While living in Mexico, our family made some friends in an unexpected way. Returning from Christmas break, we waited at Customs in the Guadalajara airport. When we reached the front of the line, we we...  Read More

Do you know what Jesus said was the most important thing in this lifetime and forever? Loving relationships. “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind....  Read More

I am constantly amazed by the youth here at Hope. How they are so much better than I was at their age. Especially my own children. The way God has gifted them and captured their hearts is such a bless...  Read More

Words. They are hyper important. They are a really, really big deal. But, in our present world with electronic communication being our primary form of interaction, words are losing their value and eve...  Read More

Summertime is here! I’m not the biggest fan of summer. Hot weather and I are not the best of friends and the last week or two it has been HOT! With three small kiddos at home, my wife and I have been ...  Read More

Part of my preparation for Ride 4 Refugees is to humbly ask the Lord to direct me to a helpful portion of Scripture for each year on which to focus. This year our event was designated as Border 2 Bord...  Read More

Imagine when you get home from work this evening that you are forced to leave your house and you can only take possessions that would fit in a trash bag that you can carry. How would that make you fee...  Read More

It has only been four months since I officially took over the Missions role here at Hope. It feels like so much longer! Trying to wrap my head around all we do here at Hope has been a fun and humbling...  Read More

Our family had the pleasure of having an exchange student live with us this past school year. As I write this, my German “daughter,” Jil, is on a plane back to Germany and my house feels just a bit em...  Read More

I have always found the following verse to be very challenging, direct, and instructional. Ready? “Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied t...  Read More

There are things that words can’t describe. There are moments that make us feel really small, times when we look up and shake our heads in awe. Last weekend I just happened to be “in the middle of now...  Read More

Do you ever get out of bed in the morning with a groan? Do you sense changing weatherpatterns with the aches and pains in your bones? Does your Achilles tendon that you toreplaying pickleball ever fee...  Read More