“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” —Mark Twain Father’s Day is fun for me. While I miss my Dad… Read More»
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June 2019 Praise and Prayer
June 6, 2019PRAISE: We are always so grateful for your prayers for LOGOI – and even for me! Isn’t it amazing the Almighty God Himself hears and answers! It is so wonderful to keep telling about new students God sends us: from the Dominican Republic, the Amazon jungle in Peru, a children’s worker in Chile, a… Read More»
Happy Mother’s Day
May 10, 2019Here at LOGOI we’ve given my mom a great title. It’s simply, “Grandma Carolyn”. It’s even on her business cards.
2019 May Praise and Prayer
April 29, 2019PRAISE: Meet your new “cousin” and my “new grandson:” Julio Cesar Baeza Rodríguez. We’ll just call him Julius Caesar. I happily provided his scholarship because he had never studied before and was trying his best to preach. He’s moving right along in his first course (Predicación bíblica: Biblical Preaching). He lives in Mexicali Baja California,… Read More»
An Easter Message of Hope
April 12, 2019My oldest son, Matt, accepted an exciting new job in beautiful southern California, so I got a call to help him move. I also got the opportunity to explore the incredible Pacific Coast for most of a day as I walked around the coast line of the Laguna Beach area.
It was a gorgeous day and impossible to not marvel at God’s beauty and creativity.
2019 April Praise and Prayer
March 31, 2019PRAISE: When Norbert Martinez signed up to take our “How to Study the Bible” course, I took a second look: he lives in Germany and is an electrical engineer. What a thrill to know our Spanish national missionaries are all over the world and come from all walks of life. xx Jose Rodriguez Salgado in… Read More»
Baseball Is Pretty Good
March 11, 2019One ordinary day when Lázaro was walking down a street, he heard music coming from a church. It was as if Jesus said, “Hey Lázaro, wanna have a catch?”
To his surprise, he walked in. And on that day, he met Jesus.
2019 March Prayer and Praise
February 27, 2019TWO QUICK PRAISES An email came from Pastor Leonel in Cuba saying a friend who has internet privileges sent him a copy of a sermon by Les from our website on suffering. He wrote that he used it the very next Sunday and was so comforted, along with his people. xx We have kept a… Read More»
Sunsets and SunGlasses
February 11, 2019“It’s GREEN!” I yelled excitedly to my mom sitting in the passenger seat. I stared up at the green light, amazed. Until that singular moment, every “green light” I had ever seen was white.
2019 February Prayer and Praise
January 30, 2019PRAISE: We’re not sure why we continue to be surprised by the number of new pastors and leaders joining our LOGOI family, but they keep coming. I was especially excited to learn about Samuel Forsberg, a new LOGOI family member in Sweden. We’ll be telling you more about him soon. New groups are starting 2019… Read More»