Let me tell you about the church in Natal, Brazil. I spent six weeks there in 2012 and 2014. In 2016 we did not intend to return, but we went for ten days to help with a camp after the regular Let’s Start Talking team had worked there for six weeks or so. The two … [Read more…]
Another successful FriendSpeak party! All 50 name tags were used, but it was a little hard to get a count when the children were moving around so quickly. About 20 were international people. Our theme was “Signs of Spring,” meaning spring in the U.S. It’s surprising how much is going on here in the spring. … [Read more…]
The past week has been wonderful and crazy-hectic. God has been greatly at work in the hearts and minds of many international students at the University of Cincinnati. Here’s the story. For years we have tried to have an active FriendSpeak program at Central. We use the same materials we’ve used on LST projects, but this … [Read more…]
Since the first of the year, friends have asked where we are going on our summer mission trip. In recent weeks, it’s been, “When are you leaving for your mission trip?” They always know it will be teaching English using the Bible with Let’s Start Talking‘s FriendSpeak program in another country, yet when I say … [Read more…]
My partner on this LST project is Althea. She is an ideal team member. She eagerly takes care of me and everyone else who comes her way. From the beginning, she has attended to the sanitation of our bathroom facilities and sprayed for insects when necessary. I had thought we might take turns with the … [Read more…]
Our son Josh and his daughter Kinley videoed some parts of a typical day on our LST project. He made the video for his home church in Lafayette, Indiana, but I think it is interesting for others as well. Take a look and ask what else you’d like to know about our project. He ends … [Read more…]
Next summer our family—all 9 of us—are going to go to Natal, Brazil, on a Let’s Start Talking mission trip. The adults will offer free English lessons using the book of Luke and the children will be lovable and engaging ambassadors for Christ. Kinley, age 10, will help sometimes with the teaching and sometimes with … [Read more…]
