!
This has been making the rounds, and, at the risk of offending the man-bun demographic of my readership, I thought I would include it here. Enjoy.