It was a gray day, and Kerri’s absence made it grayer. With another day before she would return from the women’s conference, the girls eagerly joined me in a project, to make homemade applesauce. No one’s heard of applesauce in Ukraine, but for us it brings with it the aroma [...]

Look at this and tell me what you see. Our new pet is named Rorschach because he looks exactly like an inkblot–at least to us! Gazing at our new pet may tell you more about us than about yourself. Although we’d all really love to have a dog, an 8th [...]

It sounds like Christmas, I mean, keys…but this time it’s actually the sound of what’s left in our ministry account. A number of you have told us that we’re not very good at making our needs known, probably because we’re so grateful for what many of you are already doing. [...]

In July, I had surgery on my Achilles’ Tendon and heel bone, which meant crutches for 2 months (and a wheelchair while traveling). I’m glad to finally be more mobile, and when a good friend asked the other day how my foot was doing, I told him I was still [...]

Recently I finished teaching one of my favorite classes, Intro to Missions. Each time I teach it, I get to marinate in the powerful stories and compelling themes that first motivated us to move our lives to Ukraine. One of these stories has forever changed the way I understand Christmas. [...]

After years of wrangling with the authorities, jumping through bureaucratic hoops, and spending thousands of dollars, our good friends finally rescued a Ukrainian orphan. They weren’t trying to fill a need in their own lives–they already had several wonderful children. The adoption was purely an act of grace. You can [...]