"For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone." Psalm 91:11-12Two years after we arrived in the Congo, my parents purchased a 1957 Mercedes Army truck which we affectionately named, "The Jolly Green Giant." The vehicle weighed seven tons empty. It was a … [Read more...] about Lifted Up In Their Hands
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While I Was Still Speaking
"Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land." Proverbs 25:25After three and a half years of living in the Congo (called Zaire at the time), we were now just weeks away from leaving to go home to our family in the United States. Our excitement was palpable. Everyday I would mentally mark off another day until the MAF plane landed on our airstrip to take us to the capital … [Read more...] about While I Was Still Speaking
For My Baby Brother
"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." Proverbs 17:17 (NIV) June 28, 1979, was one of the happiest days of my eleven years of life on this earth. Into our weary, bewildered, and homesick-for-America family came a ray of sunshine that weighed exactly nine pounds. I had begged my parents over and over again for another sibling. Repeatedly, I had heard the word, … [Read more...] about For My Baby Brother
All That Concerns Me
"The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, endure forever--forsake not the work of Your own hands." Psalm 138:8What do we do when tragedy strikes us from out of nowhere? Often the tragedy follows some incredible event, a mountain-top experience with God. The shock we feel from the sudden change of our circumstances can leave us utterly confused and … [Read more...] about All That Concerns Me
What Is True Wealth?
After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward. Genesis 15:1The face of hunger and wretched poverty lived right outside my front door as I grew up in the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). The Congolese people are some of the poorest people materially on the face of this earth. I did … [Read more...] about What Is True Wealth?
The Angel of His Presence
"In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them..." Isaiah 63:9On a remote African mission station, in the province of Bandundu, my mother was anguishing in prayer at my bedside. I was in the throes of a serious bout of malaria. My father was away from us, called off the station on an evangelism trip. Those were the days before we had the short wave radio … [Read more...] about The Angel of His Presence
