Vacations are exciting times. It is nice to relax and enjoy a few days off and...

Yesterday was quite an exciting day for the Kokenzie family. We received our visas! We now have...

It has been such a blessing to see the Lord work among the Iraqi children attending our Academy. Here are two of them...

We had a wonderful time during our church's annual World Mission Conference. Our children especially enjoyed themselves. The various displays were well done and the entire spirit of the meeting was a great encouragement. The keynote speaker was missionary to Venezuela, Tim Carte. He has a great heart for world evangelism and God really used him during the conference. I was priveleged to bring a short message/testimony during the Sunday School hour. The constant encouragement from our church means so much to us.

Thank you for praying for the Iraqi refugees. Those in our Academy seem to really be enjoying themselves. Several of the Iraqis have gotten jobs and cars. One, named Jimmy, has shown much interest in the Bible since he trusted Christ. We are also seeing an increase in laborers. Please continue to pray that...

This Saturday morning we faced a rain downpour to go out visiting and follow up on a few of the children who had been saved last Monday...

Could there be anything more wonderful than reaching children?

After receiving word that our visas might take six months to process, we received a phone call just one day after our last meeting stating that we can send for the visas--we have been approved!

Carapicuiba is the name of the city we were in on Sunday. What an odd name for a city, but what a thriving church we found there.

Our time in CO was very enjoyable and relaxing. We are back on the road again and have had meetings in both KY and IL. Thank you for your prayers! These meetings came about because our visas have not been issued yet. The meeting in KY was...