Mission Updates
Summer Daze: CIT Style
July 6, 2014…with mixed feelings of excitement and nervousness and the car packed from floor to ceiling with what we would need for the next 7 weeks, we drove away from our home and headed to the Center for Intercultural Training (CIT) in the foothills of North Carolina. We weren’t sure what to expect but were eager to […]
Ebola Update
Many of you have inquired and expressed concern about the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa and how it might be affecting us. Michele and I are not in Senegal right now as we continue moving along in our fundraising and final preparations. The short-term medical missions team with Forest Hill that Michele and I were […]
Thrive or Just Survive?
Have you ever turned on the radio at exactly the right moment when a song is playing that speaks directly into your situation? It always amazes and thrills me when God orchestrates the pieces of life to fall into place perfectly. It was just such a day for me last week when I turned on […]
Easter Eggztravaganza
Our good friends, John and Rebecca Woodman, held the Easter Eggstravaganza for Michele and me to help us raise funds and provide exposure for our Senegal mission. We were very humbled by the huge turnout and the number of people that were interested in talking with us about what we will be doing. Cindy George […]
Video of Thies
This is a pretty accurate video of what a lot of Thies looks like. We have not seen any camels, though.
Vision Trip to Senegal – Part 2
This is the second part of Michele’s recap about our January vision trip. Here is the link to see part one of our Senegal vision trip. Greetings…Bonjour…Mbaldoo…Na nga def! It doesn’t take long in Senegal to realize how important it is to greet everyone, and I mean EVERYONE. You quickly learn how to say ‘Hello’ […]
Vision Trip to Senegal – Part 1
The last several months have been a whirlwind of activity as we made it through the holidays, Asher’s birthday, our vision trip to Senegal, jet lag, Charlotte’s winter blast of 2014, and the stomach flu! Many of you have asked for details on our trip to Africa, which we gladly want to share! We don’t […]
Asher Shares About Senegal
On Sunday, March 16, 2014, Asher had the opportunity to share with the kids at Forest Hill Ballantyne about what it means to him to move to Africa, on being a missionary, and about our recent trip to Senegal. Jenny Schmitt, Director of Kids@FHC at Forest Hill Church-Ballantyne, showed a video they had filmed with […]
I Will Be With You
A few days ago I read these verses from the book of Judges: “‘But Lord,’ Gideon replied, ‘how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!’ “The Lord said to him, ‘I will be with you. And you will […]
If Not Us, Then Who?
I have written and rewritten this blog post for four days now, and I am still unable to grab the thoughts that are swirling around inside my head and put them into coherent sentences. I could blame it on a thousand things but instead of fighting to try to make myself understood, I want to […]