I sit with 4 books open under a mosquito net on my bed in Togo attempting to translate scripture from English to Ewe and back again. Two hours, Two partial scriptures!:)

When Hurricane Harvey hit Texas I was on the other side of the world doing conflict transformation training in Sri Lanka, a country that had been torn by a 26-year long civil war.

As September is nearly upon us (Tomorrow), during my morning devotions I realized how disappointed I am. I asked “Why am I disappointed?”, or “What is the feeling i have and why is it causing me associate it with disappointment?”.

“Welcome to the IM family” was a common greeting I heard when I was out at International Ministries offices in Valley Forge, PA in June for my Endorsement Orientation.

I believe in short term mission trips because they can change churches and individuals. One of the most graphic stories that I was involved with began in 1976 as we were visiting our home church, First Baptist Church of Covina, CA. The Minister of Music, Dave Lehman, had developed a youth/young adult choir called the “Son Shiny Day”.

I hope that each one of you had a blessed day in company of loved ones. I stayed home working on my new book on Discouragement. Do you have any experience about this subject?