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Well, I was wanting to wait a few weeks to let the cat out of the bag, but Melissa is afraid people will think she is just eating too much on deputation: We are pregnant! Don’t you just love that “we” thing? I used to think that was a ridiculous thing to say until I [...]

Dear Praying Friends, I just finished writing “thank-you” notes to churches and individuals from the past few weeks, and two thoughts crossed my mind: “Is that pain carpal tunnel syndrome?”, and, “WOW. God and His people have truly been good to us.” It’s definitely a good problem to have to write so many thank you’s! [...]

I think sometimes I take it for granted that everyone knows what deputation is like because I grew up around it. Sometimes I am shocked when people ask me things like, “What do you do with all your time?”, and “So is deputation essentially like a 2 year vacation?” First off, let me say that [...]

It’s that time again: Time to reward your favorite missionary for his funny and inspiring blog posts by taking him on for support! No? Well, ok… it was worth a shot. I guess I’ll just give you another “Excuse Evaluation” for whether you should come to the OG Summit this year or not.                            Bad [...]

Are you ready for the next installment of “Good Excuse, Bad Excuse”?  If this next one applies to you, you definitely do not need to come to the Summit.                             Good Excuse #2: There’s an App for That!   The more electronically sophisticated among my readers (NOT mom this time) might recall a story last [...]

We have covered one Good Excuse to miss the OG Summit (December 29-31),  here is the first Bad Excuse: Bad Excuse #1: Santa Won’t Like It From the offices of S. Claus International RE: Dear Santa CC: elfboss@pole_union.net “Dear Johnny, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to inform you that I [...]

If you read this blog for any period of time at all (yes, I’m talking to YOU mom!), you will probably remember the Our Generation Missions Summit being mentioned pretty frequently. The Summit is a yearly event hosted by Vision Baptist Church (our sending church) in Gatlinburg TN, and essentially it is a gathering of [...]

This past Thursday was one of the most special nights of my life as Vision Baptist Church ordained me to preach the Gospel. Here are some things I am immensely thankful for: The Gospel! As much as this night meant to me, ultimately it was not ABOUT me: it is about God’s amazing redemptive purpose [...]