COVID-19 is a disruption that is affecting everyone. Our calling is to serve internationally and we have been directly affected by the t...

We need you and your prayers for us! Thank you in advance! First of all - THANKS BE TO GOD! Luke is transforming under the pressure of M...

In his book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," Robert Fulghum said "Remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first wo...

We are so proud of Luke as a defender of our nation - adopted from Russia, raised in Bosnia, and especially since he spent most of his li...

A Devotional I think everyone has heard of the shortest verse in scripture, "Jesus wept." There are many comments, even in scripture, li...

We are witnessing so much anger and frustration in our country; perhaps it is exacerbated from being quarantined at home for so long. We...

"Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world." Isaiah 12:5 As COVID-19 affected the world, we w...

What am I trying to accomplish with my life and eventually with my book: To Glorify God with the things he has done in our lives to insp...

Decimation - that is the only way to describe the condition of the Abacos in the Bahamas. Merle returned from spreading the love (disaste...

Merle went with Samaritan's Purse to Man-o-War Cay and Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands, Bahamas, to help with clean-up and repair to some ...

A Devotional Reading the Lord Jesus' words this morning in Matthew 6 & 7, reminded me again of some action points: * Hypocrites - don't b...

Last Christmas, we were in St. Lucia and we REALLY missed our kids when they all got together, while Merle and I were so far away. So we...

A Devotional Merle telling the Christmas story to children and adults in our home in Sarajevo. December 2011 At the beginning of Psalm 78...

"Let them give thanks to the Lord for His faithful love and His wonderful works for the human race. Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgi...

WOW! We are celebrating 20 years on the mission field this month, October 2019. We went to Bosnia shortly after the Bosnian war (1992...

Akuna Matata it is not. Merle and I are adjusting to a new place, which includes a different currency (the Kuna 6.7=$1, and the cents ar...

Thomas - "doubting" Thomas - He always seems to get the bad rap, but all the disciples struggled with unbelief. Jesus is constantly givi...

Bring the cow or sheep into the yard and observe it for 4 Days. (Merle said it is to make sure it doesn't have mad-cow disease!) But it...

Before we ever came to Bosnia, I remember Croatian Rahaela speaking at the our home church at the time, probably back in 1997 or 1998, an...

We know we don't always give an encouraging word when we should. We know that the impact of loving others in truth and deed is unforgett...