Ministry Newsletter

I trust you had a blessed Thanksgiving. We had 19 family members at our house for a few days last week, and it was very special to have Deborah’s dad with us after we lost her mom in September....

As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday my heart is overflowing with gratitude for all the people who have prayed for me and Deborah and this ministry in 2019. Thank you for standing with us. Thank you for fighting in prayer for us. Thank you for supporting us financially....

Thank you so much for praying for me during my two-week trip to Australia. I flew to the city of Perth, which is pretty much the “ends of the earth” from where I live. That means it required about 22 hours of flying time just to get there! Yet there…...

The apostle Paul’s epistle to the Philippians is basically a thank you letter. He was grateful for their concern, their generosity and their “participation in the gospel” (Phil. 1:5). I feel the same way. When you pray for me, or donate to our work, you are in full participation with…...

Thank you so much for praying for me during my long trip to Sri Lanka. That was not the longest flight I have ever been on, but it seemed like it! I was in the air for 23 hours, plus some layovers. God gave me grace (and a pleasant stopover…...

Thanks to everyone who prayed for me and the team that went with me to Guatemala in early July. I could most definitely feel the prayers! Below you can see that there were 27 people from Puerto Rico who came on that trip. They are all members of Casa del…...

Thanks to everyone for standing with us in prayer. This short newsletter is just to let you know that I am flying out of Atlanta today for a week-long mission trip to Guatemala. It will be my ninth visit to the community of El Rosario, where The Mordecai Project is…...

More than 12 years ago I met a young Russian immigrant named Alex Novik. I began mentoring him and he introduced me to Slavic culture, Russian food and a wonderful Russian Pentecostal church in Philadelphia called Word of Life. He eventually introduced me to another young Slavic guy from his…...

This next Tuesday, May 28, I will be boarding a plane early in the morning bound for Central Asia. I can’t go into detail about the trip for security reasons. But I wanted to send this email out to ask for special prayer....

Some people think international travel is glamorous. All you have to do is read about Paul’s journey to Italy in Acts 27-28 to know that it is anything but! However I am thankful I don’t have to travel by boat, like Paul, to get to my destinations. My recent journey…...