About: John

Well, at about 3:00 am the Dr. broke Mel’s water to relieve some of the pressure on the baby. As I write this at about 4:00 am, Mel has started to labor pretty regularly. Contractions every 2-4 min. lasting about 60 seconds each. I fully expect the baby to be waving a white flag as…

I appreciate your prayers during my recent trip to Belize. The purpose of the trip was to spend some time with our new regional director and introduce him to the ministry we have in Gale’s Point. We spent time touring the village and the mission base and introducing him to the staff. We also had…

Despite the severe flooding throughout Belize, I made it back on Saturday. It turned out to be a really good trip. We had a man give control of his life to Christ, we had two people on the team express that they felt a call to further missions involvement, we supplied the materials and built…

So it’s been raining here. Alot. I’ve only been here since Tuesday (and it’s rained every day), but evidently, right before we got here, a tropical depression parked itself over Belize and dumped for several days in a row. So here’s the situation…The road to the village is 3-5 ft under water in some places…

I’m in the airport again this morning awaiting my flight back to Belize. Basil has to be in the states for the next couple weeks due to some health issues and we have a team coming down to Belize. Having just spent 5 weeks learning the ropes, I’m the logical replacement host. I’ll be helping…

We’re at the airport getting ready to board our flight to head back east. We’ll be in Maryland for 1 week, South Carolina for 1 week, then Tennessee for a week. If you’re in one of those places and want to hook up with us, give us a shout. See you all soon!…

So we’re back in Belize City tonight. Tomorrow morning Basil and Vera return. After a day of debriefing, we’ll be headed back to the States on Thursday. The last month has flown by and we’re finding it difficult to believe it’s over. We’re sad to be leaving just as we were really starting to develop…

For those who’ve never had the good fortune to experience a scorpion sting, let me describe for you the feelings and sensations of my experience. We had a bit of a squall come up, so I jumped out of bed to close the windows on the windward side so that it the driving rain wouldn’t…

Whew! It’s been tough to even find the time to update the blog. We came up here with appointments at about 8 churches and visited 12 by the time it was all said and done (one of them twice!). I think that the last update was Wednesday night. We met with Steve from Sylvan Way…

Yesterday morning we set out for Ballard Baptist Church in Seattle. We had a great time with Pastor Don Duncan and his wife Kristi and their daughter. We enjoyed a great seafood lunch with them at a restaurant on the docks in Seattle. We were able to present our ministry. The church is currently going…