About: Mel

Well, we’ve been in Minnesota for three days now. Sorry for the delay in writing. We’re in intense workshops here with hardly any time to blog. We’re building valuable relationships with missionaries who have come home on furlough. We are asking them many questions about BGC missions and about being a missionary on the field…

Hi everyone! Thank you so very much for praying for us. The presentation at Living Hope of Calvary Community Church went very well. The church is awesome. Truly God is working there. The worship was incredible. Instead of telling you about our presentation, I’ll just let you see it. We took a video of it…

As our trip in Chicago winds down we are finally reaching the day that we have waited a whole week for. Tomorrow we will speak at a church. This is the very first congregation we will speak to since becoming missionary appointees. We will be speaking for 10 minutes at around 11:45 am (Central time)…

Sometimes days go by quick, but some days drag out. John and I have plenty to do but today was long. It gave me time to think. I thought about how yesterday I had to make “the phone call” and tell my boss that I’m giving her two weeks notice because we are leaving, I…

After learning about how the BGC works this weekend, I had to completely change the “Support Partners” section. First the name has changed from “support” to “ministry”. Everyone that supports us is involved in our ministry and becomes a partner with us. We are deeply humbled and grateful. Also, there is now a way in…

Hello folks! The life of a missionary is a call to be flexible. John and I have know since the October MAC that we’ve needed to attend the interpersonal communications workshop. We had no idea when we would fit this in with our schedule . Well, just so happens that there is a workshop in…

Last night John and I reunited with some past MAC conference friends. I say friends but they are more like our extended family. We have all grown very close because we are going through the missionary process together. It feels wonderful to see them. We are all here to discuss how to raise support and…

Dear readers, it is with much joy, sadness, prayers, and faith that John and I have decided to move to Phoenix AZ. Let me explain: The Baptist General Conference mission board told us in October that we need to be a part of a BGC church in order to be under their mission board. Just…

Well folks, we leave today at 1:20 Arizona time. Now we fly to Charlotte and then to Chicago. The last couple of days have been really nice. It was a great trip and we’ve built an awesome relationship with Cornerstone. We leave with many new friends and people that support us. Last night we went…

Today was awesome! Church was amazing. Everyone was so very nice and welcomed us with open arms. We went to the young marrieds class for Sunday school and we had a really great time. The lesson was wonderful, really solid. Then we went to the 11:30 service (Cornerstone has an 8:00, 10:00, 11:30, and 5:00…