Pastor2Missionaries

06/13/2026

Last week we had the opportunity to be a part of helping to onboard board 18 new missionaries with Global Outreach International in Tupelo, Mississippi. Here is a news story in Mississippi about the week! Take a few minutes to have a listen.

A Pontotoc County-based ministry is continuing its long tradition o...

06/12/2026

06/11/2026

Late posting this because we don't have internet.

06/09/2026

Day 2 of debrief. We are tired. We began yesterday by filling in a time line of the last 10 years. Positives up top and struggles down below. Then the rest of yesterday and all of today we talked about each thing. It has been beneficial but we are tired!!

We have limited access to wifi or cell phone signal so this is nice. We have to drive to get it so it enables us to rest and process. It has been a blessing.

Thank you Brian (our debriefer) and Tributary Retreat Center (our host) in Harriet, Arkansas.

06/01/2026

Missionary Men from any organization. Here is a great opportunity for you to purposefully step away from the routines of regular ministry, connect with other missionary men, and to be refreshed in the Lord.

Mark your calendars for October 18th - 23rd, 2026 and join us in Romania. Register here for this event. You will have to sign up for Service Reef (which is free). SPACE IS LIMITED!!

We hope to see you there.

FORGE MISSIONARY MEN'S RETREAT:  This retreat is for missionary men ages 18 and over.   If you serve as a missionary this event is for you!   *EACH ATTENDEE NEEDS TO REGISTER SEPARATELY*   SPACE IS LIMITED TO 21 MEN Location:  Fundatia REGEN ...

05/27/2026

We are gearing up for a 16 day USA road trip. First we are heading to visit some friends in Atalanta. Then we will head to Mississippi for a week to help onboard missionaries during Missionary Orientation Training. Then we will head to Tributary Retreat Center in Arkansas to do a debrief with Field Life Staff. This will be a week where we will be able to process with some trained debriefers about our time in Costa Rica and coming off the field. While we love our new home, love being around our kids and grandkids and other family, we deeply miss Costa Rica and life on the field. So we will continue the process of working through it all. Then we will be home on June 14th.

Then we look forward to a busy late Summer and Fall as we get ready to do international travel. We will be in Germany and Switzerland in August into September, Romania in October and hopefully Jon will be Peru in Late October and early November.

As you support us through prayer and financial donations, you help support us doing missionary care with missionaries around the world. We have been blessed to have been building lots of relationships with missionaries we have connected with over the last four years. We appreciate each of you who have partnered with us to ensure that we can continue to provide care for missionaries all around the world.

05/19/2026

Hello there friends! Help us and Global Outreach International by purchasing a t-shirt.

this campaign supports Global Outreach International, the ministry that provides care, encouragement, training, and support to missionaries like me serving around the world.

If you’d like to support this effort, you can grab a shirt here:
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Thank you for helping strengthen the mission behind the missionaries.

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Support Global Outreach International and grab an awesome T-shirt!

05/15/2026

Global Outreach Missionary Men - Here is an another opportunity for you to attend a retreat in Romania. It will be held October 18-23. Click on the link below for all the details.

GOI Missionaries register soon before we open it up to other missionaries outside of Global!

*EACH ATTENDEE NEEDS TO REGISTER SEPARATELY*   SPACE IS LIMITED TO 21 MEN Location:  Fundatia REGEN in Fagaras, Romania   Date: Sunday October 18, 2026 through Friday October 23, 2026   Cost:   $150.00 per person.   (NOTE: Due to generous do...

05/14/2026

There are very few horrible things about traveling to visit missionaries but here is my list. Packing. Un-packing and putting things away. AND I think the worst is reconciling the finances. THANK GOD Tammie does the last one for me. I just give her the receipts and she figures out which account the money is taken out of. I THINK, not 100% sure, but I THINK she probably has like 5 or 6 hours into reconciling everything! :)