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August 2025

August 2025

A Month in Trier, Germany For the past month, my husband and I have been working from home—but "home" has looked a little different lately. We've been living in an Airbnb in Trier, Germany, a city steeped in history and unlike anything we’ve experienced in Arizona....

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July 2024

July 2024

Summer 2024 It's interesting how much of the world looks forward to summer, and yet in the desert areas, it's not quite such a blessing. In Phoenix, we've been enduring temperatures in excess of 110 degrees F with an unusually high level of humidity. It's been quite...

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January 2024

Happy New Year! At the start of a new year, we are thankful for especially two things: 1. Missionaries!--those willing to leave everything to spread the good news to places near and far. Lord, bless them this year! Comfort them, give them strength, courage, boldness...

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September 2023

September 2023 At the end of this week it will be the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. I know for some parts of the world people aren't happy about the end of the summer, but for those of us in desert areas, we heave a sigh of relief. This summer has been...

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July 2023

Reflections from Holland For the last 3 weeks Dirk and I have been living in Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands. Many of our ancestors came from Holland and it's been fun getting to know the area. We like to ride bikes, so this is an excellent place for exploring...

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April 2023

Hello, happy Easter, none of you know me yet, but my name is Abigail. I just started volunteering at MMOL a couple months ago doing a number of different things. I’ve had the awesome experience this month of meeting the newest missionary to England, Grace Schmidt. She...

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August 2022

This month, we've been able to get away for a month in Silver City, NM. Even though we are still working from home, it's been a time of less stress, commitments, and some much-needed relaxation. We were able to attend a great church in the area, and had more time for...

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February 2022

We celebrate Valentine's this month. As we celebrate love, one of the most significant things we do at MMOL is going to Puerto Penasco, Mexico, to build a house in conjunction with Amor Ministries and Emmanuel Presbyterian Church. We go for a 3-day trip, and it's a...

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January 2022

Dear friends, How are you doing this month? We hope you are finding your peace through Christ, the only lasting peace we can have. Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and...

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December 2021

It's our first blog post! After 20 years of publishing prayer letters, updates, and blogs from our missionaries, we are finally starting our own :). Welcome! Our purpose here is to highlight prayer requests, thoughts about missions and evangelism, and news from the...

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