10/01/2016: Earthquake!

Earthquake! Ecuador Disaster hit our province on April 16, 2016, with an earthquake of almost 8 on the Richter scale. On that devastating Sabbath evening, God miraculously preserved Pra del Tor. While destruction ripped through the rest of our province, we lost nothing more than a flower vase. Many Ecuadoreans who survived the quake died in the aftermath for lack …

Letter from Cody: Malawi – September 2016

As Joshua faced the promised land, the Lord gave him a solemn charge and promise: “Be strong and of a good courage. . . . This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then …

Letter from Cody: Ethiopia – August 2016

One of Jesus’ most famous promises is this precious assurance of answered prayer: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Luke 11:9. Just prior to this special promise, Jesus gives the parable of the friend coming at midnight asking for loaves of bread. The midnight friend proved …

08/27/2016: Saved by a Smile

Saved by a Smile Philippines   Next to our church in Little Baguio here on Mindanao Island in the Philippines lives a young family—a man and wife and their children. We noticed that every time we would visit the church, the wife would turn away from us and shut the door of their home tight. We never quite knew why. …

Letter from Cody: Dominican Republic – June 2016

One of Scripture’s greatest promises is combined with an equally amazing commission: “And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5:18. We have been reconciled to God by Jesus’ life, death and resurrection so that we can reconcile others to Him. What …