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God's mouth
Jeremiah is doing a “woe is me” (verse 16) in chapter fifteen. But then he had lunch and it changed his outlook: “ Your words were found,...

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Jun 10, 20221 min read
A really good loser
Yesterday God told us He was fed up. Today (Jer/15.6) He is tired of giving second chances: You have rejected me, declares the Lord; you...

Marcos
Jun 7, 20221 min read
The sinful chosen
God is madder than a hornet in Jer/15.1, and He surprises us with: “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn...

Marcos
Jun 3, 20221 min read
Negotiating with God
The second half of 14/Jer is much like yesterday’s first half… “we’re a bunch of losers, but c’mon God, give us a break, even though we...

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Jun 1, 20221 min read


Not for naught
Twelve hundred miles from home, I walked out of my hotel room, Bible in hand, just to spend some time in the Word. A voice across the...

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May 28, 20222 min read


Part of the action
As a family, this past week, we had some wonderful R & R, at the far southern tip of “our” Baja peninsula (1000 miles south, in Los...

Marcos
Apr 9, 20221 min read


Sold-out folks don’t look for excuses
My current series of short, daily videos in Spanish, is titled “What's Your Excuse?” A week ago, a couple of our missionary families...

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Mar 8, 20221 min read


One traumatic challenge after another
Someone did not like their animals, apparently. At least, that is what Mauri and Migda hope. Their family moved onto the mission field...

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Feb 24, 20221 min read


My friend Francisco
Our eyes are firmly on Jesus as we walk through these challenging times of COVID. It hit us in November, and Veronica is having heavy...

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Jan 10, 20224 min read


This wild ride
The past few weeks have been a wild ride. COVID-19 arrived at our home the second Sunday of November, and we are still in the battle. All...

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Dec 18, 20212 min read



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Dec 9, 20210 min read


A view of heaven
Five of us home with COVID… Veronica most seriously; my sister Valerie, visiting for Thanksgiving, is unfortunately included. Rachel...

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Dec 7, 20212 min read


Unhonkable
I was driving down one of Ensenada’s main boulevards and happened to see my friend Daniel up on his sand ridge. That sand ridge is home...

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Nov 16, 20211 min read


To make a short story long
I like short stories, but this one is a bit complicated, and it began 17 years ago, so bear with me… It was dusk, and one house away from...

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Nov 2, 20212 min read


535 days and one more so very sweet
It had been 535 days since the Porvenir church had come together to worship, or do anything else for that matter. Sunday, September 5,...

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Sep 6, 20211 min read


Tough, street-hardened homies
It was a Monday night in 1986. I had spoken a simple message about Samson if this old memory serves me right. Immediately afterwards,...

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Aug 4, 20212 min read


Feeling good
Living by faith is always an experience, and part of the awe of it is simply the fact that you, and others like you, give to us. Even...

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Jul 12, 20211 min read


A walk down memory lane
It was over 30 years ago. Our “little family” was sitting at the table, enjoying a nice meal. It still amazes me how Veronica held us...

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Jun 8, 20213 min read


Joke’s on us
Veronica and I met and married at Rose Park Orphanage in Tijuana. We both worked there for a number of years as single people, then...

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May 3, 20212 min read


Best Friday
It is Good Friday. In Mexico we call it Holy Friday, but good is good enough for me. In fact, for me it is Gooder Friday than for most...

Marcos
Apr 1, 20212 min read
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