We are waiting through a five hour snow delay for our flight to leave Toronto for Amsterdam and looking forward to all that God is doing this season in Europe and Central Asia. Marilyn will be focused on sharing time...
A word that I have been sent every year has been "break through" and 2010 is no exception- big bold print, "2010, THE YEAR OF BREAK THROUGH". For some reason it was a really popular word in 1982,...
Hello Friends
This is the best Christmas present that we could have possibly received!
This is why we do what we do.
May the miracle of Incarnation that we celebrate continue through us all!
May it continue through Gulnara...
Tajikistan is a wild and wonderful country with China to the East, Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west and Krygystan to the north. One of the main north/south roads in the country goes over two 3,000...
Hello Friends. Recently I read an excellent article on the five ministry gifts of Ephesians 4:11 and began to ask why years of such teaching has produced so little fruit. At times there even seems to be an...
Hello Friends. Below is a fine example of a Russian Orthodox wooden building from the early part of the twentieth century when the Russians first came to Central Asia and began to build permanent houses and towns. ...
Marilyn and I had a great time with our friends in Central Asia over the first part of July. The water melons were wonderful, the shashlik was amazing and the fellowship rich.
The stories from...
Friends, we have had several conversations recently about finding a person of peace in western culture. The context of Luke 10 is clearly eastern where three generations and families of several siblings plus servants could...
Friends, some thoughts sit in my draft file for extended periods of time before being sent out. This little piece has been sitting in draft for a while and we thought it might be an encouragement to some. If you...
Who is the greatest prophet?
Would that be Ezekiel due to the intensity of his visions? Would that be Isaiah due to the accuracy of his revelation of Jesus? Would that be Daniel due to his wisdom and ability to...
Some time ago our Provincial Family and Children's Services thought to remove all "fundamentalist Christians" from being foster parents. It was clear to some in the hierarchy that having foster children cared for...
Tajikistan is one of the poorest nations on the planet and one where we have friends who walk in the vision of making disciples. Some of you may remember the story of Sergi's martyrdom which we published a few months ago....
One of the most consistent and amazing testimonies coming from Muslim background followers of Jesus is that their first introduction to Jesus came through visions or dreams. I was reminded of this again while reading...
Just a little snap shot of what God has done through your partnership with our friends in the East. We do all that we do through circles of friends and are thankful for each one of you!
Last year, 1400 Bibles in...
"Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge" I Corinthians 14:29
The flood of prophecies for 2009 have begun to come in. They sound remarkably similar to most I have been hearing for the...