Reports from the Mission Field

Prayer Requests-Students and staff preparing for summer mission by raising support and preparing for a summer of surrender and growth-Our four graduating seniorsraising support for their first year ofinterning with Cru-The Holy Spirit preparing the hearts of incoming freshmen to be open to hearing the Gospel-Continual growth and ...

Family Update Greetings from the Halberts. I know that it has been too long since we last updated you on how things are going in Costa Rica. I apologize for the lack of communication! As you can imagine, the last year has been as different and challenging for us as it has been for all of you. Things have begun to return to pre-pandemic norms in Costa Rica, at least in s...

Praise God that Europe is opening up for Americans who have been vaccinated! We are planning a trip in June to some of our cities. We can't wait to meet with our church planters and their wives again in person.We continue to pray, recruit, train, coach, and resource leaders. On May 25th-27th City to City Europe will conduct a virtual conference with Tim Keller and Alan Hi...

9 Days Old We are so excited to share that Wallace Aaron Halbert was born on April 19th, at 12:29am. He weighed 9lbs 8oz and was 22 inches long. Mom and baby are doing well and we are starting to get into a good routine as a family of 6. The other kids are loving him. Emma Kate and William like to hold him multiple times a day and Warren likes making sure he has his pac...

CERTIFIED COURSE INSTRUCTOR TRAININGSECOND HALF OF HEBREWSVIA ZOOMBEGINNING AT 5AMMONDAY MORNING! My next two weeks are reserved each Monday through Friday.It will be His time and my heart is full of praise to the Father for the open door to teach into Rwanda and the DR Congo. Twenty of the top pastors are traveling now throughout early morning to gather to focus on G...

I met Emily this past fall at the beginning of her freshman year when she began coming to the Bible study Dakota (my senior co-leader) and I lead for south campus girls. She has been faithful in Bible study, discipleship, and Cru team. It has been a joy to watch her grow in love and knowledge of the Lord and watch her take steps of faith to move closer to Him. This sprin...

Injuries, delayed flights, family deaths, and more have kept us in the states far too long for our liking. Now all that is coming to an end. Lord-willing, in a couple days, we will be landing in Kyiv after almost twenty hours of traveling and crossing nine time zones.(Image on right: Eric Beth surprise little Eliora a few days before they leave to Ukraine. Eli woke up t...

Warmest greetings from the whole Halbert family. We are excited to send this update and share with you about all the the Lord has been and is doing to get us to Honduras. It is always a joy share with you and we hope and pray that you are encouraged as you read, praise the Lord with us, and pray for what the Lord is doing in Honduras. SUPPORT RAISING UPDATEIn February, ...

Dear Christ Covenant Family and Friends -What a blessing and delight it is to be able to give you an update about the work in Honduras. We recognize that it has been a while since our last update (therefore this update might be a little longer), and we would like to let you know a little bit as to why. A few years back, I wrote an article for the Washington Post about em...

Dear prayer partners, We only have 2 more months left in Taiwan before we return to the US for a 1-year home assignment. Here's how you can pray: --On May 16 we will ordain Jordan Yao as the new pastor of Sanhe Church and officially turn over the ministry to him (invitation card pictured above).This has been a 10-year work that is almost complete! Although the church s...