The first full week we were in Taiwan I had several meltdowns. It was freezing, with no heat in the buildings, we didn’t know where we would be living for the year, didn’t know the language or where anything was, and we didn’t even know each other as team members. I felt as if I were drowning in “unknowns.” It...

After Taylor found the lost community of Nuevo Chimbote last year, we spent two days a week catechizing and teaching the people. Nineteen children received their Sacraments last October, and we will be starting Sacrament preparation for the adults after Easter. Two couples have already asked to have their marriages blessed in the Church! Clearly, the people of Nuevo Chimbote...

Since I have been out of full time foreign missions, I miss having daily encounters with Jesus in the poor, and the chance to evangelize those hungry for the Gospel. Even though I ache to meet Jesus more, I almost passed up a beautiful opportunity in my own backyard. About two years ago, we moved a house out to Big...

As I sped along on my bike through the busy highways of this great Asian city, I felt a certain excitement for my first private language lesson. I had been studying this crazy language for five months but now God was blessing me with the opportunity to dive into some one-on-one instruction. My plan was to spend three hours per...

A couple of years ago we caught the notion that praying, singing, and walking in circles around a village could make walls of sin and oppression come crashing down; that a miracle from the Old Testament could happen in modern-day Isla Bonita and prayer and faith could free men and their families from the evils of alcohol addiction. God was...

Shortly after moving to our new post in Sagay on Camiguin Island in July, we began to question why God had moved us from Malaybalay City to Sagay. We missed our big blue house, the hot showers, the cool air of Bukidnon, and all the little conveniences of living in a city. Life in Malaybalay was tough compared to living...

The city where I serve is an incredible place. Working with the MCs and falling in love with the place and the people that stole a great saint’s heart has been a blissfully surreal experience. We got to volunteer with her sisters in the homes that she founded, literally walking in her footsteps.  One morning in particular, we had just...

Last week I went to visit my elderly godson, Tinom. Tinom is blind and unable to walk. He spends his days lying on a mat in a dark room. Just seeing his living conditions alone is enough to break your heart. Although Tinom was raised Catholic, he was never baptized. Shortly after we met him we were able to bring...

Now with almost three weeks in Taichung City, Taiwan, my mission partner and I have joined the girls mission team in adjusting to our busy life in this beautiful Chinese culture. I thank God, for He has gifted me a life in Taiwan to serve the many people who have never been introduced to Jesus. It is a new culture,...

Our God is unpredictable in the best ways. A year ago I was an engineer for a logistics company in Dallas. My life could not have been more normal – salaried employee, paying off student loans, spending time with friends, etc. I thought I had it all and life was just going to get better from there. I was right...

New post, new team, new culture, new people that the Lord has put into my life to love. How free and wonderful is His love to us! Being a third year missionary and spending the past two years where the Gospel message was difficult to convey to the people, I am in awe of the amazing new opportunities to share...