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 […]

Bloom Where You Are Planted

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts -Acts 2:46 They still went to Temple. Though changed forever by what they had seen and experienced at Pentecost and by the Resurrection, they continued together both in the greater community of […]

The Heart of Haiti

“A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the souls of its people” -Mahatma Gandhi Philipson Georges lives in Kona at the YWAM ships base with his wife Kelsea, but he dreams of his home, Haiti. He dreams of the city of Port au Prince becoming the beacon of hope for the nation that […]

He still heals the blind

“What gauge measures miracles?” -Conor Oberst I have read about miracles. There are quite a number of them recorded in the Bible and a large number documented in countless other ways. I have read about them, scratched my head, and moved on. You see they just do not fit into my western, rational mind-set. Turns […]

Fully Funded & On Fire For Jesus!

Katie stood in front of me, looking at the young lady about 10 yards in front of her. “Daddy, I’m nervous” She said. “I’ll be right here” is all I said and she was off. I watched as she asked the young lady if she could make use of the $10 phone card we’d prayerfully […]

exile

While the western church is struggling to know how to empower the women within her ranks the culture around her is throwing its arms open wide and celebrating their liberation. Meanwhile, half way around the world, as a huge bureaucratic government disenfranchises the common man, the underground church is setting them free at an alarming […]

Freedom!!

I met a homeless man named Joseph on a busy street corner in downtown Kailua Kona. His sign said “Ask me about God”. When I did he told me how we were all god. He said he had an internal combustion engine that produced life. He tried to babble on but I confronted him. Looking […]

An ever-expanding Gospel

Sometimes the things that God is doing are so inward that we cannot describe them with words. Sometimes God moves within us in such a way that we at the same time strengthened and in pain. Rendered useless are the ways in which we thought we could communicate; with touch, with reason, or even with […]

Outreach fees

Here’s the low down on our outreach fees: Payment schedule: A $500 non-refundable deposit was due on 1/30/15 for each of us for a deposit on our outreach plane tickets. We were able to meet this deadline! Thank you, Jesus!! Due Friday 2/6/15 is $8000 ($2000 for each of us). We do NOT have all […]

Lava Tubes

This picture is of William visiting a lava tube on his school field trip. Lava tubes are long conduits that carry molten rock away from an eruption. They often exist far beneath the surface. There is a current in the world, running beneath the surface, where the Gospel is being taken to places you wouldn’t […]