About: John

We had some ups and downs last night. At around 6 PM we thought she was on the mend. She was acting like she was feeling much better. We gave her some kind of “custard” (milk-free) from the hospital. she liked it but did not want to eat it anymore. an hour later she threw…

This morning we got up and everything seemed normal. The only thing abnormal about the morning is that Una (Pastor Kenny’s future wife) and I were going to a one day church conference. I tired to get Evangeline to eat breakfast and she was having a hard time. I pushed her a little but finally…

Do you hear the wedding bells ringing? We are preparing to celebrate the weddings of both our pastor ( Kenny Welch ) and our associate pastor ( Shannon Welch ). This is a big deal, since marriage and God-centered families are something that have been almost universally abandoned in our village. Shannon and Amanda are…

but you can’t make him drink. Fortunately, the Holy Spirit can. On Saturday night I had the privilege of leading three young men into a relationship with the Living Water. We were hosting a young men’s leadership conference in conjunction with a team from Friendship Baptist Church in Minnesota. We had a group of guys…

We’re here at the airport after an all-night bus ride. The girls did fine. We’ll board our flight around 2:30 if there’s no weather delay for Baltimore. Everything’s going very smoothly so far. Thanks for praying…

Here’s some pictures of the condition of the mission base before cleanup started. The Belizean guys at the base have been working hard and we’re nearly ready to host the team coming on Saturday. Still have plenty to do before they arrive this weekend, but the guys really deserve a lot of credit for a…

Hello here is a video of the damage done to our apartment. Please keep in mind that I was in shock at the time of taking this so my commentary is a little all over the place. After you watch, remember to read on for updates on us. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser…

I got this letter from Kenny, our pastor, today. I’ll just post it here unchanged: Hey Everyone. Here is an update of all the damage that the hurricane did to the village. The first half of the hurricane took down about 20% of the trees in the village and it also took out a couple…

In case you missed it on Facebook, today we welcomed our second daughter into the world. Ellis Jane Bjorgen was born around 10:30am CST. She weighs 6lbs 6oz and is 20.5 in. long. The c-section went well and mother and baby are doing great. Here’s some pictures:…

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