Padens in the Philippines

 

Spring Update 2023 Ephesians 3:14-19 When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,   the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Too fast, just too fast... When we arrived in January we hit the ground running and it's taken a while to feel normal again and get things in order.  Our main focus right now is to work on our summer short-term missions trip. The plan was to form two teams. One...

  Merry Christmas 2022 John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  2  He was with God in the beginning.  3  Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.  4  In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.  5  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. As we reflect on our time these last months in America, we can't help but be encouraged. Yes it has been a busy and sometimes hard trip, as we tried to fit everything into a short time. But... as we traveled around, visited churches, saw supporters, and made new friends, we have been so struck by the faithfulness, sacrifice, and hospitality of so many.  This January we go into our 18th year with SEND International.  We can't even begin to name all the times that we have seen God's faithfulness and pro...

Quick Check-In We are writing this update on the road... Our plan to travel is finally happening. Our goal was to visit our ministry partners and friends on the way to Florida. We have been driving from Tucson, AZ since September 29th. So far so good. We were able to connect with some long time friends and partners in ministry. Fun is also included. We are now in Wilmington, North Carolina and will soon be in Florida. Wilmington has a a lot of fun stuff. We were able to visit their beaches, the Battleship Museum and celebrate their fall festival with fireworks on their downtown riverwalk . We also had a great time connecting with our partner church and individuals here in the city. One of our challenges of this trip is the our kids schooling. Lord willing, our two kids will be able to find time to keep up with all their school work. It is a bit hard doing school in the car traveling. Our old car is doing well and we are all healthy. We will b...