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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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,...

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...

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

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

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

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...

Our time here is almost gone. We leave today to spend four weeks with our children before heading to Bosnia at the end of May. Our...