Our hearts break with so many heartbreaking things happening in America these last few weeks, especially the assassination of Charlie Kirk, plus so many other things, completely senseless killings that are happening in America. Also remembering 9/11.
We know full well we are in a battle for the future of America. So many are turning to Jesus, but yet others in our country want to run away from God.
We really believe the best is yet to come to America and its impact on the world for good and the Gospel. So we are always optimistic, knowing God is ALWAYS in control.
In the midst of all this we go forward with what we feel God has called us to do. Take the Gospel to the nations of Eastern Europe. We are reminded in the Book of Acts, when horrible things happened to the early disciples, they “went everywhere teaching the Word.”
Special Ministry News Update . . .
At the beginning of this month I was once again in Hungary and Albania working with key Church Leaders to impact their nations with the Gospel.
One of the key highlights on this trip was being interviewed on TV and Radio in Albania. They asked to interview me regarding our history as missionaries and what it’s like to be a missionary in the year 2025 and why we do what we do. This will be aired throughout Albania and parts of Macedonia. It will be dubbed into Albanian.
It’s always exciting to be in Albania as it’s 66% Muslim. With your help we have been able to help start multiple churches (maybe 15) in Albania. We will continue to help start more possibly later this year and next year.
We invest at least $4000 to help start these new churches. Can you possibly help with one or part of one in the next year?
Special Family News Update . . .
It’s been wonderful to see our kids and especially grand-kids multiple times this year. You that have grand kids living in other states know what this means. Our son, Nathan and his family were able to visit us here in Florida this summer and later this month Brenda will be able to visit our youngest Daughter and family in North Carolina. They recently moved from Colorado to just north of Charlotte.
Read Below for THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT BRENDA AND JIM
BRENDA
- She grew up in Lakeland, Florida (Between Tampa and Orlando)
- Her grandfather was a Southern Baptist Minister for over 60 years.
- “She is a person of prayer.” Also part of the prayer team at our church.
- She reads or listens to the Bible Everyday, Everyday, Everyday.
- She ALWAYS has a positive attitude (Well, Almost Always).
- She meets new people all the time. In the stores, walking on the street, at church, everywhere. All the time!
- She told the Lord as a small child that she would serve Him anywhere in the WORLD, as long as the place did not have COLD weather. (She ending up living in both Moscow, Russia for 3 years and Budapest, Hungary for over 25 years and sometimes it was very very cold there.)
- She doesn’t like to shop at stores or Malls. Only on Amazon.com.
- She was a bit rebellious in High School.
- We have four children and five grandchildren.
- She loves and needs relationships with people.
Jim
- Jim grew up as a a Catholic on a dairy farm near Wausau, Wisconsin till he was 11. Then moved to Colorado. (Still loves the smell of a farm and cows)
- Was arrested and spent three hours in Jail in Thornton, (Denver) Colorado in High School for theft and drugs (Two years probation). Record cleared.
- Then received Christ through an organization called YOUNG LIFE as a Senior in High School in Lafayette, Colorado.
- Left Colorado to go to Bible School in Oklahoma because a girl from church was going there, then met Brenda a few months later at the same Bible School.
- Likes Romance Movies and Spy Movies, Historical Movies.
- Reads books…Lots of books on Amazon Kindle, downloaded from Libraries. Historical Fiction, Spy Novels, Biography’s.
- He’s got four brothers and three sisters. They live in Colorado, Oregon, California, South Dakota and Alaska. But we still all get together every two years in Colorado.
- Loves to watch NFL Football, Major League Baseball, Golf and sometimes Tennis.
- He never even thought of being a missionary until the end of the one year Bible School he attended in 1980. One and a half years later he and Brenda moved overseas.
- Hasn’t watch NEWS on TV in about 20 years. Still follows some news on the Internet. But never TV News. It was stealing my joy and making me nervous and anxious. Others can watch it and it doesn’t impact them. Me it did. So I stopped watching it.
Serving in our 43rd Year as Missionaries,
Jim and Brenda