As a team, we consider ourselves extremely blessed, in particular, when it comes to our supporting congregations. While we all presently have our supporting churches, this wasn’t always the case. Something that many missionaries don’t receive before stepping foot on the mission field is support from a congregation- both financial and spiritual support. Our experience, [...]
In the midst of our craziness (our whirlwind mini-furlough tour before our departure to Lima), Alison, Cailyn and I were blessed to spend 10 days with our supporting congregation, the Fairlane Church of Christ, in Shelbyville, Tennessee. In some ways, I guess (it’s not as though I have tons of experience with furloughs being that [...]
What a month it has been! As you might know, each month our team tries to spend a weekend with our different supporting congregations. The month of April led our team to Paris, Texas where the Davidsons showed off the team (minus the Thompsons) to the Lamar Avenue church. This was was tremendous time of [...]
Last weekend (January 26-27), our team came together in Lueders, Texas (the stompin’ grounds of Stanley Shipp) as we participated in a missionary assessment weekend hosted by the Halbert Institute of Missions (ACU). Can I say that every time this team gathers together that I become more and more excited about our dream to participate [...]