About: Mel

Yesterday we had a great Mothers Day. We were again invited to spend the day with Jason and Leah and their family. We had a cookout/pool party. It was a great time of fellowship. We are by now getting to know the family better and really feel like we have a surrogate family, thanks to…

Our trip to Jerome went well. We took the Jeep and scaled a couple of mountains. On our way there we ran into a very small town called Yarnell where they were having their “Yarnell Daze” Parade. We almost drove through it. We were able to pass the parade while driving on another street. All…

Today my dad, Dan, is in town. I’m really happy to have him here. This is the first family visit that we’ve had since being here. It always feels good to have family around. Today we are taking the jeep for a ride to Jerome, AZ. We’ll hang out there and go to a place…

After sitting at 15% for a while you can imagine the thrill we had when we received word that we have two new ministry partners. PTL!!! John and I were praying for an increase in support at the end of this month and God provided! He is so good. We have also made some great…

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Hi everyone! I was wondering why no one was commenting on my posts. I figured out that no one was being e-mailed a notification. So if you check our blog now, you’ll see two posts that you probably have not read. Enjoy and please leave a comment if you can, we LOVE comments…

If I have learned anything about Ministry Partner Developement (MPD) it’s that on any given day I can go through a series of emotions. Yesterday, I’ll tell you the truth, I was frustrated. I’ve e-mailed and called churches with little to no communication on their end. We were told to expect this. So I was…

I have found that being a missionary appointee means making frequent trips to the Post Office. As a result, my errand day is not effective if I really need to get a package out before Wednesday. Today I had to get a package together with printed pictures of our ministry and it could not wait…

Since I arrived, it has seemed like I’ve had to run an errand every day. I am the type of person that gets easily distracted. A simple errand turns into being a big interuption in my day, and as a result, I am not productive. I decided to combat this with an appointed “errand day.”…

Well folks, our video is complete. It still needs some fine tuning, but our work is done. The finished product will be shipped to us on Wednesday. I must say, it’s pretty snazzy. Matt (the guy who did our video) did an awesome job. We’ll be posting in on the website in about a couple…