Phil and Donna were invited by the brothers and sisters in Cozumel, Mexico to speak at a conference that included several congregations of the island as well as the mainland. Phil and Donna, along with their small children, lived and worked in Cozumel from 1998...
Many of our friends and supporters are aware that our friend and mission collaborator Bobby McVey crossed the threshold into Heaven on June 1st. Bobby has been battling cancer for 2 years. While the battle had intensified, his death was unexpected and sudden for his...
By Phil Waldron, CEO Is anything too hard for the Lord? The Bible asks this question in several places. Have you ever asked yourself the same thing? I know I have. When asked in the Bible, it is a rhetorical question expressing faith and confidence in...
The next time you hear from us, we will be reporting on our annual Bible camp. As of this writing we have around 200 children from ages 8-18 signed up for one of the three weeks of camp. It’s an exciting time of year for...
By Phil Waldron, CEO James Franklin McCreary III was first a friend and then a partner in ministry with Donna and I for almost forty years. During the early eighties, we were a young couple at a church in Atlanta for years where James and Merrill...
By: Phil Waldron, CEO “Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy” is the title of a book that Donna and I have just finished reading. The book argues that lament is a neglected but essential dimension of the Christian life, a way to bring sorrow to God in the...
By Phil Waldron, CEO “The Devil wants nothing more than to crush you. He wants to steal from you everything you value. He wants to kill everything in your life that's good. Ultimately, he wants to destroy you. If he can claim the victory over your...
For the past several years, our congregation has had an annual ladies’ event that fills up an entire afternoon. This year was no exception, and we are happy to report that it was a great success. We had 98 women from five different congregations attend...
By: Phil Waldron, CEO “The Butterfly Effect, a concept from chaos theory, describes how small changes in initial conditions can lead to large differences in the outcome of a complex system. Essentially, a seemingly insignificant event can have significant consequences. This idea is often illustrated by the example of...
By Phil Waldron, CEO Recently Donna and I were invited to visit an incredible mission effort in San José Costa Rica. It is called Roblealto and has been in continuous operation for more than 90 years. I ran into the President of the non-profit and the...