November 2001, Saipan “After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.” Acts 16:7 It was an unlikely time to be departing on a mission trip to the other side of the world. It was November 2001, just two short months after the awful attack…
September 2009, SE Asia “I will lift up my eyes to the hills – from whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1 We always find it fascinating to see how God uses unlikely people and situations to bring about an important change of events. This…
December 2009 Cameroon, West Africa “Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined.” Isaiah. 9:2 We returned to the country of Cameroon many times to work with our friends Drs. Wallace and Carrie Loring. Their dedication to and love for the people of Cameroon were an…
March 2002, Honduras “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all would come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9 In 2002 we were joined in Honduras by a team from Quenton’s home church. The team included two medical…
March 2001, La Ceiba, Honduras “Thou, therefore, endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” II Timothy 2:3 We continued working with Quenton up in the mountains around the La Ceiba area. There were such great physical and spiritual needs in the small villages that it compelled us to return to them, even though…
March 1999. La Ceiba, Honduras “Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord Christ.” Col. 3:24 We were up in the mountains around Limon again. Slowly we were losing our fear of the narrow and difficult roads. We were in another desperately poor village and…
July 2004, Honduras “The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.” Psalm 145:8 We worked in Honduras with Quenton from 1999-2005 And we came to love it there. Because it was fifteen to twenty years ago that we served there, it’s hard to remember exactly what year certain…
March 2001, Honduras “The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.” Isaiah 2:11 In March of 2001, in addition to our trip to the north coast of Honduras, Quenton also took us high into the mountains…
November 2007, SE Asia “… that we might be fellow helpers to the truth.” 3 John 8 We had made it through our first day of ministry and the following days fell into a routine of treating the school children. Our lab tech friend came each day and assisted Jack as he treated the young…
November 2007, SE Asia “I being in the way, the Lord led me.” Genesis 24:27 In 2007 we received a request from a missionary in a restricted access country to help him to continue ministering there. This man had “inherited” the ministry of another missionary who was retiring because of ill health. This older missionary…