the emptiness of financial motivation
Romania’s government, like many governments, is going through a rough time financially and is looking for places to make budget cuts. One of the cuts they have chosen to make is in the amount that they pay their foster parents. Unfortunately, many foster parents have responded to this cut by returning their foster children to … Read more
Prayer
Yikes! It’s been almost a month since I’ve posted on here. The busyness of the holiday season seems to have crowded out most of my blogging time. Hopefully, I’ll be able to keep everyone a bit more updated soon. Our family is currently in Ohio. We’re privileged to be with Joshua’s family for Christmas and … Read more
challenging limitations
Late Thursday night through today has been a bit of a whirlwind. Thursday was a fairly normal and productive day of contacting pastors. I finished the first wave of all the Georgia cold calls and called several of the churches on the list that I didn’t reach a second time (about 35 calls in all). … Read more
Join our prayer force, and watch God work!
We were so excited to see our support inch up just a bit last week—the same week that ten people committed to pray daily for God’s speeding us to Romania. This year our mission board has been encouraging its missionaries to grow by studying what the Bible says about prayer and then by putting what … Read more
Cultural Challenges Missionaries Face
For those of you who are praying regularly for us, first, once again thank you and second, please pray for our adaptation to and wisdom for interacting within the Romanian culture. We were reminded of just how challenging understanding and adapting to a different culture is when early this week Dr. Kevin Bauder posted a … Read more
