Soon after our arrival in 1984 we learned that the Philippines is home to many Chinese people. Today 40,000 Chinese live in Davao City and, according to the 1997 World Almanac, 1.5% of the Philippines' 75 million population is Chinese. In 1986 when we began a home Bible study with a woman and her family, we had one of our first contacts with the Chinese people. More than 20 adults attended the weekly classes. Through this we built friendships and were able to help when people went through difficult times, such as when the young woman who was instrumental in getting the Bible study started was kidnapped! For a person who didn't even like Chinese food in the US, the Lord gave me a genuine love for these new friends, and eventually an appetite for their food... Read More.

What a wonderful two weeks of partnership in the Lord's work! Many Filipinos were touched by the gospel, and Filipino pastors were encouraged by the fellowship of their American counterparts in Project HOPE II from January 28-February 10, 1998. After two days of orientation in Manila, the 38 participating North American pastors joined 900 members from the Manila area Association of Fundamental Baptist Churches in the Philippines to launch Project HOPE II. Eight choirs from the fellowship of churches provided special music, including a 100-voice choir singing People Need the Lord as Filipino faces were projected on a stage length screen... Read More.

Every Sunday morning we and our four children ages 2,4,6 & 8 drive up to the YMCA in Flushing, Queens, New York City. Their blonde hair and blue eyes look almost out of place in this predominantly Asian community. Our immediate goal is to find a parking spot. Kent has to double-park in front of the YMCA so we can unload the van. Our "portable church" equipment includes the podium, a box of Bibles, children's church materials, a keyboard, and chairs. Another van pulls up with church members and more chairs to be carried upstairs to the two rooms we rent each Sunday. Whatever happened to arriving at a church with a large parking lot, pulling into a spot and going inside to find your favorite pew? Welcome to church planting in New York City... Read More.