Category: Living Stories

A few thoughts from Sandy as he is out of WiFi range up in the Alps of Switzerland on his 75th trip. On each of our backpacking trips I select a book for everyone to Read more…

As you might know, Diane and I recently returned from a week at Montana Wilderness School of the Bible in Augusta, Montana.  It was great! I was privileged to teach Introduction to Missions to 42 Read more…

“And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.   And Read more…

 Happy New Year!   “If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?  But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared.”  Psalm 130:3, 4 I read the following post Read more…

We come near the end of 2018, having seen so much going on in our world with so many varying critiques. Yet we know there is a foundation of TRUTH that remains truth no matter Read more…

On each of our Western Europe backpacking trips I choose a book for all of us to read and discuss while in Europe. This past trip, we all read “The Practice of Godliness” by Jerry Read more…

Thank You for your investment in this ministry. One of my personal highlights of each backpacking trip in Europe is hearing the stories (testimonies) of the team members. We usually take time to do this Read more…

As you know, I just recently returned from another ministry trip backpacking in Europe. July 16 – August 3, 15 of us traveled from Dublin to Prague. God did some amazing things. In the words Read more…

July 18, fifteen of us will fly into Dublin, Ireland, to begin backpacking around Europe as we trust God to show us His hand at work in us and through us. Why do we do Read more…

“Hello, My good friend” said Erich Balmer as he picked me up and gave me a big “bear hug”! It was just last week when our team arrived in Interlaken, Switzerland. We were just sitting Read more…