We see our ministry of compassion aimed toward the souls of men, women, and children through our unique use of dental resources.
Identify a country or region of the world with a great gospel need. Develop contacts through survey or other means. Provide evangelistic dental clinic opportunities.
Plant evangelistic seeds through the clinic ministry. Water the seeds through persistent follow-up, always keeping the goal of planting fundamental, indigenous, self-supporting, self-propagating local churches in the forefront.
Tooth Tales – March-April 2020 “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delighteth in his way.” Psalm 37:23 Such unusual days we are living in! Everything seems to be changing so fast! We were supposed to leave on the 13th of March with a team of five for ministry…
March, 2001, North Coast, Honduras “…He heareth the cry of the afflicted.” Job 34:28 We returned to Honduras (after our first missionary trip in 1999) for six or seven more years. Working alongside our missionary coworker, Quenton, we sometimes brought a team with us or sometimes it was just Jack, Jennifer and Patrick, our son.…
March, 1999. La Ceiba, Honduras “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and He will lift you up” James 4:10 In 1998, Hurricane Mitch devastated the Northern coast of Honduras, killing hundreds of people and destroying homes, businesses and much infrastructure. Shortly afterward we, along with our son Patrick, made our first ministry trip…
March 2003, Miyerim, Cameroon God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Ps. 46:1 Note, names have been changed in this article to protect the innocent! In 2003, we took a small team to Cameroon, West Africa to help in the church planting efforts of an American missionary and some Cameroonian…
January 2020, Dawei, Myanmar “And all that believed were together, and had all things common; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.” – Acts 2:44-45 Our recent trip to Myanmar, although short in duration, was so rich in highlights to share. Some of the “back…
Tooth Tales – February 2020 Dear Friends, The Lord has had us quite busy the last few months, for which we are very thankful! The second week of December we attended a retreat in the foothills of North Carolina with other GFA missionaries. It was a good time of fellowship and instruction with many mission…
January 2019, Dawei, Myanmar “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations”! – Rev. 15:3b (NKJV) On January 7th, 2020 we will begin our second trip to Myanmar. It was at this same time last year that we were preparing for our…
Tooth Tales – December 2019 Dear Friends, We’ve been moving around the country again! Our first stop was Ankeny IA to participate in Faith Baptist Bible College’s missions conference. It was a good week with challenging preaching. Jack had two workshop sessions and some good interactions with students about restricted access nations. We saw a…
April, 2003, Belarus “And we know that all things work together for good, to them who love God, who are the called according to His purpose.“ – Romans 8:28 We were headed to Belarus, a country we knew little about. We had been asked to assist an American missionary family that was serving there and…
October, 2009, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia “Ah, Lord God! Behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee” – Jer. 32:17 It’s true that our travels have taken us to the ends of the earth. There aren’t too…