Our year can be summed up by two words: new experiences. This was our first year on a “normal” day schedule, which meant many changes in the day-to-day expression of ministry. To add to that transition, this year brought about our first pregnancy and firstborn son, Jeremiah. We want to reflect and celebrate with you […]
In the wake of our recent partnership with Youth with a Mission (YWAM) bringing their bi-annual conference to Kansas City, Jonathan was asked to write an article for a missions organization. We thought you would enjoy reading it for this month’s newsletter! We live in one of the most exciting times in history. Before us […]
Seventeen years ago, when I was sixteen, I attended a youth conference and saw a picture of a six year old Haitian boy, Jeff, at a booth for Compassion International. The Holy Spirit told me to sponsor him. I kindly told Him that I didn’t have a job and that I had no money to […]
Because of the excitement of Jeremiah’s birth, we are a little behind on updating everyone on Hope City news. On July 1st, we had the streets blocked off right in front of Hope City for our annual neighborhood outreach. We had cotton candy for the kids, free haircuts from professional hair dressers, face painting, a […]
We rejoiced on Wednesday when they allowed Jeremiah to come home for continued outpatient treatment. Theresa and I both felt like he would feed better at home. After taking some time to explain that to both the doctors and NICU nurses, they agreed with us that since around the clock monitoring was no longer necessary […]
On July 4th early in the morning, we awoke to Theresa’s water breaking. Our little boy was ready to come! However, what followed made us realize that Theresa’s body was not quite ready. Through 40 hours of extremely intense, induced labor we finally had our son on July 5th at 6:02 pm. He was born […]
How We Pray for the Unborn During a silent siege we pray in silence outside of an abortion clinic standing for the unborn in the womb whose voices cannot be heard. Sometimes we are asked how we keep engaged in prayer while standing in silence week after week. One main thing that keeps our hearts […]
Imagine a prayer meeting where drug addicts get set free, the fatherless find a family, and the hungry are fed. Imagine a prayer meeting where anyone is accepted, and people from all walks of life can come to spend time with Jesus and find community. Located in one of Kansas City’s toughest neighborhoods, Hope City […]
Worshiping and Praying with 65,000 The first few days we arrived in California we met with and ministered to several people. We were amazed at the connections God allowed us to make with both old and new friends. We then really enjoyed getting to serve, pray and worship with 65,000 people at TheCall Azusa Now […]
Theresa and I are so excited to be expecting our first baby in August! In addition, God is moving in the inner city as the poor are fed, addicts set free, and the spiritual atmosphere is changed through night and day prayer. Furthermore, many elderly are discovering their call as intercessors in nursing homes. We […]