Christmas in Pemba
THIS IS WHAT Christmas week looks like in our part of the world from our front yard, far from snow and sleigh bells. Even in the squelching heat, we revel in beauty all around. Ocean ripples arrive softly on the shore as the tide rises. Fishermen glide by, paddling their dugouts lazily. W…
What a great time it is to be alive! Testimonies of the goodness of God flood our conversations and the experience of His goodness fills our lives! God is moving through the lives of a beautiful team. The following includes some of our stories. Enjoy!
DREAMS BECOMING REALITY
A dream come true-After five years …
South Sudan WE ARE IN AFRICA among the poorest of the poor because we love seeing what our perfect Savior can do! For example, here’s Elaina, a fifteen-year-old when she was brought to our Iris base in Yei, Sudan, by the UN. She escaped to the Sudanese border after she had been abducted and brutalized by th…
OUR CHILDREN could hardly sleep last night. Today is their day! Our magnificent staff in each base in Mozambique have been working for months to prepare for this fabulous day. Each center has a giant “festa,” a feast of feasts, to celebrate like never before Mozambique’s national holiday, Childre…
THE PHOTO GALLERY This time my latest gallery has over 100 new photos showing you everything I can of our recent activities and ministry world. You can see more ocean baptisms, village outreaches, Mozambicans of all ages in their cultural glory, children at play, intense worship in meetings, beautiful weddings, an…
IRIS GLOBAL LEADERSHIP MEETINGS IN PEMBA It was an unlikely spot for a leadership conference aiming for global revival! Hidden away in our cozy little African prayer hut on the beach, with stiff ocean breezes whipping our crude canvas walls, we gathered together to represent our worldwide Iris family. Far out of t…
JESUS OUR FOCUS
“But I am afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ” (2 Cor. 11:3 NASB).
We stay on track through all the differing ideas and streams in the church by maintaining our simplicity an…
IS REVIVAL NORMAL?
The Westminster Shorter Catechism, written in the 1640s by English and Scottish divines to educate lay persons in matters of belief, is part of the grandest doctrinal statements to come out of the English Reformation. It is composed of 107 questions and answers, and the most famous is the first…
I’m hot and miserable. It’s dark and my feet are aching. I can hardly see where I’m going, slogging through sticky mud and slipping off narrow trails. I can’t recognize anything around me. I’m soaking with perspiration. My eyes are getting blurry from fatigue…view »
7 April 2019—Cyclone Idai in Mozambique I’m hot and miserable. It’s dark and my feet are aching. I… More »
4 December 2018—Extraordinarily Blessed Dear family, Heidi and I want to communicate with our fri… More »
25 January 2016—A Pure Heart “The human heart is the very throne and citadel of God. Wh… More »
16 December 2015—A Missionary Legacy [Every few years I have been re-posting this newsletter I … More »
2 November 2015—Five Essential Core Values Hi everybody! A lot of people want to know more about our… More »
12 February 2015—Confidence in Him “Though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though yo… More »
1 February 2015—Onward and upward in Jesus! Twenty years ago Heidi and I landed in Mozambique with a v… More »
27 November 2014—Thanksgiving in the bush To our worldwide Iris family! This week, like every other… More »