Ben and Crystal Johnson are great friends and co-laborers from our home church, Vision Baptist. They are headed for China short term so that they can later head for China long term. I don’t know a young couple I’d recommend quicker than the Johnsons. Please pray for them, and consider supporting them for this trip! [...]
February Doom & Gloom Update (Prayer Letter)
Dear Praying Friends, Well, we’re STILL on deputation. We’re STILL traveling an insane amount with a toddler and one on the way, and many of the churches we’ve visited haven’t taken us on. We are trying to raise support at one of the worst times possible, in a rough recession. Oh, and I’m sick. My [...]
Missionary of the Week
The missionary family we are praying for this week is the Coffey family, missionaries to South Africa! Mark Coffey is currently raising his support and is over 50% done, but he is not first-term missionary by any stretch. He has worked in Peru as a missionary, and also played a crucial role in starting our [...]
Vikings, Gays, and the Gospel
My one and only thought in coming up with a blog title is “How ridiculous can I make this so that people will have read it even though they really don’t want to?” If you’re here, then it worked. I am on an airplane headed from Cincinnati OH to West Palm Beach FL (always a [...]
Missionary of the Week
The missionary family we are praying for this week is Jeff and Mindy Bush, serving in La Plata, Argentina. They are sent out by Whitfield Baptist Church in Dalton, GA through Macedonia World Baptist Missions in Braselton, GA. They have 4 daughters, Lydia, Adriana, Johanna and Alexandra. Bro Jeff has been a huge blessing and [...]
Missionary of the Week
I am blessed beyond measure in so many ways in my life, and one of those ways is the men that God allows me to learn from and work with in world evangelism. I am also blessed with an incredible group of people that follow this blog, pray for us, and show their love for [...]
The Best of Times, The Weirdest of Times: Part III
This is the final embarrassing/awful story from deputation that I will be sharing, and I’ve saved the best for last. And no, this one actually doesn’t feature cats. 3. Rude Awakening A little known fact about missionary culture is that we have our own version of Russian Roulette: it’s called the “Prophet’s Chamber”! If you’ve [...]
The Best of Times, The Weirdest of Times: Part II
2. The Christmas Miracle I love all those sappy Christmas movies that feature animals, always so cute and cuddly, teaching kids the “true meaning of Christmas”, whatever that means. Well, the real story is not so cute and cuddly. We had just driven 3 days from southern CA to Houston TX to spend Christmas with [...]
The Best of Times, The Weirdest of Times: Part I
Ah deputation… Only a little over a year, and more stories and sermon illustrations than I know what to do with. There have been incredibly wonderful experiences like seeing God provide in crazy ways, seeing people come to Christ (again just yesterday!), and just getting to do neat things as a family like see Elena’s [...]
January ’12 Prayer Letter
Dear Praying Friends, Happy New Year from the Newton family! This time last year we had only just started deputation, and the majority of those receiving this letter we had not met yet. Looking back over 2011, I can’t believe how good God has been to us in providing our needs, but more than that, [...]
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