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A year of significance
Before making another leap of faith into the great unknown that is 2025, allow me to find my footing on what is thoroughly done, 2024. As...
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Nov 24, 20244 min read
A break in the weather
After what seems like an endless cycle of rainy days, this morning I see blue skies through the parting clouds. At last, a reprieve from...
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Sep 30, 20244 min read
Receiving the generosity of God
Are my hands empty and open with expectant belief, ready, willing and able to receive all the good that God wants to pour over me? Are my...
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Aug 24, 20243 min read
Oh the places you will go …
There’s this old hymn about how wonderful and marvelous it is to lean on the Everlasting Arms…and it causes me to remember and reflect on...
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Jul 12, 20242 min read
Branching out on the family tree
What an incredible experience it is when God opens His heart within mine, and I see with my own eyes the majestic power of His church,...
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May 23, 20242 min read
Taking the Light into the Fight
Whoa! The spiritual battle for our souls is profoundly real. Whether we acknowledge it or not, it rages on inside and around us all of...
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Apr 26, 20242 min read
Scenes from a film
What if our life’s were a movie? Specifically I’m thinking of the story of the Nest and its evolution. From the thick piece of jungle it...
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Mar 23, 20242 min read
A rest for the Nest
I’m sitting here on the deck of the Anastasia house at the Nest watching the early morning mist glide through the tops of the trees. Bird...
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Jan 30, 20243 min read
Soldiers of Love
January will go down in history as one of the busiest months at the Nest so far to date. Packed with volunteers, chickens, mission teams,...
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Jan 5, 20242 min read
Wool hats and flip-flops
Karina & I just returned from visiting family in Florida over the holidays. Although it’s the sunshine state we did enjoy the cooler...
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Dec 17, 20232 min read
The sky is falling
There are two seasons down here in southeast Costa Rica, wet and wetter. Right, we’re in the wettest of the wet. Daily deluges turn...
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Nov 8, 20232 min read
Dear readers
I’m not often one to harken back and mull over the past, especially with all the forward momentum happening at the Nest over these last 3...
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Oct 24, 20231 min read
Synergy of Spirit
We’ll the Nest was a beehive of busyness this weekend as we kicked off our fall season of conferences. The women’s conference saw 93...
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Sep 21, 20232 min read
Back in the flow
With a free first-class upgrade Karina & I drifted out of the cloud of fundraising and landed softly back on Costa Rican turf about 2...
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Aug 21, 20232 min read
Let go and let God
Howdy doody from Texas! We’ll we’ve wrapped up our fundraising campaign for the year. From Florida to California we’ve crossed the...
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Jul 27, 20235 min read
Our Summer Newsletter
“Bringing the profound love of Jesus Christ to the BriBri tribe and providing a safe, loving, and Christ-centered shelter to protect the...
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Jul 17, 20232 min read
Chocolate chickens
As I look around the Nest today I see a little village popping up in the jungle. We have the large Casona house and main meeting area...
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May 31, 20233 min read
An impossible faith
So the other day I turned 53, which has brought me to reflect over my life, as birthdays often do. I ponder where I’ve been, the...
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May 8, 20232 min read
Follow through
I was recently watching a video talking about the importance of a golf swings “ follow through”. It indicated that where the ball ended...
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Apr 18, 20232 min read
7 souls saved on resurrection Sunday
I have some great news to share with you all. Last weekend we hosted our first ever three-day youth conference at the Nest. Thirty-four...
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