Update on Missy Smith
Several months ago, I asked for you all to pray for Missy Smith, the teenage daughter of a missionary pastor in Cork, who has cancer. I wanted to give you an update and ask you to keep praying for her
Church Plant in Carrick-on-Shannon
One of the newer missionaries to Ireland, Carey Hendricks and his family, just started a new church in Carrick-on-Shannon a few weeks ago. We were able to spend some time with them a few months ago, and we are excited
Thank You to Zion Hill Baptist Church in Greenville, SC
On this past Wednesday, we visited Zion Hill Baptist Church in Greenville, SC. We had a good time giving an update to the church and thanking them for their faithful support over the last eight years. Pastor Danny Moore and
Good Trip to USA
A week ago from today, Teri and I moved out of our house in Northern Ireland and said goodbye to our friends and co-workers there. We packed all of our belongings into storage and headed to Belfast on the bus
Thoughts As We Prepare to Leave for Furlough
When I was nine years old, God first put a desire in my heart to be a missionary. I wanted more than anything else to preach the gospel to the lost. For the last eight years, I have been living
Book Review: I Saw the Welsh Revival
Pastor Billy Wallace from Trenton, Georgia gave me a copy of I Saw the Welsh Revival by David Matthews while we were on the UK Vision Tour in June of this year. While on the tour, we actually visited the
Book Review: Ten Secrets for a Successful Family
When Teri and I went on our 10th anniversary get-away, I took Ten Secrets for a Successful Family with me. It had been on my shelf for a while. In the book, Pastor Adrian Rodgers looks at how the ten
Book Review: A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23
Living in Ireland, sheep are a very common sight all around. They fit in well with the hilly, grassy terrain. Not having been a shepherd, I miss some of the impact of the many shepherd and sheep analogies in the
Book Review: Ordering Your Private World
A few months ago, a man in our church gave me a copy of Ordering Your Private World by George MacDonald. To be honest, I did not take much notice of it until a few weeks ago. As I began to
Statistics About Church Attendance in the UK
Pastor Martin Wickens sent me a link to this article containing recent statistics about church attendance in the UK. Here are a few of them for you to think over and pray about: Overall Decline in Church Attendance Out of a total