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March 2025 Prayer Letter
Dear Friends,What a great start to another year of serving the Lord! January and February were busy in wonderful ways. January: BoliviaStephanie and I had an incredible opportunity to help some missionaries reach the Deaf in their town of Tarija, Bolivia. The trip was a survey trip of the situation and to lay out a…
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June 2024 Prayer Letter
Dear Friends,Thank you for your continued prayers on our behalf. I also want to thank the many of you who have inquired about my health after the emergency gallbladder surgery I had in Peru in February. After the first couple of weeks I have had no problems and don’t anticipate any future issues. Through many…
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July 2023 Prayer Letter
Dear Friends,Thank you for praying about the Nigeria trip in April. Unfortunately, it did not take place due to paperwork problems and not getting a visa issued in time. This was not a surprise to God and we trust this was all within His plan. I’m still planning to make the trip when we can…
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March 2023 Prayer Letter
Dear Friends,We thank the Lord for a good start to this new year. It is a privilege to look forward at the beginning of the year to what the Lord has planned. That does not mean we know all that will take place, but we are confident that He has a plan in which we…
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Preaching Opportunities in Nigeria
As my prayer letter is limited to a page that can easily be printed and posted to a church wall, I decided to include more details of my 2018 trip to Nigeria in a few different blog posts. If you would like to know more about my trip than what the December 2018 Prayer Letter…
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Costa Rica Trip
Dan Bode (a friend from church) and I are going to Costa Rica on January 24 to visit national missionary Pablo Ramirez. Pablo has been a missionary with BIO for more than 20 years working with the Deaf. This will be my first opportunity to meet this faithful servant. Pray that Dan and I will…
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Week 1 Almost Done – Leitersburg, MD
We are almost done with the first week of a two-week sign language class in Leitersburg, Maryland. There are 16 people who have stuck with us so far and they are all doing well. Thursday night of this first week is always the hardest, but the students are hanging in there and still learning. The…
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Missionary Spotlight: Bizuayehu Assefa
Recently one of the missionaries with whom I work as Director of Deaf Ministries for Baptist International Outreach had a wonderful conference. While I did little more than help make a couple of minor decisions going into this conference and bathed the weekend in prayer, I am very excited that God used my small part…