WOW! 
 
So many exciting things are happening in our mission, I need to stop talking about Daniel and I’s lives so much and explain to you what’s going on!!
 
Two major exciting things just happened within the last month within our mission, Finisterre Vision. 
 
The first has to do with the Do (also spelled nDo) tribe! 
 
If you’ve been looking at our Facebook page, you should have seen a link provided so you can schedule time to pray for the Do tribe, so that they can have 24-hour prayer coverage. 
 
Why do they need 24-hour prayer coverage? 
 
Because they’re about to give the Gospel to the people group they’re in!! 
 
They are in the process starting the Bible teaching, so that the tribal people understand who God is, how serious their sin is, and who Jesus Christ is, and how He came to save His people!! 
 
Because they’re giving the Gospel in to the tribal people in THEIR language, and because these tribal people have only mere portions of the Word of God in their language, it’s a HUGE deal that the guy teaching them through the Bible, Zach, accurately communicates the only infallible Word of God to them. 
 
Here’s a link so you can catch up with their update videos (this video tells of the first day of the teaching): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXLvP2-vE7o
 
If you just skipped over that, I would encourage you to stop doing that and check it out, the videos are super short. Also, some of the teammates doing the videos are South African, so they’re fun to listen to (not as fun to listen to as my Daniel is though…). 
 
The second thing has to do with the Pano people. 
 
We have second team in our mission, Finisterre Vision, on the ground (hopefully we will be the third). 
 
This team now named itself the Pano team, because they figured out where they want to officially bring the Gospel to! 
 
Now, just as a reminder, it’s a long process! What they are planning to do is, get into the tribe, build their own houses, learn the language of the people, teach literacy to the people, then go through the Gospel teaching, establishing a self-sustaining church, and then translating the Bible fully into their own heart language.
 
Another note is that some of the tribes have prior influence of Catholicism and Lutheranism (a form of it that is extremely close to Catholicism) that they have mixed with their tribal beliefs. 
 
This can make it harder to preach the Gospel to them, and it can make the process longer because of the complexities faced through trying to communicate in their heart language while distinguishing ourselves from these groups. 
 
We want to make sure that the people fully understand who God is. He’s not one to be prayed to with the saints to get merit, He’s not a tribal deity, and He’s not an object or system the white man invented. 
 
Another important note is that the people understand true conviction of sin through the light of God’s holy Law. Their murder, lying, adultery, and wicked thoughts keep them from loving the one, true God. 
 
And finally, they need to understand that salvation is by grace alone, through the perfect sacrifice of the God-man, Jesus Christ. Placing your faith and trust in Christ alone, repenting of sin and giving your life to Christ no matter the cost, not for any personal benefit, is crucial. 
 
The Pano team understands this, and they may see tribal people interested in what seems like the Gospel, but they really have no idea what the Gospel is, and how they will respond to the true Word of God. 
 
Here’s an awesome link that shows how the Pano team is working towards starting the tribal Gospel-process in Papua New Guinea for God’s glory: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkYkikt1l8A&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0R8kZB3j_q-h84pH9FyNWVsRGds2K0_dEg85H9aSu489OUs5754wQvgGY
 
As for us, things are rapidly changing!! I have lots of exciting news to share, but I’m not going to explain it all just yet. 
 
Greek is going very well!! We took our second major exam (two of five) a week or so ago.
 
Second year Greek is SO awesome because it’s in person, which makes it SO much easier for me to learn. 
 
Our in-person teacher is Pastor Smedly Yates of Grace Bible Church. As you will see from the pictures below, he was instrumental in translating the entire Bible into a version of Scripture that replaced “LORD” with the term “YHWH” (in Hebrew) and rendered the Greek word “δούλος” as “slave” instead of “servant”. Some other changes included textual variant related issues. 
 
But get this…a little while after Grace Bible started this project…Master’s Seminary in California (John MacArthur’s seminary) decided to basically do the same thing!! 
 
Isn’t that cool?!?

ALSO...the church had an editing project where you could actually take a huge portion of text, and then make sure it's accurate by comparing it to the NASB. 

AND THEY LET ME HELP!!!!

I'VE NEVER HAD THE PRIVILEDGE TO DO ANYTHING COOLER!!

I was so excited to help edit...Daniel had to deal with me screaming about how cool it was for days. :) 
 
On a completely different note, Phoenix has been COLD!! 
 
I mean…not compared to most other states, but, instead of 110 degrees F every day, it’s been closer to 60’s and 70’s. 
 
I don't like it, but it makes for some easier evangelism in some places, because people are willing to go outside!! So that has been encouraging...
 
As I start to conclude this blog post, I hope your Thanksgiving went really well! 
 
Ours was very nice! Daniel and I’s first one together! This time last year was when we first started communicating across the world from each other! 
 
I want to stop and encourage you before I conclude to thank God for providing the Bible in your language. 
 
You may have never thanked God for this. 
 
Or maybe you have, maybe you realize the deep blessing it is to be an English-speaker in this day and age. 
 
As you read this, people in tribes on the other side of the world are dying without hearing the Word of God in their own language. On the other hand, we can probably look around the house and find at LEAST one Bible, probably multiple at that, which you can read at your leisure whenever you want. 
 
We have churches, we have access to churches and solid teachers. 
 
What do the tribes have? 
 
Lost heathenism without hope of Christ, souls going to Hell when they have never even had a chance to hear what we have access to without thinking... 
 
Please think on these things, and share the Gospel with the resources you have before it’s too late. 

 

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​https://www.finisterrevision.org/donate/

 WHOOOOOO!!

It finally happened...
 
It was a Friday.
 
Daniel and I were at home, studying Greek or something…
 
We were going to go to a babysitting job I had scheduled from 9pm-3am.
 
Then…Daniel showed me the conversation he had been having with Mark Spence, a guy from our favorite ministry, Living Waters.
 
Mark, Ray Comfort, and some other guys were going to be all open-air preaching at Huntington Beach in Los Angeles the next day, starting at 9am.
 
So…I made a joke about leaving Arizona at 3am, and then getting to LA by 9am (because it’s a 6-hour drive).
 
PLEASE KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT WE DIDN’T DO THAT!!
 
Anyway, I get a text…
 
The job was cancelled for the night.
 
SO DANIEL SAID, "LET'S GO TO LA"!!!!
 
So, at about 7pm, we packed up the car, and made our way to LA!!
 
Oh man!! It was SOOO worth it!
 
Let me back up…
 
What is Living Waters?
 
Living Waters is a ministry run by a guy in LA who is from New Zealand (Ray Comfort). Their purpose is to equip Christians to share their faith biblically, through a proper use and understanding of the Law of God, "The Ten Commandments" to bring the knowledge of sin.
 
Daniel and I were both raised in homes where we were taught the Gospel, but neither of us are sure that we truly came to genuine saving faith until understanding the principles taught by Living Waters.
 
Their ministry is a MAJOR reason why Daniel and I connected in the first place, because, a ton of people know about Living Waters…but not everyone appreciates it to the degree we do or can quote it verbatim and freak people out with our knowledge of it. (Not trying to brag...just saying...) 
 
 We both lived and breathed Living Waters and told everyone that we knew about it when we first heard about it.
 
I’m actually going to include a few helpful links to their website here so that, if you’re interested, you can know exactly what we’re talking about.
 
So…back to the story…

We get to LA, and we couldn’t have even imagined a better Saturday. Huntington Beach had SO many people!
 
I was almost immediately able to have a conversation with two girls, named Jaclyn and Maddy. They were SO open to hearing the Gospel! They seemed to genuinely understand the seriousness of their sin (their lying, blasphemy, stealing, and lust) against the Lord, and then they listened intently to the Gospel message of Jesus Christ dying in the place of those who have sinned so grievously against their holy Creator.
 
Then…
 
Daniel met his best friend. 😊
 
Ray Comfort and Daniel were like two peas in an Australian-New Zealand pod.
 
Daniel had SO many funny Australian things to say that he had Ray laughing so hard during some open-air trivia (I will link some good open-air trivia, you have to see it!)
 
We got to talk with most of the guys from Living Waters, Mark, Ray, E.Z., Scotty and Eddie Roman. It was SO much fun!! It was so great for Daniel to experience what they’re like in person, because there are plenty of people you can look up to who are very prideful in person. But Daniel noted how incredibly humble, loving and genuine they were in person, far more then he expected!
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I totally agree!! I went to an evangelism training course called “Ambassadors Academy” that they had last year, and I felt the exact same way.
 
I could go on and on with details, but I have soo much to tell you, so I’ll zip through it so I can get it all in!
What did I say about 5,000 people in one place?
 
Guess who’s church we went to?!?
 
Pastor John MacArthur’s!!
 
All I have to say is that I can’t think of many other times of such great fellowship and joy in the Lord. SOOOO many believers, all together!! It was amazing. The sermon was great, the fellowship was incredible, and the atmosphere was breath taking!
 
BUT IT GETS EVEN BETTER!!
 
If I appreciate any mission organization above all others, or have the highest respect for any preacher or evangelist…there’s only one name that comes to mind…
 
Paul Washer.
 
GUESS WHO SPOKE SUNDAY NIGHT AT MACARTHUR’S CHURCH?!?
 
Oh, what an AMAZING surprise!
 
Brother Paul is just as humble in person as the guys I previously mentioned. He personally helped my friend’s mom through cancer, and he helped me make some life choices which the Lord used to lead me to where I am today.
 
I’m going to give you so many links, because you just have to hear about the mission work Brother Paul’s friend, Paul Snider, has done in Papua.
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You will DEFINITELY be updated on this!

We also caught up with Daniel's friend from Australia, Matt, who's studying at the Master's Seminary. It was fun to hear someone who sounds somewhat like Daniel!

Also, Living Waters had a sale on tracts that they call “Trump Trillions” (meant to get people’s attention, not to tell people who to vote for).

Let’s just say Daniel takes advantage of tract sales...

They were $1 per pack of 100 if you get 107 or more. 

Guess how many we have? 

10,700 Trump Trillions...

...

What impressed both of us more than just the sale, though, is that we found a note in our box of tracts with a monetary gift from Ray Comfort. He personally helped pack our box! That was so cool...
 
Wait!! Didn’t you think this blog was going to be about Michigan? Did we even go??
 
Yes!!
 
Michigan was amazing! We had so many opportunities to share the Gospel, to have great fellowship with other believers, and to visit my home church up in Michigan, Berean Baptist of Livonia!! 

We also went to the Ark (Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis) in Kentucky with Greg and met some potential team members for the mission field, Andrew and Darrah! They are a SUPER sweet couple! Lord willing, I pray it works out to be in a tribe with them in the future! (PLEASE look at the pictures and their captions below.) 
 
Also…we started second year Greek – WHICH IS IN PERSON THIS TIME AND SOOO FUN!!
 
Pastor Smedly Yates of Grace Bible Church in Tempe, AZ has been teaching us Greek personally, and it has been so informative and helpful in so many ways.  
 
In the time not studying Greek, I got a new tutoring job!! As fun as babysitting can be, I really LOVE tutoring.
 
Okay, here’s my list of links, and then – YOU GET PICTURES!!!! 




LOTS OF IMPORTANT LINKS: 

(I'm not asking you to look at all of these, I know you don't have the time, but please check out one or two of them. Pleeeeeeease?? Then you can leave comments...) 

1. Living Waters general info: 
https://www.livingwaters.com/​

2. Living Waters Hell's Best Kept Secret - MUST LISTEN FOR CHRISTIANS, LIFE-CHANGING:
 https://www.livingwaters.com/hells-best-kept-secret/

3. Living Waters Are You a Good Person evangelism video: 
https://www.livingwaters.com/are-you-a-good-person/

4. Living Waters open air preaching with trivia example: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ4p4Lb2_tk&feature=youtu.be​

5. Living Waters  FREE ONLINE MOVIES: 
https://www.livingwaters.com/movies/?
Our favorites: 180, Audacity, Exit 

6. Grace Community Church:
​ https://www.gracechurch.org/

7. Paul Washer Shocking Youth Message:
https://www.youtube.com/watch v=uuabITeO4l8&t=632s

8. Paul Washer's HeartCry organization on Paul Snider:
 https://youtu.be/TxSffkl_rgY

 9. Paul Snider Papua video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otsq__LSZUc

 10. Paul Snider MUST READ testimony: 
https://heartcrymissionary.com/testimony/paul-snider/

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​https://www.finisterrevision.org/donate/

​Thanks! 

SEDONA?!?
 
Yeah…Sedona is quite a weird place…

As you can see if you look at the pictures below, Sedona, Arizona is FULL of “real” UFO-sightings, aura readings, fortune telling, mystical crystals, and the occult.

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!

Before you’re concerned about us, (and I hope you would be) let me tell you WHY I was so excited to go to Sedona...

The reason is because there’s something more exciting, interesting, COMPLETELY opposite, entirely otherly, and totally perfect that blows all demonic stuff out of the water – the One who created water Himself. 

He is the reason we do everything that we do. 

We planted Gospel tracts EVERYWHERE! We were like little Gospel spies!! IT WAS SO AWESOME! What better place to share the truth of God’s Word than in the darkest of the darkest place we could think of in Arizona!

I want to be clear that we take things that are against the nature of God VERY seriously.

This is not to be taken as a joke, I say with all sobriety and weightiness that this is not a game, it is serious business. But, it’s a joy because we know that Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, has already won the battle. 

What am I talking about?

From the beginning of time, God was sovereign. He always has been, He is now, and He always will continue to be.

We are the rebels who broke His Law, the eternal character of God, and plunged the world into sin and rebellion.

Did that strike God by surprise? No. God is perfectly holy and perfectly just in all that He does. He doesn’t “react” to us, because He’s God, He had divinely orchestrated everything from before the existence of time.

Hold on for one moment.

Can you imagine existence without time?

I CAN’T!

Here’s what I’m getting at…

God has created us, divinely planning everything out for His glory. He sent Himself in the Person of Jesus Christ to save us, He dwells inside of us in the Person of the Holy Spirit, and He is ruling and reigning.

Idols can’t even talk.

I can’t say anything better than Scripture, so instead of going on and on with my own words, after I make my main point, I’m going to quote from the Word of God. God’s Word is more powerful than anything anyone could ever say.

My bottom line is this: Sedona was fun to visit – FOR A DAY, but the darkness was overwhelming. People are worshipping idols left and right. It’s very dark. But the power of the Gospel is so much stronger, and it’s so encouraging to look back and see how God worked through the whole experience.
 
Hab. 2:18-20, ““What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it,
Or an image, a teacher of falsehood?
For its maker trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.
“Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, ‘Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
And there is no breath at all inside it.
“But the Lord is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth be silent before Him.””
 
Ps. 115:1-8, “Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
But to Your name give glory
Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your [a]truth.
Why should the nations say,
“Where, now, is their God?”
But our God is in the heavens;
He does whatever He pleases.
Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
They have mouths, but they cannot speak;
They have eyes, but they cannot see;
They have ears, but they cannot hear;
They have noses, but they cannot smell;
They have hands, but they cannot feel;
They have feet, but they cannot walk;
They cannot make a sound with their throat.
Those who make them will become like them,
Everyone who trusts in them.”
 
Ps. 8:3-4, “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?”
 
Col. 1:17-18, “He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.”

Amen! Also...
 
GUESS WHAT?!?

WE’RE DONE WITH FIRST YEAR GREEK!! YAY!

On to second year Greek before long!

It has been awesome learning a biblical language. It’s like a new world. I’ve been to Israel, and that was life-changing, but actually learning one of the languages that Jesus may have spoke and trying to better understand what He taught is even more amazing!

Our church is doing well too! They are getting involved in planning more evangelism, and they are thinking of being able to start up Sunday School next month! That will be really encouraging if that goes ahead!

A bit of sad news…

The mission’s conference up in Michigan has been cancelled.

BUT, we will probably still take a trip up there and do some exciting evangelism with old friends of mine! We are still very excited, and, though we are very sad that we won’t be able to share our hearts through the conference, our time will be more freed up to share the Gospel and spend time with the body of Christ! I’m thrilled to see what God will do with the time, despite all my plans that may or may not come to pass.

Check out these pictures! I have twice as many as usual!!

Here’s some pics with my normal captions, and then I have some additional shots that you can play a game with called “Find the Gospel tract” ;)

Each of the pictures without captions are photos that have Gospel tracts in them. It’s your job to find the tract in each one! Here’s a hint: most of them say “Instant Gratification” on them. The other two should be obvious.

They all have great stories behind them, but that would take up sooo much room!
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Comment and ask about specific ones if you’re interested!

​What is the Big Picture?
 
After days and weeks and long hard hours of anticipation…
 
MY FRIEND RENEE CAME TO VISIT!!
 
YAY!!
 
Why am I telling you this? What does that have to do with a “Big Picture”?
 
Let me explain to you in more detail how the mission we’re training with works.
 
Finisterre Vision starts its training program with twelve hours in person. This is called the “Big Picture”. During this time, one gets an EXCITING overview of what the entire ten year process in the tribe would look like.
 
Back in November, I took the Big Picture when Joey (the executive director) flew to my church in Michigan from Phoenix after I told him I was interested.
 
Then he connected Daniel and I, and then Daniel came to America from Australia to take the Big Picture in Phoenix after meeting me in Michigan at my Bible college in March.
 
Now here we are! 95% done with training.
 
BUT – here’s the exciting part of the story.
 
I was not interested in Finisterre Vision at all a few months prior.
 
Then I met my very close friend Renee, and I thought SHE would be interested in it, so I told her about it.
 
Even though she kept telling me how great Joey was, I didn’t really care. I wanted to go to Israel. I was happy for her, but I had no interest in Papua New Guinea whatsoever.
 
To make a long story short, and to skip to the important parts, basically, on other sides of the world, Daniel and I both found Finisterre Vision, and we were both convicted at the same time that this mission was CRUCIAL.
 
It hit me that it didn’t matter if I liked or disliked certain cultural aspects of places, or if I wanted to be in the city versus feeling isolated in the jungle – here’s the bottom line.
 
50 people groups in the Finisterre Mountains have no way to hear the Gospel, no church, and no Bible translated in their language.
 
They are dying and going to Hell because of their sins against a holy God, and they never get the chance to repent and trust in Christ, because there’s no one to tell them to truth about the Gospel.
 
Yes, they are deserving of Hell, we all are, but they are not given the the resources to learn about the Messiah.
 
We know that God is sovereign, and we trust Him to work out His perfect will, that’s why we’re not “worried”, but deeply concerned, like Jesus was over the lost.
 
We are COMMANDED to go share the Gospel to the ends of the earth. No, I’m not saying everyone should go overseas, but I think more people should seriously consider it.
 
Imagine you repeatedly broke traffic laws, running red lights, speeding, running from your authorities, constantly. Think about your sin, your lies, evil thoughts towards each other, failing to think about God.
 
This is your guilty state.  
 
Now, picture yourself sentenced to jail forever, and dying in that state because no one told you about the good news.
 
The good news is that Someone came to pay your fine, to legally dismiss your case!
 
But you were never told.
 
This is WAY worse of a situation.
 
People are dying and going to Hell, completely separated from the grace and mercy of God who gave them life for all of eternity…and no one is going to tell them that Jesus Christ shed His blood to die for His people.
 
The truth of the Law is written on our hearts! We know we are guilty! But imagine not knowing the cure!
 
Imagine if a bunch of people had the cure for the corona virus (a legitimate cure, not a hoax), and they kept it to themselves!!
 
That’s why Finisterre Vision is such a cool organization. Because they understand the seriousness of the Gospel, and they are striving to do something about the huge problem of unreached people groups.
 
So…after much anticipated time…my friend Renee came to Phoenix to start the training process for unreached people groups in Papua New Guinea!!
 
Then…we found out that another girl locally in Phoenix has also starting training, and…a guy from Ohio named Jared flew out to start training also!
 
Daniel, Jared, Renee and I had such a great time together, as you will see from the pictures below.
 
They both loved the training, and they seem serious about continuing on with the mission, after they both finish college, which is SO exciting!!
 
Parting with them was so sad, but I was so thankful to have precious time with such a dear friend (Renee), and we were very blessed to meet a very solid, kind new friend (Jared).
 
In other news, Greek is going well! We are over halfway done with Mounce’s course! Three more big exams to go in the next month or so!
 
And, besides the exams, we have a full schedule with our job too! Taking care of foster and adopted children can be difficult at times, but it’s definitely worth the eternal consequences in the end. So thankful for our job!
 
Our connection with Greg, our potential future ministry partner, is growing as well! Check out his blog if you didn't already, he’s really doing some cool stuff with it!
 
Also, in other exciting news, our church is doing very well! They have started to get involved in more and more evangelism! We had a meeting a couple weeks ago to get things started, and we have been planning events and going out to share the Gospel as a church! It’s such a blessing to be a part of such an encouraging body of Christ!
 
SPEAKING OF EXCITING…we are getting closer to the mission conference this October! YAY! Look forward to that!
 
Check out these pics!

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5,000 PEOPLE!! 

What an exciting parade! 

Here's the story...

After realizing that no parades were still being held in the Phoenix area, Daniel and I heard about a mayor 3-4 hours away who was still holding events! 

The excitement of going somewhere with a large crowd of people THRILLED me SO much, that Daniel (the mature, wise one), agreed to going! 

Oh man! You have to see the pictures! 

5,000 people lined the streets of a small town in north-eastern Arizona, all ready to receive Gospel tracts! 

We were blessed with passing out so many tracts (I was wearing gloves, no worries...) to the people of the community! They were SO receptive to everything we passed out! It was such a huge blessing! 

On the way there, I was able to organize all the tracts! Between the two of us, we were carrying probably over 1,000 tracts, and we had other resources too!!

We thought, that would be enough...

Nope! 

We ended up literally clearing out everything that we had, to the point where we were giving out American Gospel CD's (check it out if you haven't seen it)! Also, random tracts that we only had one of, Living Waters booklets, and...we gave out a full BOX of booklets called "What Time is Purple" that were given to us FOR FREE by Wretched Radio (you have to check out their stuff, it's amazing...). 

Then, after the parade, my sweet husband Daniel and I had a really nice afternoon together. The town was beautiful and we were so thankful to have that time together to pray and enjoy what God has given us. 
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We found out later that people from our church know of the town. We were shocked to learn that the town is primarily Mormon (even though Phoenix is very Mormon populated, this town seemed fairly Christian). As we were leaving, I was thinking that we might have just shared the Gospel with a bunch of Christians (not that there’s anything wrong with that), but then it turns out that a town of mostly LDS population got the Gospel! That was even more exciting!!

It's so important to distinguish the true Gospel from the deception of Mormonism. The religion is a cult, and I would urge anyone reading to make sure that they understand why it's false. Knowing that Jesus Christ is God Himself in the flesh, eternal, holy, and separate from us is essential for salvation. Understanding that He is, always was, and always will be higher than us, is crucial. 

Speaking of huge blessings...let me back up a little and tell you how the Lord is working in our lives. 

I lost my babysitting job about a month or two ago because the job consisted of tutoring children, and summer was approaching. 

So, I was looking for another job, and, without realizing it, I ended up contacting a lady who I had talked to previously about babysitting. I had talked with her before, and we found out that she knows our mission director, Joey! 

Long story short, Daniel and I are now babysitting for three adopted children and one foster child every day of the week, and the environment is BY FAR the best I have ever been in. 

This precious family has fostered thirty kids, working with children for sixteen and a half years.
They go to a solid church, they have great family values, and they seem very focused on the Gospel.
It’s such a joy to have a job where Daniel and I can talk of the things of God freely with good Christian fellowship!

In other news...

Greek is going well. We finished Mounce's noun system, and we are starting verbs!

(I'm sure that thrills you...)

Also, we have been invited to be guest speakers at a HUGE mission conference at my church back in Michigan, Berean Baptist! 

As long as COVID-19 doesn't cancel it, I will keep you updated on the details of the conference. It's going to be exciting! 

As far as training goes, we are still 95% of the way through. The further training we have consists of support raising, church elder approvals, and pre-planned house building for our home in Papua New Guinea.

Okay...

​Ready for some REALLY exciting news?? 

I had the amazing opportunity to be on Cultish! 

I was so thrilled!! 

If you haven't heard of it...Cultish is a Christian Podcast that exposes cults and false teachers here in Phoenix. 

After doing some ministry together, the host of Cultish, Jeremiah Roberts, invited me to be a guest on the show, and we had some GREAT conversations. 

It's a must-listen to!! 

I don't want to reveal anything about it - see it for yourself: https://thecultishshow.com/

My episode (part 1 of 2) should be released, tentatively, August 18th. BUT - if you listen to any of it, part 2 is the BEST (that episode should be released a week later). 

If you want something interesting to listen to, please check it out and leave your comments! 

You will never guess the topic...

Also, Cultish is a GREAT resource for exposing false teachers, so please take a look at some of their other material too. 

And...in case you didn't guess...we are officially members of Grace Covenant Church! 

Yay!! 

They put us up on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/gccgilbert/

It’s such a joy to be part of a church that understands the need for the Gospel to go out to all people groups. We are so thankful that they understand the need to give the Law to the proud, and the true Gospel of Jesus Christ, His shed blood and resurrection, to people of all nations.
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Also, you know how I mentioned Greg, the really smart guy from Michigan? Well, his blog is here! If you want to know more about the rest of our team, here is our very close friend and potential co-worker: http://www.gregoryrogerbrown.com/
(Just so you know... the website is going to say that it's not secure, but it's fine. Greg is just still in the process of making it.)

His blog is so good! If you want substantial information on exactly what we believe and exactly what we’re doing, that’s the place to go!


Check out these photos, and be sure to hear the Podcast. :) 

My crazy colorful Mexican-Australian cowboy with a million dollar Gospel tract!
Ready for the parade!! 

The exciting beginning! 

Some of the first people at the parade to get tracts (don't worry, I wore gloves)!! :)

The end of the parade. People were so excited! It was so lively!! 

My sweet husband looking back prayerfully at all the past events.

Beautiful view of God's Creation on the way back. 

Thanks so much for reading! 

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We are married!

An Australian, his first time out of the country, married a crazy girl from Detroit.

How did this happen?

​Well, it all began with the Lord calling each of them, separately, on opposite ends of the world, in the same way.

Terrible, depraved wretches, the Lord saved both Daniel and I (Sarah) through an understanding of our own sin before a holy God. Daniel and I were convicted of the fact that we were sinned constantly against the perfect, righteous God who gave them life (see Helpful Websites for more info).

I cannot start any blog without showing you how the Gospel impacted our lives, because that is the reason we exist, to glorify God and to share the Gospel to all of Creation.

To make a long story short, and to not bore you with details of our story, I can show you the Gospel, and tell you that the reason Daniel and I are married is because we know our utter helplessness before the just and holy God of the Universe, seeing our lying, idolatry, and lack of loving God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and all our other sin before us every day.

That is why we have this blog.

That is why we exist – to share with you the hope of Jesus Christ.

Daniel and I could tell you all the details of our relationship, and we could share exactly how we got to Phoenix, but, if I was someone reading a blog, I would not care about all that. I would rather share with you things that matter, things which are of serious consequence, mixed with some light subjects, so that you remember (hopefully) the truths of the Gospel that we are trying to communicate.

With that in mind, I will share a little bit of information just so we do not seem like complete strangers to you.

Daniel and I met through the mission we are training with, Finisterre Vision. You will hear much about this mission if you continue reading these blogs (assuming there will be more soon).

In a nutshell, Finisterre Vision is a mission to the unreached people groups in the mountains of Paupa New Guinea. The name of the mission refers to the Finisterre Mountain Range, and there exists 50 people groups left who have never heard the true Gospel of Jesus Christ (please see Helpful Websites for more info).

Those 50 people groups are full of lost souls who will die, never hearing the Gospel, and they will justly end up in Hell because of their sins against a holy, and righteous God.

Our plan is to go into a tribe, teach the tribal people how to read and write, give them a solid foundation in a chronological teaching of the Bible, giving them the Gospel, and then translating the Bible into their language so they can read the truth of God’s Word for themselves.

The first major step we have taken towards this our missionary training, and in the process of that we got married!

On May 16th, 2020, Daniel and I walked down the aisle to get married.

We walked down an air-conditioned path in a nice, beautiful church, listening to the beautiful piano play sweet hymns. We listened to our pastor give the Gospel and plead with souls to get saved!

Those souls in Paupa New Guinea are not able to have those luxuries, the most important luxury being the Gospel.

With each second that ticked by at the wedding, souls were sinking into Hell. And they are sinking into Hell presently as I am writing this, and they will continue to sink into Hell as you read this.
That is why we are writing this. Please keep listening to our story.

Daniel and I met for the first time in March, when he came to Michigan, his first time in another country. He came just in time, right before the corona virus rocked the world, and the entire world panicked and shut down, showing even more how desperate people are for the Gospel.

Why would someone leave everything behind in their home country to pursue training in missions? Because of the importance of the Gospel.

Not slowing down because of the virus, Daniel and I pressed on with our training through Finisterre Vision, completing currently 95% of the training in a few months, moving to Phoenix (because the executive director of the mission lives there) and starting our lives together, in purity, courting for a couple months, and then getting married only two weeks ago.

Why do we want to have such an aggressive timeline? Because of the importance of the Gospel!
What are we doing now? Sharing the Gospel on the streets in Phoenix, finishing up our training, and becoming members at our church, Grace Covenant (see Helpful Websites). On top of that, we start learning Greek this Monday! 

I have mentioned the Gospel quite a bit. Why? Because I (wrongly) assume that, because you are probably reading this in America or some other country like Australia that has religious freedom to some extent, that you know the Gospel.

That is wrong of me to assume that. Let me lay it out for you.

Consider your sin. You will give an account for your every word, thought and action, and we all deserve Hell.

God sent His Son to earth in the person of Jesus Christ. He lived a perfect, sinless life as the promised Messiah – God in the flesh – and died on the cross, dying with the burden of our sin on Himself. Then, He rose again, proving Himself to be God. You broke God’s law, but Jesus paid your fine. God can legally dismiss your case while upholding perfect justice. I urge you, repent, turn from your sin, and turn to Christ.

Why would anything else matter?

Thank you so much for reading this!

​Check out our wedding video:
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=razAFrOB_ZI&feature=youtu.be

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