But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. Daniel 1:8 We spent from June 20 to August 8 traveling around Japan reconnecting with our friends, family, and senders there after being away for four years.  We spoke at…

Dear Friends and Family, This has been a very busy month of women’s ministry.  We’ve had guest speakers and visitors, we started a new book and I taught a women’s retreat. In the summer months we get many visitors coming through the guest house.  More often than not they are just there briefly on the…

Hi everyone!  We’ve had a VERY eventful month of July, with many blessings. Jon was ordained by Pastor Mike Vincent and the pastors of Calvary Chapel Rosarito. He is now serving as an assistant pastor, alongside some amazing men. We are so blessed by this! On the same night that Jon  became PBJ, aka Pastor…

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”   Philipians 4:6-7 We started out this month with the first week of class for the new…

Greetings from Mexico, This past month, Sarah and I were able to celebrate our 21st anniversary by traveling south to the amazing city of Guadalajara! Guadalajara is not only beautiful and historic, but it is also the 2nd largest city in Mexico with over 8 million residents! Downtown Guadalajara is also famous for their Spanish…

The last few months… this whole new year, has been a series of challenges followed by blessings. I had intended to share more about all of that previously, but in the last week the Lord has made His message very clear. We’ve just finished a spell from the end of June through the end of…

Hello Friends! I pray that this Summer has been treating you well, and if it’s as hot (or hotter!) where you are as it is here in SoCal, I hope you’ve been able to keep cool! The Summer months have been productive and fun for our family. Our SGWM team returned from South Asia a…

Hello Friends and Family, We wanted to give you an update of what has been going on here in Banos Del Inca in May. We will send a new one in the next few weeks showing the month of June and July. Belen Ministry: Along with our every other week visits we also did a few…

The long-awaited journey has begun. We left Napa a week ago and it was with many tears and sad goodbyes but also with much anticipation about what the Lord is doing in this new season of our lives. The whole week before we left was so surreal. Everything that we had been planning and preparing for…

Summer  has definitely arrived! June and July have brought some unusually hot days our way. We are eager to begin a couple of months straight of teams, teams, teams!! We are thrilled to announce that we have two interns serving with us this summer here at Connections House! This is our first time having interns…