Our Philippine Project supportstwo churches: Sagpangan Church, located in the barangay where we live and Saw Mill Church, located off-the- grid in a remote area about six miles away traveling a hard top, then a dusty, bumpy and make-shift road. As a team, we minister to these two churches. The Espinosas mainly serve the [...]
“Pastor Edgar, can we go camping?” Daverson asked me, with a twinkle in his sweet brown eyes, which made it hard to say no. Looking down at him, my face squished up in a puzzled look, and I asked, “what do you mean? Where do you want to go camping?”... Click to continue reading [...]
One late afternoon I heard our dogs barking loudly and along with barking, the cry of a little girl. She was apparently afraid of the dogs so I hushed the dogs and allowed her to pass. A few days later while Raylene was in the front yard feeding her pets, she heard the crying [...]
Hello AWA friends and family, I am grateful to God for His blessings this last month! We traveled to California to do some presentations for AWA and the Philippines project in particular. We stepped out in faith the month before, because we sensed God leading us there through the efforts of a friend of [...]
After a long journey we arrived at our new home in Sagpangan, Palawan. It began November 27th with a one-hour drive from Tammie’s home (our daughter) in Manchester, TN to the airport in Nashville... Click to continue reading full report Visit Donate Page Visit Missionary Page [...]
Stateside News, Our transition time in the States was extended as we waited for the arrival of Monique’s Philippine passport. Our work in the Philippines will have less interruptions if we don’t have to leave the country every three months until we get our missionary visas... Click to read full report [...]
Dear Family and Friends, If there is one word to describe the Pathfinder Airplane (N81708), it would have to be “Teamwork”! At Oshkosh in 1999, the Pathfinders helped to raise money, and helped work to get the yellow plane ready for its first service in the jungle of Guyana, South America... Click to read [...]
When it rains, it pours, but when the rains stop in the dry season, they STOP. We can go months and months and never see a drop of rain. Once-rushing streams dry up. Green grasses, so lush and full of life turn brown and crispy, inedible to livestock. The earth dries up, it is [...]
Bruce and I have moved many times in our life. This time, it is different. How can we say goodbye to a community or a village we have been a part of for over four years? We have made this community in Guyana our home. The people have become our friends, our neighbors, and [...]
The last five weeks have been a whirlwind, but we know God is in control. Our original plan was to complete our AWA commitment which ends on May 31, 2020. Then on June 21, 2019, Ric Swaningson, AWA’s president, asked Bruce to take on the AWA Philippines Project, and Monique to remain as the [...]
