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Autumn 2025

Autumn 2025

Gratefulness Dear friends, I am embarrassed at how long it has been since we have sent out an update. Part of that is positive: ministry continues to tick along busily throughout this Fall semester, and it’s been difficult to find time to sit down and put one out....

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May 2025-Gaining Traction

May 2025-Gaining Traction

Dear friends, Hello again! We are so grateful to you all for your prayers and encouragement to us in our ministry of mobilization here in College Station. It is hard to believe, but we recently passed the 5 year anniversary of our return from PNG in April 2020! And it...

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December 2024

December 2024

Dear friends, Warmest Christmas Greetings from all of us to you this holiday season. I think I say this every year, but one of the things I missed the most when we were in Papua New Guinea was the cooler weather during the Christmas season. (Apologies to you guys up...

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August 2024

August 2024

What Does God Think of You? Dear friends, Recently I was challenged by an article I read to consider how we imagine that God thinks of us. Do we see him as generally displeased with us and disappointed with our performance, or do we see him as he is, “a God who loves...

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Spring 2024

Spring 2024

Dear friends, Greetings once again. We’ve wrapped up another semester of mobilization ministry here in Aggieland and around the State of Texas. We wanted to spotlight some family news in this letter as there are some big updates to fill you in on there. And stay tuned...

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Advent-ure 2023

Advent-ure 2023

Dear friends, Whew! The last few months have been a whirlwind of activity and ministry. I’m just now starting to get unburied and attending to some neglected correspondence to you all! Let me start by getting straight to the point: Thank you for continuing to stand...

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August 2023

August 2023

Well Done! Dear Friends, Greetings from the center of the oven that we call Texas. Record-breaking heat and extremely dry conditions have been the big story in this part of the country. I know many of our farmers and ranchers are enduring a second straight difficult...

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Spring 2023

Spring 2023

Dear friends, Spring things I woke up this morning and realized how long it’s been since I’ve put out an update. I think that reflects the busy Spring semester we’ve been in and for the most part that’s a good thing as God continues to open doors for us to be able to...

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December 2022

Merry Christmas!...and a Blessed New Year to you in 2023! Dear friends,   We are grateful as we look back on another year of ministry and God's faithfulness to our family. A few highlights from 2022: We were overjoyed to have our first full year as grandparents!...

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Autumn 2022

Open Doors Dear friends, Who's ready for autumn? After the Texas summer we have just endured, we're enjoying some cooler days and (finally) some rain. As the rain waters the ground and softens the soil of our yard, I think about the softened hearts of people around...

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June 2022

Heating Up Dear friends, Whew. I'm not sure what it's like in your part of the world, but here in Texas it's not even officially summer yet and we've already had multiple days over 100F. Looks like it's going to be a long, hot summer! Ministry these past few months...

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Spring 2022

Urgency with Excellence Dear friends, "What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short... For this world in its present form is passing away." - I Corinthians 7:29,31 Joyful greetings to you in Jesus. We wanted to take a minute to update everyone on our...

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