It has been blustery for a couple weeks, with winds at 22 mph and more. The mornings and evenings can even be chilly, requiring a light ...

We are now serving in Saint Croix in the US Virgin Islands. The United States purchased the Virgin Islands (including St. Croix, St. Tho...

We were cleared for travel, and fly out Friday morning, tomorrow, to assist and serve a YWAM (Youth with a Mission) Discipleship training...

As Jenny writes her memories of our last 20 years as missionaries in Sarajevo, Bosnia and relives much of the stress and heartache of a n...

You have a new brother in Christ! Morgan, Merle's nephew, came to stay with us for 10 days, and Merle had the privilege to teach and bap...

Devla's testimony to honor the Lord Devla's Testimony - While in Kamenari, Montenegro, last summer, Devla (standing in front of the chur...

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...

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...

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...