Pastors and Supporting Church Families, Today around noon our time (midnight EST), February 25, 2017, here in Vanavara, fire broke out in our apartment building and it burned to the ground. We are all fine as are the other six families who lived in the building.  We were able to get a few things out, […]

To download a printable PDF of this prayer letter with pictures and full graphics, please click HERE Winter Happenings Learning to live in a new location is unique enough, but your first full winter in the Siberian north is always one to remember! With temperatures ranging from a high of +5* Celsius (40* F) to a low […]

To download a printable PDF of this prayer letter with pictures and full graphics, please click HERE The Worst Year Ever!   This is all that we heard from the locals throughout the course of these past few months. Pick a season, a weather trend, or anything else, and it has been the worst one that anyone […]

To download a printable PDF of this prayer letter with pictures and full graphics, please click HERE Learning to Live in the North   As I sit down to write this update, I can’t help but be amazed at how fast time has flown by since we first arrived in Vanavara in the middle of March. From […]

To download a printable PDF of this prayer letter with pictures and full graphics, please click HERE Vanavara Preparations Continued   Wow! Where do I begin? Everything has been in high gear since our last update as we have fervently been preparing for our move. I have been up to Vanavara and back twice, working on our […]

To download a printable PDF of this prayer letter with pictures and full graphics, please click HERE Winter Road Trip #1   Let me start off by saying a big thank you to all who prayed specifically for our travels on the winter road up to Vanavara and back. The Lord protected on the roads and we […]

To download a printable PDF of this prayer letter with pictures and full graphics, please click HERE Clear Directions and Definite Answers   A big thank you to all who were praying for us as we took this last trip up to Vanavara in search of housing options for our family. We were praying for some very […]

To download a printable PDF of this prayer letter with pictures and full graphics, please click HERE Blessings Abounding – summer ministries & more…   Blink, and it’s over! That’s the way this summer has felt for us. This was probably the busiest summer we have had thus far, but it was truly filled with blessings as […]

To download a printable PDF of this prayer letter with pictures and full graphics, please click HERE Family, Friends, & Finishing Furlough   Life has been busy as we have hit the home stretch of furlough! Our travels have kept us in New England and Canada for the past 2 months and we are so very thankful […]

To download a printable PDF of this prayer letter with pictures and full graphics, please click HERE   From the warm sunny skies of the Southwest, to the chilly snowscapes of the East, our 2015 furlough travels have provided us with a variety of adventures and blessings. The entire month of February was spent out in Arizona […]