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Përshëndëtje! Gëzuar Krishtlindje, i dashur 🌲 Hello! Merry Christmas, beloved We hope that you and your family have a blessed Christmas season, as we celebrate our Savior’s humble birth. We are beholding the pure joy of our growing daughter and of getting to share the message “Prince of Peace. O, Emmanuel. God with us” withContinue reading “The Living & True God : A Christmas Update”

Greetings beloved family and friends, Thank you so much for all of your prayers for our journey back to Albania. After two long travel days, we arrived back at our sweet little apartment on September 5th, a local holiday that celebrates the day Corovode was liberated from Nazi occupation. We could not help but notice the propheticContinue reading “Juniper takes on Albania & a Prayer Update!”

We are about to embark on Juniper’s first international travel and would appreciate all the prayers we can get! September 3rd is the date. We are so grateful one of our World Race friends will be coming with us and helping the first week with the transition. We are looking forward to sowing into theContinue reading “Back to Albania next week!”

Along with our children’s program and relationships we’ve built in the town we live in, we have had active ministry in about 10 villages in this past year where there is not yet an active church or knowledge of the Word of God. We try to visit at least one of these villages a week,Continue reading “Studying the Bible with Albanians who never had before!”

Often times Jesus works where and in whom we would least expect. We want to share a story with you of a divine appointment we had the first time we went to what is considered by locals as the most holy site in their religion. It serves as an encouragement to us all to thatContinue reading “Jesus’ Kingdom coming at Bektashi Islam’s most holy site”

Baby Chesser is due the first week of June! God and other believers have been speaking the same Bible passage again and again over Jacob & I & our baby… “so is my word that goes out from my mouth:    It will not return to me empty,but will accomplish what I desire    and achieve the purpose for which IContinue reading “Baby on the way! & Unforgettable Christmas Outreach”

This morning Jacob and I began talking about the ministry we’ve had and dreaming big. As we did, the Lord started to direct the conversation. He placed this idea in our hearts: The movement of God in the mountains of Albania doesn’t depend on us but on many. This is true revival: when many every-dayContinue reading “True Revival: An Empowered Local Church”

Since last Sabbath, we saw the stars.  Brighter than we expected so soon. There were a couple days of disarray as we sat in the unknown of our schedules and the emergence of learning a language and feeling alone, missing our families.  Instead of waiting for ministry to begin, one morning we hosted our localContinue reading “Healing Miracle in A Small Village”

If you are like us before we had the privilege of visiting Albania, you probably do not know much about it. So, we put together a selection of fun facts and frequently asked questions to give you a better idea of what this tiny, yet fascinating nation is like. Where even is Albania? Albania isContinue reading “Paranoid Dictators and Delicious Pastry Pies- Albania Fun Facts and FAQs”

Walking at the end of a day full of meetings, just getting by in understanding Albanian,  a man called us over: “please have coffee with me!” We were tired, but He insisted.  We couldn’t miss the one. The one God is running after.  He ended up wanting to talk all about Jesus and the Bible. Continue reading “The Girl Who Asked How Do You Pray?”