The other night in a gesture of intimate empathy Karina asked me to count her bug bites. At 27 bites, I quickly appreciated the depth she...

How can I begin to share the changes taking place at my heart level? Learning, seeking, growing, and transforming. When I came down here...

Karina and I are only a couple days away from receiving our first missions team at the Bambu base.

Tomorrow will mark the third week since Karina & I have arrived in Costa Rica. With the beauty, there are rip currents of reality.

This week thanks to the generous donations from our supporters to help buy Christmas gifts for the Nest children and from Do Good...

James, Karina, (and cat Muffin) have made it safely down to Costa Rica! They have moved into some temporary housing while they settle in....

As Karina and I jump into the open air of faith to serve those to whom we’ve been called, we know we are where God wants us to be.

As Karina and I prepare for our move to Costa Rica we’ve experienced ourselves trying to crawl out of the sticky web of all our stuff....

Well, there it is. A real big house in the jungle. The main common house where the Nest ministry will begin to invite the women and...

Hey! Who doesn’t like stringing a bunch of B words together eh? In this case it’s Bambu Base Bunk Beds. It’s true, the Bambu base is...

She might not look like much, but she’s our first little bus. With a strong diesel in her belly, we happily anticipate the service of...

Imagine you are a little baby sapling fruit tree, planted in a forest of giants. How intimidating right? What heights to aspire to as you...

I quickly knew when Janet and I visited a foster home in Limón Costa Rica made of concrete walls and iron bars on the windows, that God...

Hello family! As some of you know, I was about to stop the work/construction of the Nest soon, because we were running out of funds....

I’m going to tell you a little story. In this story, I’ll be using some expressive analogy so please allow some artistic license if you...

As we prepare to climb onboard our outbound plane and lift off the ground I wanted to share some departing thoughts. Our short visit this...

The very first brush strokes on the canvas of a freshly approaching day are the desperate tones of the rooster crow. Like an inpatient...

It’s true, I was down and out when I arrived here as my last post reflected, but even in the shadows of reality there is contrast to...

Through a series of small but stressful incidents we have finally arrived at the bamboo base. First off is the reality that we are...

Hello everyone! We have great news to share and a small need to fill. I got the green light to go back to the mission field (I actually...