2 Kings 6:17 17 And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. There are times in our lives when we just can’t see past the fog in front of us. On a … [Read More]

We are currently in Caranavi, Bolivia. We arrived safely without any problems, although the ¨camino de la muerte¨ or ¨road of death¨ gave us a nice scare as we hugged the narrow, bumpy mountain roads in a bus full of people on our way from La Paz to Caranavi. We just finished our 2nd day … [Read More]

A sleeping dog escapes the heat of the Santiago summer by finding shade at the top of the busy subway stairs in the photo featured above.  I still haven’t gotten used to the abrupt change of seasons when traveling between the US and Chile, but I’m glad to be back after a great time of … [Read More]

Markus peeks in behind the curtains to find out where the puppets are at in this photo.  We are in the middle of our trip to Peru.  We’ve had lots to do.  Construction type work in the morning and VBS in the afternoon.  We are all tired, but of good spirit.  Thanks for keeping us … [Read More]

Out of this mountain flows streams of ice cold glacier melt water giving life to the valley below. We hiked most of the day to reach the base of the glacier where the two streams emerged from beneath the massive blocks of ice.  There was a man and his young son nearby.  The man tried to … [Read More]

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of events.  We finished another semester of ministry in El Oasis, had a team retreat to discuss and evaluate the year, and I am currently writing this from Lilburn, Ga.   This Monday night at 10:15 for my 10:15 flight, we were frantically putting our shoes on … [Read More]

Each year in El Oasis we try to go on a camping trip with a group of students.  Me and Greg were in charge of organizing the trip this past weekend.  By the end of the weekend, I was exhausted but it was well worth it.  I love camping and hiking and so getting to … [Read More]

Gracias por las oraciones para el retiro!! Thanks for praying for the retreat!  It was a really great weekend.  Above is a picture of a student walking out to be baptized in the ocean Saturday afternoon.  I will be sending out an email soon describing in more detail the wekend.

This past Wednesday night on the subway back to El Oasis, I couldn’t stop thinking over the meeting that I  had just had.  I went out to a city just outside of Santiago called Maipú to meet with a guy named Sergio that is working with the kids in the community.  Sergio is a photographer … [Read More]