I became fascinated with lighthouses when my family went to Pigeon Point Lighthouse in California. The light flashed in our windows all night. I fell in love with that lighthouse, and visited every lighthouse within several hundred miles. Then we planned vacations that took us farther afield: the Outer Banks of North Carolina, San Francisco, and Cape Cod. The first official lighthouse recorded in history was the great Pharos of Egypt, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It sat on an island at the entrance to the harbor of Alexandria and took 20 years to construct. An open fire lit at the top guided mariners safely to the harbor. The oldest lighthouse in the United States is the Boston Light, built in 1716. In 1776, the British blew up the tower as they evacuated Boston. The current conical stone tower... Read More.

Rejoicing in the goodness of God to ABWE and the ministry of Wendell and Ruth Kempton over the past 30 years. Wendell Kempton became president of ABWE in 1971, at which time 338 ABWE missionaries served in 11 countries. By the spring of 2000, the mission family had grown to 1,102 serving in 50 countries. Board members, missionaries and national leaders from around the world, family and friends of the Kemptons, and other guests attended the celebration... Read More.