The Lord Provides

by | Jul 21, 2012 | SMI 2012, Uncategorized

We’re working at top speed, and by the beginning of this week we had screened more than 300 people for hypertension and diabetes, prayed with more than 200 people, and helped lead more than 10 people to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior. Hallelujah! We...

God Does Not Forget the Forgotten

by | Jul 20, 2012 | SMI 2012, Uncategorized

We knocked and waited in front of the last house of the day. It was almost 4 o’ clock but the sun was still beating down on us with force. A few doors down someone was blasting Spanish music on loudspeakers. According to the translator, the lyrics were: Dad,...

…And Then The Ground Shook Beneath My Feet

by | Aug 23, 2011 | Uncategorized

This afternoon Herman (SMI translator) and I were prayer walking in the Hunting Park neighborhood when the 5.9 earthquake from Virginia hit our area in Philly.  It had been a particularly dry afternoon with not much activity at all.  Most people were not answering...

Patient Encounters

by | Aug 8, 2011 | Prayer, SMI 2011, Uncategorized

Patience was an attribute I found myself lacking during SMI.  God saw it fit to not only inform me of this issue, but to also work on it at the same time.  In many cases this was through the very people we were seeing door-to-door.  Perhaps the Lord was showing me...