Anticipation
Karina and I are only a couple days away from receiving our first missions team at the Bambu base.
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Dec 20, 20212 min read
Tropical reflections
Tomorrow will mark the third week since Karina & I have arrived in Costa Rica. With the beauty, there are rip currents of reality.
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Dec 12, 20211 min read
A Birthday Party for Christ!
This week thanks to the generous donations from our supporters to help buy Christmas gifts for the Nest children and from Do Good...
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Dec 5, 20211 min read
First day of work
James, Karina, (and cat Muffin) have made it safely down to Costa Rica! They have moved into some temporary housing while they settle in....
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Nov 29, 20212 min read
Pulling the Rip Cord
As Karina and I jump into the open air of faith to serve those to whom we’ve been called, we know we are where God wants us to be.
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Nov 11, 20212 min read
Detaching
As Karina and I prepare for our move to Costa Rica we’ve experienced ourselves trying to crawl out of the sticky web of all our stuff....
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Oct 5, 20212 min read
The house the jungle built
Well, there it is. A real big house in the jungle. The main common house where the Nest ministry will begin to invite the women and...
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Sep 27, 20212 min read
Bambu base bunk beds
Hey! Who doesn’t like stringing a bunch of B words together eh? In this case it’s Bambu Base Bunk Beds. It’s true, the Bambu base is...
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Sep 21, 20211 min read
The green jungle bus
She might not look like much, but she’s our first little bus. With a strong diesel in her belly, we happily anticipate the service of...
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Sep 14, 20211 min read
Planting baby trees in an ancient forest
Imagine you are a little baby sapling fruit tree, planted in a forest of giants. How intimidating right? What heights to aspire to as you...
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Aug 10, 20211 min read
A beautiful work of art.
I quickly knew when Janet and I visited a foster home in Limón Costa Rica made of concrete walls and iron bars on the windows, that God...
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Jun 9, 20211 min read
An unexpected gift
Hello family! As some of you know, I was about to stop the work/construction of the Nest soon, because we were running out of funds....
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May 15, 20213 min read
The Nest Under Construction
I’m going to tell you a little story. In this story, I’ll be using some expressive analogy so please allow some artistic license if you...
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Feb 26, 20213 min read
Laying the groundwork
As we prepare to climb onboard our outbound plane and lift off the ground I wanted to share some departing thoughts. Our short visit this...
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Feb 23, 20212 min read
Human beans
The very first brush strokes on the canvas of a freshly approaching day are the desperate tones of the rooster crow. Like an inpatient...
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Feb 19, 20213 min read
Back in the flow
It’s true, I was down and out when I arrived here as my last post reflected, but even in the shadows of reality there is contrast to...
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Feb 17, 20212 min read
Hot and bothered
Through a series of small but stressful incidents we have finally arrived at the bamboo base. First off is the reality that we are...
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Feb 3, 20212 min read
Fixer Upper
Hello everyone! We have great news to share and a small need to fill. I got the green light to go back to the mission field (I actually...
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Dec 31, 20203 min read
2020 Comes to a Close
When Covid-19 hit in March 2020, the first 3 days of news and lockdown, I went into shock, I was in frizzing mode, (I had flashbacks of...
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Dec 16, 20202 min read
Hope for the Holidays
The Nest team has been supplying monthly food donations to 12 large families since the pandemic began.
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