Fijians are warm and happy people. You can always expect a warm "Bula" greeting. And they love to sing and dance. We had the opportunity to speak at four schools on this project and talk to over 1000 kids. For the whole project, over 3000 heard the gospel and 586 prayed to accept Christ.

Thailand would be the first time we traveled to a country that Christianity was a slim percentage of the population. Buddhism, which is the national religion, has no concept of a deity and Christ and His atoning sacrifice are a novel concept. We were able to talk in several schools and for the project saw over 1000 people pray to receive Christ.

Our second trip to El Salvador and our second trip with Connexion. This time we were working with recently planted churches and had the priviledge of working with a young couple who were pastoring this church. Below are a couple of videos from the trip (one short, one long.)

Piura is in the northern part of the country not far from Ecuador. Our church was very well prepared and the people we encountered were very receptive. I was paired with a church member named Israel and an interpreter named Belen and we went door-to-door talking to people while Ginger and the pastor made prearranged visits. We saw over 150 people pray to accept Jesus from just our church.

Below is a video from the project.

On our fifth trip we would return to Latin America. We were able to tell many people that we are forgiven of the things we have done wrong because of what God did for us, not anything good we have done to earn God's favor. We were paired with a great interpreter named Alex.

COVID cancelled all the trips for a couple of years. Early 2022 would find us for our first trip to Africa. This was some of the most difficult conditions we have worked in. It was hot and the only air conditioning was in the hotel room and that was when it worked. Traffic in the city was intense. It was also the most productive trip we had been on. The people were very receptive to the Gospel and there was over 2000 people who prayed to accept Jesus on the project.

Our third trip would take us to the southern end of the South American continent. Unfortunately, there was civil unrest in the country with numerous protests aimed the government while we were there. This limited the number of visits we could make but gave us more opportunity to train the church members how to share their faith.

We would return to Costa Rica, this time we would be in the capital city of San Jose. We would be paired with an established church not far from the center of town - very different conditions than Filadelphia. We would see God at work and many lives changed.

Our first mission trip together would take us to a small agricultural community in northern Costa Rica. The church we were working with was new and did not have many members. But their members had a passion for wanting their friends and family members to hear about Jesus. We saw over 100 people pray to receive Jesus.