An Update from the Mrs.

Conflict makes me uncomfortable. When Sam and I first got married, I didn’t know how to deal with conflict in our marriage. If we would enter into any intense conversation, I would shrink back and shut down. It took time, patience on both our parts and guts on my part to open my mouth and […]

Our Fellow Humans

“But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You. For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were” — King David By most accounts, Joshua Wheeler […]

Releasing

Katie had been wanting to access her art supplies, especially some of her “earlier work.” So she positioned herself nearby, as I handed box after box down through the attic hole into Angie’s arms. As these odd shaped boxes, a mish-mash of crates, totes, bags, and boxes, made their way to the garage floor, Katie […]

Road Map

While home in NY over the Summer and into the Fall season, we’ve loved every bit of time here with our family and friends. We truly love our home here in NY and the comfort of the familiar and security of people who know us and love us well. It’s very hard for us to […]

Bryan and Countless Others

Bryan McCoy stood next to the doorway of the tiny room he shared with another YWAMer. Paintbrush in hand, he kept his wrist pointed up to keep the sweat from mixing with his paint as he deftly added the finishing touches to his storyboard. Having experienced much upheaval in his life over the previous few […]

Jesus Loves the Down and Out

Homelessness is an issue that has always been on my heart. As someone who at a young age found himself down and out, I can easily empathize with the plight of those who find themselves in this precarious situation. I see Jesus in them. That is why I always look at the way in which […]

Finishing Well

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” -2 Timothy 4:7 Being the first outsider to pioneer deep in the jungle among the Sawi of what was then called Irian Jaya, Don Richardson has followed the path laid out by Jesus and the Apostles in ways that […]

“God’s work don…

“God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply.” ― James Hudson Taylor