We are here, in Brookings OR, on the Southern Oregon coast. And when I say on the coast, I mean it. Some friends have given us their vacation rental for a few days overlooking a cove in the Pacific. The views are just spectacular. Because we are in a cove, and because we are near…
There is so much background here that I don’t know if I want to take the time to tell or that anyone would find it interesting. There was the really challenging part of finding a car in Kent WA and a person (a friend of a friend) who was willing to let us send him…
Read Daddy’s history from the class reunion. (I’m sorry I don’t have this document anymore) Many of you here knew my daddy during the early years of his life. I bet a memory of a time you had with Artie crossed your mind as I read his biography. In the past week I’ve heard some…
Sitting on a porch at a hotel in the mountains of Honduras I watched the drizzling rain gently touch the banana leaves in the garden, collect along the center of the leaf, and then run down in a dainty stream to the ground. I was at a missionary women’s conference and had been instructed to…
It is a beautiful Wednesday morning, which for me means I am in the Eyeglass Clinic at Hospital Loma de Luz. I have a break between patients and decided to share a praise and a petition: Last fall the Eyeglass Clinic received a very generous donation of new reading glasses in current styles. Before we…
(This is an excerpt from our August, 2013 newsletter.) Does God sometimes work in themes in your life? This summer’s theme has been the summer, not of my discontent, but of my contentment. What is contentment? The author of the classic The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment defines contentment this way: “Christian contentment is that…
One day this past spring Mariah asked her daddy, “Daddy, the last couple of weeks my history teacher and the kids in my class have been talking about a class trip this summer. I haven’t mentioned it because I know it probably can’t happen, but if it could happen, would you let me go?” For…
This is a short (a little less than 10 minutes) video tour of Hospital Loma de Luz, where my family and I serve. I’m sure that some of you will enjoy actually getting to see the facility where I work. The video was filmed by a visiting doctor. Thanks Bryan for all of your hard…
