The minute the words started moving through my lips, I knew where it had come from. The rush, starting in the heart, always in the heart, moved those words, up and out just like a tidal wave moves a piece of ugly driftwood easily ashore. That momentous force that pushes those ill-timed words out, words […]

“No” She said it calmly and resolutely. “Come on, sweetheart, all my kids have to go in to go to bed now. I need to take you home.” “No” Again, just as calmly and firmly as before. I had seen her a couple of days earlier, riding her tricycle around followed by her sari-draped grandmother. […]

As we go into our weekend of fasting for Newark, NJ and the ministry of Safe Haven there, I wanted to include some practical helps and ways we can be approaching the Lord on behalf of this city. First of all, the fast will be lasting for 48 hours (Friday 7pm-Sunday 7pm)  and we are […]

Last month a student from Libya moved into our “porch room”, which provides extra rent money AND an incredible opportunity to share the love and light of the Gospel with someone who would not otherwise hear of Him in his Muslim country. It has been a joy to get to share our culture, our language, […]

The reality of Daniel’s death took a few days to sink in.  When I first heard through Facebook, that he had been shot, I was really hoping that it was just a rumor or something. But as I talked with my good friend from Newark on the phone the other day, the gruesome details of […]

Hey Danny, It’s been hard to get a real conversation in while you’ve been gone,  but I thought I could at least update you on the backyard Bible club that we ran last week.  I know you are working so hard to bring the Gospel message to Japan, and we’ve been working hard to bring […]

Two weeks ago, when the Lord called Danny to go to Japan, despite the risk of more earthquakes, tsunamis, and nuclear radiation, a verse I was clinging to was Matthew 10:39 “Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.” with an emphasis on the losing part of […]