2020 Summer Update
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COVID-19 Update
As I write this update, I am supposed to be in Peru, having just returned from Chile, but both of those trips were canceled due to COVID-19. Instead, like most of you all, I have been forced to work from home. As the governors began to set statewide restrictions, my daughter Abby and her fiancé,
Jesus is King, Not Corona
I am typing this letter on Palm Sunday, the day that we commemorate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. A huge crowd of people welcomed their Messiah and King, crying out, “Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.” Matthew 21:9
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The Answer to Our Anxieties – Be Still
The Answer to Our Anxieties – Be Still Kornel Crnković and I walked into the kitchen of Pastor John Goldfuss’s house on Thursday, March 12, to find David Smith, Director of Open Door Baptist Missions, watching the chapel broadcast from Bob Jones University on his laptop. We were in Lodi, Indiana, for a mission conference
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The Walls Came Tumbling Down
“The Walls Came Tumbling Down” A Visit with Missionaries Kornel & Tanja Crnković in Croatia It was a cold and dreary morning in Croatia when I found myself working alongside a group of Christian brothers who I will not soon forget. In fact, I don’t know of a better way to get to know someone
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A Home Run – Part 2
A Home Run – Part 2 Eighty years ago, July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig approached the microphone before a sold-out crowd at Yankee Stadium to deliver what has been called, “baseball’s Gettysburg Address.” He was only 36 years old, but he was forced to retire due to a neuromuscular disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (A.L.S.).
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A Home Run – Part 1
A Home Run – Part One “Did that really happen?” I asked my four Uruguayan friends. It seemed like it was just yesterday that they were arriving at the Greenville Spartanburg Airport. Here we were packing their luggage into the van as we prepared to head to the airport for their return trip to Montevideo.
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Trellis & Vine Work in Uruguay
I had been waiting for the knock on the door of the casita (little house) for a couple of days. After attending the EMU Worker’s Retreat and Family camp for the past three years, I had come to expect a visit from Pastor Jose Kowalczuk. This strong and vocal leader is one of the nicest
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Dictators, Disciples, & Diet Coke
When traveling abroad, it is always comforting to find small reminders of home. One such reminder is the familiar script font found on a can of Coca-Cola. (Personally, I prefer the taste of Diet Coke.) In the past nine years, I have had the privilege of taking thirteen mission trips and serving God by visiting
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