• Guys sure do have the ability to make girls’ hearts sing! Just the thought of that blissful moment can make you smile and laugh. Like when I surprise my wife with flowers and then a dinner date. And then we end the date with a nice walk downtown. I know that makes Valeria’s heart sing…

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  • This year in Ecuador we were at Camp Chacauco again. We partnered with FBC Grandview. Here is the re-cap video.  

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  • As I was hard at work today in my office trying to catch up on many things that I missed while on a short-term mission trip last week, God kindly ran me into some important “buts.” I am in the process right now of preparing several upcoming sermons. As I was trekking through my Bible…

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  • This year’s trip has been a blast. We have been working a lot. We have been on the road a lot. We spent our first few days touring the country. We were in awe of the beautiful snow-covered Mount Cotopaxi. We spent 3 hours on the side of the road due to our bus breaking…

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  • In preparation for this past week’s sermon from Luke 22 and Peter’s denying of Jesus, I was reading from J.C. Ryle’s “Expository Thoughts on the Gospels.” Here is a treasure I found. 5 steps to falling into sin. Ryle warns us to watch out and learn from these 5 steps we see in Peter’s life.…

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  • One of my goals in being a father is to instill confidence in my children. I heard a successful man once say “My parents built so much confidence in me that I thought I could do anything.” Isn’t it such a blessing to think of parents doing everything they can to put their children in…

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