Exciting Missions-Themed Camp this Summer!
Our home church is planning an exciting missions camp this summer that I hope you will make plans to attend. Teri and I will be there this year before we head back to the mission field. Be sure to invite
Repost: The Essential Life Skill – Teachability
I thought this post by David Murray on his HeadHeartHand Blog was excellent. I agree with everything he says, and I am very convicted about this area of my life. There’s one characteristic that separates the successful from the unsuccessful in
Praise God for New Support Coming In!
As we prepare to return to the mission field, we are thankful for the new support that is coming in. This new support is necessary to replace some lost support as well as provide for additional expenses that we will
Blog Series: Benefits of Furlough
I recently put together a six-part series about the Benefits of Furlough on my blog. I would like to invite you to click the links below to read about what furlough is and the benefits of it. Hopefully, this will
Please Pray for My Pastor
I would like to ask you to please pray for my pastor, Austin Gardner. He wrote the following on his blog recently about his health, and I sure would appreciate it if you would pray for him. God has used Him in
Repost: Twenty Questions for Potential Church Planters
source Every person that considers church planting asks the question, Am I a Church Planter? It is the question I asked myself before planting a church. It is the question assessors ask every candidate who submits himself to an assessment process to
Benefits of Furlough (6 of 6) For the Mission Work
Up to this point, all the benefits I have mentions have been fairly obvious, I think. But this final benefit is one that I only realized recently. I was talking with missionary Keith Shumaker about furlough one time. I asked
Travis Snode Prayer Letter – March 2013
Dear Pastors & Praying Friends, Furlough Update In February, we were in the states of FL, GA, OH, IN, KY, TN, SC, and NC. We were at ten difference churches. While visiting these churches, we were reminded once again of
Benefits of Furlough (5 of 6) For the Missionary’s Supporters
One huge reason to take a furlough is to be a blessing an encouragement to those churches and individuals who have supported the missionary. Reporting in to supporting churches is a very Biblical thing to do. Acts 14:26-28 says, “And thence
Benefits of Furlough (4 of 6) For the Missionary’s Relatives
So far, we have looked at the benefits of furlough to the missionary and to the missionary’s family. Furlough also is a benefit to the missionary’s relatives. Jim Eliot said, “The cross of Christ falls hardest on the home,” and