Reports from the Mission Field

Dear Friends,Summer ministry activities are now beginning to flower, and as we reflect on the past year, we once again are filled with joy as we consider all that God has done among the nations at​ The University of Tennessee through RUF International. We have been blessed to form​ relationships with friends from far away places like El Salvador and Egypt, Brazil a...

Eric Beth YodisFacilitating Church Planting Evangelism WorldVenture - Ukraine The Ukrainian and European headlines ran: "Will Ukraine elect a clown?" and "The only qualification Zelenski has is playing the role of president on a television program", but when 73% of the Ukrainian population overwhelmingly voted for this well-spoken and highly loved actor/comedian, even t...

Dear prayer supporters, We have exciting news to share...we have finally found someone to pastor our church! Here's how you can pray for all that is happening. 1) It has always been our intent to turn over our church to an indigenous pastor. Jordan and his wife Bella (pictured above) are Taiwanese nationals and both have seminary degrees. They feel God's calling to eve...

RWANDA AND DRC The Rwandan conferences are getting close! Very close... After inquiring about translation status, I received an update from Olivier, our Stewardship course translator. He is translating the English text into Kinyarwanda. Since this course text is rather extensive and deep in its content, it is a huge task. Here is what he just wrote to me after I inquir...

Hello Family Friends,In June 1992, Bobby and I made our first visit to Kyiv, Ukraine. Bobby was finishing his Master's degree in seminary, and we were asking God where he wanted us to serve him as missionaries, so when we had the opportunity for a short term trip to Ukraine we took it! Never in our wildest dreams did we ever think we would be back so many times to help se...

Dear Christ Covenant Family and Friends:A little while back my Dad gave my wife and I a book he loves to use for his morning devotions called Voices From the Past. The book is made up of helpful excerpts from different puritans with each one covering different topics. One of the writings that has stuck with me is one by William Cooper on thanksgiving. In the excerpt he w...

Dump Ministry, Rehab and Church Plant Updates www.roatanmission.com DUMP MINISTRY SCHOOL DISTRIBUTION TOTALSThe totals for the Dump Ministry School distribution are:* 159 children from our Special Treasures Dump Ministry completely outfitted for school* 40 children from our Church Plant Cristo Rey completely outfitted for school* 20 children from Calvary Church par...

Coffee TalkWith Marc Denise Atchley CHRIST IS RISEN INDEED "if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have f...

LATE SPRING 2019 MINISTRY UPDATE EASTER HOPEOf the 1700 internationals at UT, my estimate is that less than 5% are even professing Christians. That means that 95% of our global guests do not yet know the HOPE that is found in Christ alone, as the one who designed our lives, as well as, the one who defeated death. Easter Sunday was another special day for our ministry ...

Hello friends! Sorry it's been so long since I've been in touch. I've just finished a 3 month developmental sabbatical. It was very refreshing and restorative (see pictures below). God gave me lots of "S" words - steep (Lk 12:29 MSG), strengthen (Zec. 4:6), self-control (Gal 5:23), salvation (Ps. 51:10, Is. 33:6), soul (Ps. 63). At the end of this time I...