Prayer
Thank you for your prayers for our family as we moved to Brazil this month. It has...
A Reflection on 2009
We hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We have spent some time...
Trip to Indonesia
My sister, Joanna Jansma, and her co-worker, Kubili Condit, allocated to the Nagi...
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Bamboo joints explain justification!
How would you explain the Biblical concept of justification to your next door neighbor? ...
A friend or foe?
If you saw this man walking down the road…would you stop and talk to him....
Did you know that CATS taste good
Well that is what a majority of the the locals think. I don’t care to find...
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Clamming Around!
Recently, all our kids went clamming at a local beach The kids sure had a blast… With...
Little pieces of technology
One part of missionary life that every kid remembers well are the long car rides. ...
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Some Snapshots of our House Building Trip to Indonesia
This view is from the Sepik Valley in Papua New Guinea. Our house building location...
ICCM (International Conference on Computing and Missions)
Tomorrow, June 10, I will be leaving the family for six days to attend a special...
Are laptops a blessing?
Yes and No? Well, let me explain. Laptops are built to sell to business...
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Brazil News- BRAZIL (Gaviao tribe)A recent death had a Gavião village in an uproar until all the right rituals were complete. Pray that the calmness and confidence of the believers will draw others to Christ. […]
- Death produces uproarA Gavião man died recently causing a series of events in his village in Brazil.These included running around the village waving arrows, running with logs from their gardens to the village and singing throughout the night for several weeks. It was also necessary to clean the village and build a big hut to house some of the visitors.Many of these events have s […]
- BRAZILMissionaries Phil and Valeree Poulson spent six weeks traveling to five tribal areas so they could encourage and advise missionaries working among those tribes. Please pray that God will produce thriving churches in each area that was visited. […]
- Flexibility requiredAfter six weeks of travel to five tribes in Brazil, Phil and Valeree Poulson are back home.The distance and remoteness of their travels required several forms of transportation -- from jet planes to overloaded air taxis; from jeeps on the back roads to canoes on a few of the Amazon's many winding tributaries.Half a dozen nights were spent trying to slee […]
- BRAZIL (Yanomami tribe)The Yanomamis have experienced an extremely dry season that has affected their food supply. Missionaries have been paying high prices to have food flown in. Please pray that the love being shown for the Yanomamis' physical needs will create a hunger for spiritual food. […]
- BRAZIL (Gaviao tribe)