Monthly Archives: May 2018

Taira Childcare Center Rebirth!

| May 31, 2018

Lee Ann and I boarded the 8:00 express train to Iwaki 13 minutes before departure. During almost two and a half hours on the train, I could quietly rehearse my 2-minute speech in Japanese lots of times!

U.S. Embassy Officers Visit BVTC!

| May 31, 2018

Human Rights Officers Rustum Nyquist and Dennis Amenyitor visited the Baptist Vocational Training Centre 2 weeks ago after learning that BVTC rehabilitates Trokosi victims.

So… what does the body of Christ look like in Nepal?

| May 31, 2018

When I was a child, my grandma and her friends made a quilt of fabric swatches that couldn’t have been more uncomplimentary, and yet everyone called it beautiful, a true work of art. I didn’t get it at the time. But as I matured, I not only began to appreciate the beauty of such “uncomfortable” collaboration, but also the tender care and commitment it takes to make it work.

Pray for Stan Slade, Global Consultant, helping Church leaders understand and communicate the truth of the Bible.

| May 30, 2018

Stan is a teacher whose “classroom” might be located almost anywhere in the world. Whether leading a workshop for pastors with almost no formal schooling or serving as a Visiting …

Pray for Katherine and Wayne Niles preparing for an Ebola outbreak in the D.R. Congo as they serve in ministries of health and wholeness.

| May 30, 2018

Wayne serves as a seconded missionary to Interchurch Medical Assistance in Democratic Republic of Congo. He is involved in full-time service with IMA/ECC affiliated health and development activities in Congo. …

ROOTED AND ESTABLISHED

| May 28, 2018

The month of May means graduation. All over the country, and all over the world. Parents, teachers, professors, friends, and family gather to celebrate finishing, and new beginnings. What would you say is the predominant emotion in May? Pride. The good kind. Esteem. The empowering kind. Hope. The Kingdom of God kind.