Month: October 2014

  • Just Down the Street From the Gestapo

    On our way to Poland yesterday, we stopped at a McDonald’s to grab lunch. The kids were asleep in the car, and attempting English in the drive thru is pretty much out of the question, so I went inside to order. The nice Polish woman who helped me spoke great English which was a blessing…

  • Hanging With the Millers In Poland

    The Miller family is a blast. Bethany and I first met Korban and Tanya at Josiah Venture orientation in October 2012 where we spent a week together in Wheaton, IL. There’s a fun connection with them because their senior pastor in Indiana was roommates in college with Scott Ardavanis, our pastor at PBC for many…

  • Taking A Few Family Photos

    All we needed was one. One photo, that is. A supporting church of ours in the States was updating their directory and asked us for a new photo of our family. So late this afternoon we walked over to the center part of town and tried to get a couple shots using my tripod. What…

  • New Creations

    One of the joys of working with young people is seeing God change their lives. Whether it’s watching God transform their hearts in to new creations at salvation or watching them on the path of discipleship as they become more and more like Christ, it’s always a joy. The video below is a sampling of…

  • Another First: Drying on the Line

    Tuesdays are just slightly nicer than the other days of the week. That’s mainly because we have our international team meetings on Tuesdays which aren’t really meetings where we work, but just spend time in God’s Word and prayer. Like the previous weeks, Dave Patty led the study this morning, and today it was out…