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Luke 15:24

Posted on April 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate. I’m writing this story at 11 PM on Thursday, April 7th because this is the day that a lost child has come home!! I cannot sleep tonight….first, because of all the excitement of the […]

Easter 2016

Posted on March 27, 2016 Leave a Comment

The 16th of March marked our one-year anniversary here in South Africa. We have loved this past year and have seen God in all things. The times we felt like packing up and calling it quits, the times we saw peoples lives change and we knew it was nothing we had done, the times we […]

Extension 23

Posted on March 15, 2016 1 Comment

I know many of you reading this have enjoyed the people of extension 23, just as we have. Since we have been apart of our church family back home for 15 years – it took us awhile to hear clearly from the Lord where He wanted us. Finally we decide that extension 23 would be […]

Happy Birthday Tanner!!

Posted on March 6, 2016 3 Comments

Today, we celebrate Tanner’s 7th birthday. Yesterday we spent the day with Siyabonga, Thobile, Karabo, Nathi, Grandma and Grandpa Long and went to the movie, Zootopia and did one round of lazer tag. It was a fun-filled day!! One of Tanner’s dreams came true, Grandma and Grandpa Long brought him rocks for his birthday!! He […]

Happy Birthday Tate!!

Posted on March 3, 2016 1 Comment

Today, we celebrate Tate’s 13th birthday. Yesterday we spent the whole day at the waterpark. We also walked to the Palace and found the elephant statute (pictured above). Today we were up at 5 AM to go to Pilanesberg National Park. We saw lions, rhinos, elephants, giraffes, warthogs, zebras, wildebeest, and one of our favorites, […]

They have arrived safely….

Posted on March 1, 2016 3 Comments

My parents are here and they managed well, despite their circumstances. We picked them up on Saturday morning at 9 AM after they had been traveling since Wednesday morning. My mom stayed up all day and went to bed that night even with her days and nights mixed up. My dad slept on and off […]

A few glitches…

Posted on February 26, 2016 2 Comments

and we are still patiently waiting for my parents to arrive. They departed on Wednesday from Cedar Rapids and flew to Detroit. The sat on the runway in Cedar Rapids for a bit because of ice, which caused them to miss their flight from Detroit to Atlanta. Once they got rebooked in Detroit, they were […]

Our time in Mozambique

Posted on February 22, 2016 1 Comment

We decided to take a quick trip to Mozambique before the SUMMIT 2016 and before my parents arrived. We wanted to spend some time with Chico and Gloria (Chico is the J-life country leader for Mozambique) we were also able to bring Chico back with us so for the SUMMIT 2016 so he didn’t have […]

Child of God…

Posted on February 5, 2016 Leave a Comment

We have welcomed 9 new trainees for 2016, 4 students from Bethel College in Indiana, and 12 guys from all over the African continent. The diversity is awesome, and it gives all of us a glimpse of what we will experience in heaven. In Psalms 86:9 it states, all the nations you have made will […]

AMANZI WEMPILO JESU – Jesus is living water

Posted on January 8, 2016 Leave a Comment

As we reflect back on 2015 and see all that God has done, we stand amazed at all of the details that He worked out and how well all the pieces to the puzzle fit together. I know I have said many times that our plans generally aren’t God’s plan for our lives but we […]