Dying to self, in the nick of time

“I was not expecting this while I was alive,” a 97 year-old man said, when he heard someone reading the Bwisi Scriptures. “Now I have learned the true meaning of salvation, and have accepted Jesus as my Savior. I will die in the Lord. They used to tell us that a Christian is someone who attends church all the time, gives gifts, does good works and prays every evening. But now, through these teachings in my language, I understand that God forgives our sins through Christ!”

The photo is not of the man in the story, but he is from Uganda from where the story takes place.

Final day

After three full days of team meetings, we had an outing on our last day together to Hallstatt and Salzburg in the Austrian alps. Wow, what incredibly beautiful places to visit. One place of note was the home where Mozart grew up.

If you think of it, please pray with me about my trip home. It seems that "have a safe trip" is the usual fair well. Well, I'll do my part, thats for sure. So as you pray for me, how about a prayer for the pilots and ground crew...and luggage handlers:-) I'm looking forward to being home again with my family.





Recognize this pavilian? It was used in "The Sound of Music", which was filmed in Austria.



The home of Mozart

The fog lifts

The weather here in Linz has been cold, rainy and fogy (despite the forcast which calls for partly cloudy). But the flat where we are having our meetings are on the 12th floor of a high rise appartment building. The heat radiates up through the building, and the folks that live there (where we are meeting) have not had to turn their heat on for the entire two years they have lived here. In fact, the window is open all day and it's quite comfortable. Back to the fog. We have been eagerly anticipating the departure of the fog, which finally happened today, to reveal the Postlingberg church. So we temporarily abandoned our meetings for some picture taking. So, yes, this is the view from the bedroom window. Nice!

From Austria

On our first day here in Linz Austria, we had a walk-a-bout to get our bearings in the city. On day two we are in spiritual emphasis and team building meetings. This is a beautiful and quaint city with stone streets around every corner...a photographers dream!

Pressing on

Perhaps the largest part of our ministry here in the States is to raise awareness about what God is doing through Bible translation. And last night we had the opportunity to speak at Rocky Hill Baptist Church, pastored by Henry Cook, Joy's uncle. It is a very friendly church and we enjoyed getting acquainted with folks after the service.

Our theme as we share with people is worship, worship of Christ who called us out of our former life of sin. And worship is the very desired result of Bible translation; lives transformed by the living and active Word of God. A good example of this is the Kimyal people, as featured in our presentation video. John Piper said (slight paraphrase), "Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church, worship is. Missions exists because worship does not."

If you would like to come along side us and invest in the Bibleless peoples of the world, you can become a partner here.

Grampa's turn...

Moments worth preserving

Grandma reads a bedtime story!

Princess Class

Maren started ballet and tap dancing classes, everything a four year old aspiring princess could hope for!

Berea missions trip

If you are here looking for updates on the Berea Baptist Church missions trip, it was canceled because too few people were able to participate.

On the road again, just can't wait to get...

This past weekend we spoke to two groups about our ministry with Wycliffe Bible Translators; at a 'coffee' hosted by some friends at our church in Rock Hill, SC, and at Living Vine church in Pineville, NC. The Lord was our focus and we believe He was honored at both events.

Next stop...