"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 worshiped together at...

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

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 churches and homes a...

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

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 arranged to be here...

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

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

WOW! We are celebrating 20 years on the mission field this month, October 2019. We went to Bosnia shortly after the Bosnian war (1992-95) with our church...

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 are called Lipa) and a...

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 reminded me of the ...

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, and saying something l...

Devotional Treasures: Monday evening 9-23-13 When looking through a previous Beth Moore Bible Study devotional book that I went through in 2013 with the Lad...

Dearest Friends, This season of life for us is best described with the word transition. When we moved our family to Sarajevo almost twenty years ago in 1999...

We spent a whirlwind four weeks getting Luke and Lydia situated, visited Hannah and Allan with all of us together on Mother's Day, taking care of multiple de...

We have been in Saint Lucia for one month and are still adjusting, but things are improving. We have and continue to struggle with internet issues, especial...

As we head back to the mission field, again the difficult process of saying goodbye begins. Goodbye to our wonderful Sunday school class, to our friends, an...

It is time! The Journey continues! Taste and see that the Lord is good! Lord, may the whole world know You and Your love! We “must believe that He is and ...