January 21, 2010 - — As Mimi and I get used to the idea that we are in a new year, we pray that all will be new for you in 2010. It is and will be; we pray that we all will live consciously in the reality of every day being brand new! We are new creatures in Christ, everyday. God is birthing us anew and afresh, everyday. May we know the freshness of the perpetual and eternal beginning of being born again by the Holy Spirit. May our thinking, feeling, talking, and living be fresh, all the time. May we be surprised continually by the life ...

November 30, 2009 - — In the West, our 2009 liturgical year has come to an end. Going to church from Sunday to Sunday, it's hard to make the connection. Hopping from dot to dot, it's difficult to connect the dots - hard to realize that there is indeed movement in the Christian church's liturgy. This past Sunday, Advent Sunday, we were to be celebrating the triumph of Christ and his church, the eschatological hope on which our Christian faith is founded. Advent, as the Latin implies, is a building of anticipation towards the coming of Christ, the ...

November 05, 2009 - — The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few ... Mt. 9:37 On behalf of our African family of faith, Mimi and I thank you for your prayers and for your support of our 2009 mission to the beautiful and needy people of Africa. Once again, our summer was jammed full of Bible teaching in churches and in classrooms. With heartfelt thanks for your help, here are just a few mentions of God's work amongst us this summer: Mentoring our 6 resident African faculty members teaching Old and New Testament classes and assisting them as ...

October 06, 2009 - — Mimi and I invite you to join us at our home church for an awesome evening of African music. Afrizo, a student choir from Daystar University in Nairobi, Kenya, will present a concert on Friday, October 30th from 7:30-8:30 PM in the Chapel at Houston's First Baptist Church. The concert is free of charge. The church is located at 7401 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77024 in the southwest corner of the interchange between I-10 (Katy Freeway) and I-610 W (West Loop). For directions click this link, or call 713-681-8000. Please come and ...

September 18, 2009 - — Mimi and I thank God that we live in a growing family of faith. While in Houston, we enjoy our local church family, Houston's First Baptist Church, and we walk more closely with our Bible study family, Oikos. Each weekday in Houston, I live life with our Houston Baptist University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary families - students, faculty, and even administrative types. Our Greek and Hebrew babies are nearby, and many are now all over the world; some are serving our Lord far from home. Our HaMoreh family is busy ...

August 05, 2009 - — Reflecting on another summer in East Africa, I am reminded that there are ghettos, and there are ghettos. Most of the African news that reaches our Western evangelical ghettos is bad - very bad. In 1994, a million murdered in Rwanda in 100 days - more people slaughtered more rapidly in the Rwandan genocide than at any other time in history. Forty thousand bodies flowed down the Kagera River into Uganda's Lake Victoria. In 1983, the Second Sudanese Revolution yielded 2 million Sudanese dead, and another 4 million driven into refuge ...

July 01, 2009 - — Dear Ones, Greetings from Cape Town, South Africa. We hope that you and yours are well and that y'all are enjoying a refreshing summer season. To update you, Mimi and I lost a few days to illness in Kenya last month but are gladly back on schedule. Thank you for your prayers. Mimi and I are well again and ministering with a group of our HBU biblical language graduates, now living here in Africa. We are proud like parents! We all wake up in the book of Acts, live with Christians "faithing it" like in the book of Acts, encounter God at ...

June 18, 2009 - — Like each and every time before, we didn't have enough time to pack, didn't get done all that we had hoped to in Houston, didn't say good-byes to all those we dearly love, didn't feel like we were ready upon arrival, but God continues to care for us wonderfully each and every day. Sorry for the long delay in writing. Mimi and I have returned to our hearts' home and are more than well. Our schedule in Nairobi has been crazy busy. Yep ... you can take the American out of America, but you can't take.... Thank you for your prayers ...

May 14, 2009 - — Dear Ones, Mimi and I thank you for a beautiful, worshipful time at our HaMoreh Benefit 2009. Wow! Over 350 of us joined together as family, praising God, enjoying one another and giving to help our brothers and sisters in Africa - heaven on earth! We thank God for you. Your participation encourages us greatly. Thank you for caring and for sharing so lovingly. HaMoreh received enough in contributions to fund our annual budget for 5 months. That allows us to head home to East Africa early next month with our mission projects funded ...

April 01, 2009 - — As we prepare to spring back into action in Africa, Mimi and I thank you for your prayers and for your support of our mission to the beautiful and needy people of Africa. Our 2009 summer will be jammed full of Bible teaching in African churches and classrooms. With heartfelt thanks for your help, here are a few mentions of God’s work planned for the remainder of 2009: Mentoring our 6 resident African faculty members teaching Old and New Testament classes and assisting them as they train younger teachers to follow Mentoring 5 North ...

January 13, 2009 - — Mimi and I wish you a hugely blessed 2009. May you and yours be happy. Mimi and I returned to Houston last week and I am back teaching at HBU for our spring semester. My days are full of Hebrew grammar, the grammar and syntax of the Hebrew text of Amos and the Greek text of Philippians. Last Sunday, I returned to teaching our weekly Bible study, Oikos, at our home church – Houston’s First Baptist Church. The students have made our return to Houston meaningful, in spite of jet lag and the lingering desire to be back in Africa! You ...

December 18, 2008 - — Dear Ones, We at HaMoreh Ministries wish you and yours a Merry Christmas. Our prayer is that you will enjoy celebrating the peace of Christ this season. We celebrate the birth of peace: "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men." (Luke 2:14) We celebrate the gift of peace: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid." (John 14:27) We celebrate the certain victory of peace: "I have said this to you, so that in ...

November 24, 2008 - — Dear Ones, Mimi and I, along with our African family of faith, thank God for you. Please know of our prayers for you and of our great encouragement as you pray for us. We are most grateful for your presence in our lives and for all of our lives now being in Christ. This season, as we enjoy God’s gracious gifts, may we especially treasure one another. I am reminded of the song of ascents (Psalm 133) wherein the poet extols the unique quality of God’s children enjoying life together. Running out of adjectives, the poet writes ...

October 01, 2008 - — Dear Ones, On behalf of our African family of faith, Mimi and I thank you for your prayers and for your support of our 2008 mission to the beautiful and needy people of Africa. Our summer was jammed full of Bible teaching in churches and in classrooms. With heartfelt thanks for your help, here are just a few mentions of God’s work amongst us this summer: • Mentoring our 6 resident African faculty members teaching Old and New Testament classes and assisting them as they train younger teachers to follow • Mentoring 5 North ...

August 04, 2008 - — Can you imagine worshipping at a graduation ceremony? Like for real and full on? Recently, God moved through us as the Holy Spirit caught us up in graduation celebrations at Christian educational institutions here in the Nairobi area. Like proud parents, Mimi and I participated in graduation ceremonies for dear African students that we have taught, mentored, and that HaMoreh has sponsored. We thank you for your part in sending these young leaders on God's way. Mimi and I only wish that you were here to watch and celebrate with us...!

July 19, 2008 - — Greetings from Limuru, Kenya. Mimi and I thank you all for your concern and for your support and for your prayers. We are well and very, very busy. My health is holding up fine. I am fatigued, but think it related to our ministry schedule here. God continues to challenge us with many fruitful opportunties, day by day. Mimi is fine, she has struggled with a bacterial infection - but this is quite common here. Recently, the weather has been unkind to us - we are up at altitude in cold and wet conditions. We pray for sunshine - which is ...

July 03, 2008 - — Mimi and I are now settling into our summer rhythms in Kenya. As always, a couple of weeks are needed to slow my mind down and to think more thoroughly about … everything. This summer, I am teaching an advanced Greek reading class at the Kenya Baptist Theological College. Our Greek classroom is full, with several auditing the class in hopes of learning more. What a treat to be back with young African Christians! Our days are very full - I’m lecturing 4 hours a day, 5 days a week now. Afternoons include grading and preparing ...

April 10, 2008 - — Mimi and I thank you for praying for peace. Our Kenyan family of faith remains safe and hopeful following the recent return of peace to Kenya. We are busily making preparations for our summer mission in Kenya, as are our US students and other ministry partners. My 2008 Kenya teaching, preaching, and mentoring schedule is full and God continues to call new laborers to work alongside us in our hearts' homeland. Three church groups are joining us to minister in Kenya this summer and students from HBU, Samford University, and Regent ...

April 09, 2008 - — We would like to thank you for your prayers and support concerning the recent Concert for Kenya. Thank you to each of you that joined us. We thank God for opportunities to spend time together! What an incredible opportunity it was to enjoy a great time together and also benefit the beautiful men and women of Kenya. It was a blessing to catch up with friends and spend time relaxing while enjoying some great music provided by the bands. The Concert for Kenya could not have happened without the hard work of Jessica Lankford and friends, or ...

March 31, 2008 - — We experience great joy at HaMoreh when God urges others to contribute their time and giftings to help our loved ones in Africa. With great excitement, we would like to announce the first ever Concert for Kenya, a benefit concert that will include great music, a relaxed atmosphere, and the opportunity to spend time together while supporting Kenya at the same time. We would be honored if you would join us for the concert on Saturday, April 5th at 7:00 p.m. The concert will be held at San Jacinto's BSM, 3324 Cunningham, Pasadena, ...