Bigtooth Aspen: the Hospitali-tree

I witnessed something new during hunting season this year. The tree stand I was hunting in one particular evening happened to be located in a stand of Bigtooth Aspen, also known as Large-toothed Poplar. A rather common tree on our land, Bigtooth Aspen is one tree that had me “wondering as I wander out under […]

Hospitality

Last night I witnessed Taiwanese hospitality once again. Mr. and Mrs. Liu invited Lucas and I to their home for a visit/Christmas party/birthday party all at once. It was wonderful. Even though I didn’t get the chance to wash dishes I still felt right at home. Lucas and I first helped make a fresh garden […]

Huckabee Continues to Rise

Watching the polls for the fast approaching Republican primaries have been exciting. Huckabee’s has been in the midst of an incredible surge since late November. In fact, I was planning on posting something about his success in the beginning of December! But his surge continues. Here are a few staggering statistics. Among Republicans, Huckabee leads […]

Early to bed, early to rise . . .

Makes a man healthy This year the ability to turn in early and rise early have been part of the fulfillment of Dad’s blessing for physical strength and endurance last April. Since then I can remember having only one sick day. It was here in Taoyuan during one of our days off and didn’t interfere […]

A Weekend With the Wilkes

Flash News Interviews brings to you a weekend with the Wilkes. The highlights are well summarized in the following quotes. David: “I had fun playing an escape game on the hill in the tall grass with Kenan, Adam, and Sarah.” Jonathan: “Everything was fun but I enjoyed playing soccer the most” Daniel: “I am so […]

The Lord Works in Mysterious Ways

I had been hunting in ideal weather conditions but without success for six days. For three of these days there was not even a sighting of a deer. The strangest things seemed to happen on the days deer were in the area. On several occasions I had a deer in my sights, but it would have been […]

Christmas with IBLP – Day 2

The Christmas Conference continues! With snow still on the ground and the ITC so nicely decorated, it is the perfect time and place to get to know individuals and families who have labored in the IBLP ministry. The morning opened with two rejuvenating messages by Ken Pierpont and Bill Federer focusing on the role of […]

Christmas with IBLP – Day 1

The long-anticipated IBLP Christmas Conference has arrived! James and I are here in Indy, enjoying spending time with friends from all over the ministry. One thing that I especially enjoy about this time of year is the beautiful music that points our thoughts heavenward and causes us to feel in a deeper way the meaning […]

Rest a while

During a particularly busy season, Jesus encouraged His disciples to come aside and rest a while (Mark 6:31). Last week was a busy week and after our Monday meeting I could tell that the rest of our time here was going to fly! At this point the Lord was a very present help, reminding me […]

Autumn Intricacies

With winter fast approaching and the forest quite bear, I can now present a few of the best pictures that I was able to shoot before autumn completely faded away. Even though these two picture are a little abstract, I really liked the way they show the changing seasons. To the left, I found the […]