News from the
Mission Field

I arrived in Costa Rica after an overnight “red-eye“ flight to participate in the 2024 Costa Rica Bible School. Brother Alex Alfaro picked me up and took me straight to the ecclesial hall where everyone had gathered to organize before leaving for the campground. It was nice to meet up with some of the Costa Ricans, as well as meeting some of the Panamanians for the first time. continue reading

This past July 2024, Brother John and I, along with our three children (Boaz, Phinehas, and Hezekiah), traveled to Guyana for a few weeks to help support some of the preaching efforts in Guyana. Brother Rafeek, Sister Rose Soolaman, and our nephew Zarath also traveled with us. One of the main projects for this trip was to run a Vacation Bible School and outreach in the village of Kilcoy. continue reading

We recently embarked on a mission trip to visit two Congolese families in Green Bay, WI, and one isolated brother in Wausau, WI. Our primary goal was to assess their physical and spiritual well-being and encourage them to consider relocating to Des Moines, IA, where a Swahili-speaking ecclesia is present. continue reading

There are two Bible Schools in Central America, at the end of each year, one in Costa Rica and one in El Salvador. Each year, on an alternating basis, one of the two countries hosts a larger, international school, inviting brothers and sisters from neighboring countries to participate, while the other does a smaller school, mainly for the members of that country. This year it was El Salvador’s turn to host the smaller Bible School. continue reading

Can you imagine spending thirty-two years in prison? Or any time in prison? For most of us, this is not a typical life experience. In early August I visited Trinidad and Tobago (TT) to attend the Ecclesial Bible School. One of my wishes was to finally visit Bro. George Constantine in the Maximum-Security Prison. My dad and mom met him in prison several times and I was moved by the depth of the letters he would regularly send them. So, I was thankful on this trip that my mom and I had been granted the opportunity to spend forty-five precious minutes with him in the prison. continue reading

Sisters Beryl and Eunice live just down the road from the Broughton ecclesial hall in Jamaica, in a small, concrete house with a yard kept trimmed by the resident goats and bordered by a wrought-iron fence. My brother, Dave, and I had just come from a sweltering memorial service in the hall and we stopped by to see how the sisters were doing as it had been a while since we’d last visited Broughton. continue reading

In November of 2024 what started off as an “interesting opportunity” for a preaching campaign in Georgetown Guyana, quickly turned into an extraordinary experience for the proclamation of the gospel for the brethren and sisters of the Demerara Ecclesias. In early October it was announced by the Guyana Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce that the GuyExpo would take place in the local fair grounds in the heart of Georgetown on the weekend of November 14th through the 17th. continue reading

Marta Dutton was baptized on October 6, 2024 at the Panama City ecclesia. She is the daughter of our late Sis. Jean and sister of Sis. Loretta who currently attends the Colon ecclesia. Marta had been faithfully attending our joint meeting (between Panama and Colon) ever since the Covid outbreak back in 2020. continue reading