July 2, 2024
“Listen to My Voice”
Five months ago, I moved with my family from Ohio to East Africa. We left in the dark on an icy morning, and arrived more than 24 hours later into the blazing sun of noon in the…
June 3, 2024
Stepping Out: Chloe and Nila
She didn't know it at the time, but a short mission trip to Panama would land Chloe in East Africa within the year. "It was a five-week trip to help refugees coming in from Venezuela," she explains.…
May 2, 2024
Transformational Love
I met Bo in 2011, when my wife Karen and I first visited the village of Catel in Guinea Bissau. He was charismatic and beloved by many people. I noticed that his house was the nicest in…
April 2, 2024
The Rains Will Come: Two Updates from Africa
"I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who…
December 19, 2023
The City and the Ship
Palm trees, baobabs, vines, rivers, impressive spider webs, monkeys, and a host of other plants and wildlife cover the hills among which Freetown, Sierra Leone, is nestled. The Global Mercy floats peacefully, moored to the dock on…
August 4, 2023
New Life to the Desert
The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.... They will see the glory of…