Standing in our hallway, my daughter looked up at me with her big, brown, tear filled eyes and asked me, ‘Mommy, where is home?’ I paused, took a deep breath and told her that home is wherever we are, that our family is home. Four walls don’t make a home, a country doesn’t make a … I Want To Go Home
Dear Friends and Family, Thank you for your prayers and support. They have been greatly appreciated. I wanted to start this newsletter by saying how much I love being a missionary. I really do! I love how every day’s purpose is to advance the Kingdom of God. Although I believe that this should be … May 2015 Newsletter
What is your common response when you disagree with someone? Emma Bergen 2015 Powered by WPeMatico
Proverbs says praise is a difficult test. I am naturally motivated to want everyone around me to be my friend. This is not always good. Do you have any experience with praise being a difficult test? Bella Bergen 2015 Powered by WPeMatico
Twelve people were baptized last Sunday, at the river at the foot of our property. Many people from the church showed up to suppport those being baptized. This couple was baptized. They have 5 small children. Five girls from the Wednesday night “Girl’s Group” were baptized. The twelve who were baptized, plus the four who baptized … March 2015 Baptisms
This week-end (in March 2015) we had our first TLC (Training Leaders of Communities) week-end. We have not done an event like this before so we decided to make it simple and to monitor the results. After identifying eight topics that center around church leadership we decided to make the meetings as interactive as possible, that each leader should … Complexity Theory
This fellow wanted to buy our old car but he did not have enough cash. We traded for paint for the inside of the church and hours with his loader. Here we are moving dirt from one sloping area of our property to put beside our existing church building. We are preparing our nets for a bigger catch. … Planning Ahead
This month we had our annual pastor’s retreat. We were fortunate to be able to bring in Jerry Reddix and Penny Meyer to help minister to the pastors. The objective of this retreat was to get the pastors to stop and get re-centered back to the Lord. The pastors lives are mostly give, give, and … May Amazon Update! – Steve and Elba
