End of 2022

The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease. – Lamentations 3:22 Dear Friends and Family, Greetings from Yap! We have had quite an eventful summer. Summer is always our busiest flying season as we move students and teachers to and from the outer islands. The ship has also been broken down,Continue reading End of 2022

November 2021

Dear Friends and Family, Here are some photos of our Operation Christmas Child (OCC) event with our PMF Church today. Petrus, our Pastor, is the man in red. He and his wife Queen and brother-in-law Bruce and Bruce’s wife Noelyn have been the most active with the OCC outreach. It is a lot of work,Continue reading November 2021

July 2021

Dear Friends and Family, For those of you who aren’t on Facebook, you probably haven’t gotten an update from us in a while. My apologies. I will try to send out a letter in the coming week as I will be in hard quarantine for 14 days on my way back to Yap.

December 2020

Dear Friends and Family, Merry Christmas from Yap, Micronesia! We love this time of year in the islands. There will be a lot of flying and events, but the joy of this season is infectious and keeps us going. Heidi continues to co-lead Ladies Bible Study with Queentina, our pastor’s wife every Wednesday. Right nowContinue reading December 2020

June 2020

Dear Friends and Family, Greetings from Yap! We are excited to share with you the news of the birth of Owen Jan Collins. He was born at 6:20 AM on June 10 and weighed 7 lbs 4 oz. Both mother and baby were healthy. Heidi had false labor on June 8 which got us allContinue reading June 2020

May 2019

Dear Faithful Supporters, Today I was in a meeting with the new Governor of Yap and was explaining to him how our organization works. I explained how we as missionaries are able to live here in this country and help the people here only because we have supporters back home who faithfully give to supportContinue reading May 2019

End of 2018

Dear Friends and Family, Thank you for reading yet another Collins family newsletter. This season, the refrain going through our heads is “KEEP GOING.” The longer we stay here in Micronesia, the more we can appreciate the Bible’s exhortation to persevere. As Romans 12:12 says, “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”Continue reading End of 2018

November 2018

Sorry we haven’t updated in a while…it’s not because there’s nothing happening, that’s for sure! We’ve been in Palau, the adjoining island nation, all summer, as Amos is working on building a new hangar for PMA there. We were also covering for another missionary family on furlough.

October 2017

Dear friends and family, Greetings from Yap! It’s been a busy time for us since we returned from furlough last summer. Here are some snapshots of what’s been happening in the past year: the day-to-day as well as the highlights!