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Ephesians 6:11-12: Put on the full armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual force of wickedness in the heavenly…

On Tuesday I asked you to pray for our churches new initiative, to visit each home in the village and talk about life, Jesus, and the church. Wednesday came and no one knew what to expect. We set out with our pastor and his wife and went to the first home. Kenny did most of…

If you were following the blog last year then you may remember the post featuring our sad green colored Easter eggs. What a time we were going through then. I had just found out I was pregnant a month before, it was our first holiday way from “home”, and foreign missions was so new to…

A couple of weekends ago I had the privilege of attending the Brethren ladies retreat with my Gales Point ladies bible study. If you remember, last year I went and it was there where Shelly found Christ. Shelly did return this year along with some familiar faces and we also had some new women go…

This particular subject has been pressing on my heart and my mind for a couple of weeks now. I can’t tell you how profoundly these two words have touched me, how when I read them from the Bible I knew that God wanted me to learn something. Hang in here with me… I have recently…

When we first got here, like all missionaries, we floundered. We grasped for familiar things and friends. Sometimes wishing that we could have our own piece of the USA here. Would that have helped us learn the culture? No way. We are still far from experts and still American but some things have changed: We…

Evangeline is being released from the hospital today. She seems to be almost at 100%. Her fever seems to be gone and she is getting feistier by the hour. Thank you all so much for lifting her up in prayer. Last night I got very sick and this morning John did as well. We are…

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…