One of the earlier posts spoke of our invitation to lead worship at Good Shepherd Church in Nairobi. We originally connected with this body of believers through a drumset–when our first team attended the SIMSudan SLC in 2010 we brought … Continue reading →

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One of the most enjoyed parts of the 2012 SLC for both the SIM team and the WMM team of musicians was the ability to give a Christmas concert of carols. We realized that many of these missionaries miss 3 … Continue reading →

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For me, this trip started out with a few bad things: a persistent cough, inadvertently deleting a very important folder of our song database, (causing my workload and stress to increase), having a couple of power supplies fry because of … Continue reading →

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Morning! I trust that you are doing great and that your travel to the U.S. was safe and sound. To Deborah, SIM and World Music Mission on behalf of Good Shepherd Church, Senior Pastor, staff and I want to say … Continue reading →

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12:05 pm Eastern time as we fly home somewhere over the East coast of the US (or almost). We’re working our way home from Kenya. We still have about 6.5 total hours of TIME left to travel today as I … Continue reading →

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When you are first asked to go on a mission trip, would your first response be YES, sure, no problem, where do I sign up, my wife will LOVE this!!!? For me it was NO, really, I’m good. Why? It … Continue reading →

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Who is in Charge? I have always struggled with God’s timing. I want to make it mine; I want to be in control. God has MADE me trust his timing in more obvious ways than ever on this trip, especially … Continue reading →

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Two missionaries-two mothers-two worshipers who were able to fully enjoy the Spiritual Life Conference because 4 women from Nashville left home and family to lovingly care for about 15 missionary children. These are just two of a larger number of … Continue reading →

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Well this glorious week has come to an end! The pinnacle for me this week was the closing message by missionary Roy Comrie in which he exhorted the attendees to persevere through difficulty and to cling to the truth of … Continue reading →

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I started writing my blog this afternoon, but I kept getting interrupted, so I erased what I had written. What I think I really want to say is that there is a lot to think about and to process. I … Continue reading →

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