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...

As I continue to write my account of what God has done in our lives over the last 20 years, I am astounded at His responses, and sometime...

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...

Things changed for Luke two days before the Crucible. He did something that was unacceptable though rather common, but the timing was ba...

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...

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 ...

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...

"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...

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...

When you fly into Europe you immediately begin hearing many languages as you meet other travelers en route to other places in the world. ...