Answers to Prayer In our last update, we asked that you pray that God would provide a car and housing. The next week, God answered those prayers! The Lord provided the very type of car for which we were looking within out budget and in good condition. We also found a house with a smallContinue reading “Beginning Our Ministry”
Category Archives: Family Updates
We made it! & Two weeks in…
This is a double post. I wrote the first the day we arrived, but did not have a chance to post it. Thanks so much (in advance) for taking the time to read! August 12, 2026 — We made it! And we’re off! I write these words from the guest house that will serve asContinue reading “We made it! & Two weeks in…”
21 Days
With great excitement and a dash of trepidation, we clicked “process payment,” purchasing one-way tickets to Lima, Peru a few weeks ago. We leave on August 11, twenty-one days from today. This means that we have reached key financial milestones such that our sending agency has given us a green light to move forward! WhileContinue reading “21 Days”
The Day of our Departure Draws Nigh!
In the next couple of weeks, we are reasonably confident that we’ll be able to buy tickets to Peru! We’d like to move in early August. This will allow Aila to celebrate her end-of-July birthday in Grand Rapids with friends and family. The exact date of our departure will depend on the airline ticket pricesContinue reading “The Day of our Departure Draws Nigh!”
Why TE? Reasons #2 and #3
Before diving into reasons #2 and #3 that my family’s ministry focuses on theological education, a quick support update and some prayer requests. Next week I’ll provide a more thorough family update.
I made it!
Last week I passed my oral comprehensive exam and dissertation defense. Comprehensive exam: On Thursday, March 19, Drs. M. Daniel Carroll R. (my advisor) and Richard Schultz grilled me on the field of OT studies and what it means to be an OT scholar who holds to evangelical convictions. They pushed to see what IContinue reading “I made it!”
Back from the D.R., defense this week!
I returned late last Sunday night from a four-day trip to Santiago, Dominican Republic, where I taught survey of the Old Testament at the Seminario Teológico de Santiago (STS). For reflections on my visit to STS last August, see here. Around 60 students attended this course—40 connected via Zoom and 20 in person. I triedContinue reading “Back from the D.R., defense this week!”
Teaching in the D.R.
When I read the book of Exodus, I often have a hard time understanding, much less relating to, the Israelites. Israel suffers, performing back-breaking labor under an Egyptian king who stops at nothing to keep them in slavery, including killing their children. God hears their cries, demonstrates his power over rival “deities” and “kings,” showsContinue reading “Teaching in the D.R.”
2026: THE Year
It generally takes me a while to remember that we are in a new year. That is not the case in 2026. My family and I have been looking forward to this year, in one way or another, for thirteen years! Adriana and I moved to the US in 2013 to pursue the training weContinue reading “2026: THE Year”
Happy Thanksgiving!
The date of our departure from the US nears! We aim to return to Peru in the summer of 2026. This has caused us to marvel all the more in the beauty of Michigan’s fall and to delight in little things like cutting down our own Christmas tree, the way sunlight sparkles on freshly fallenContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving!”
