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April 8, 2012 Janice and I send greetings from Jakarta. Over the past months, the Lord has really blessed in the work here in Jakarta. We have not only seen good results in our churches here in Jakarta, but some good results in the churches that have been started by our graduates that have scattered to the various provinces of Indonesia. January 13, 2012 Janice and I once again send you greetings from Jakarta. The past couple of months have been productive months for the ministry here in Indonesia. Both the ministry here in the Jakarta area and the ministry in the various provinces have prospered. October 31, 2011 Janice and I send you greetings from Jakarta. Over these past two months my life and ministry has been involved with renovating and revival. Living in the tropics you realize very quickly that nothing lasts long. My wife fights a continual battle with ants, roaches, termites, mold and Jakarta pollution. For my part, I tend to mostly ignore those items until something finally breaks down, and I hear those ominous words, Honey, we have a problem. August 16, 2011 Janice and I send greetings from Jakarta. The past two months have been busy for the ministry here in Indonesia. When I say busy, I mean lots of variation. As a person I like to settle into something and just work what I am doing. I don't particularity care to travel. No, I like being settled down here in Jakarta and just enjoying the ministry the Lord has given us here. There is so much that can be done here in Jakarta. Alas, the Lord continues to mess up my serenity. Let me take you on a tour of the last two months. June 20, 2011 Janice and I send you greetings from Jakarta. Yesterday, Janice and I were reminded that some things are special. A young girl sang a special at Cijantung Baptist church using the words "I'm special because I belong to Jesus." Glancing at Janice, I noticed she was crying. My mind went back to a dirty little clinic where an abandoned dark skinned Javanese baby girl lay dying. April 11, 2011 Janice and I send greetings from Jakarta. I apologize for my tardiness in getting this letter out. No real excuse, but there are a few lame ones. A month ago, I was waiting for some photos from the churches in Nias that you folks have been helping. The photos came, but they were of terrible quality -- what's a prayer letter without photos! Then there's the excuse that we have been moving to a different house. Course I continued to teach my classes, preach every Sunday and Wednesday -- but write a prayer letter, no time. Mostly, the tardiness is due to some tough times in the ministry here -- I really needed some pictures of good results. January 6, 2011 Janice and I send New Year's greetings to you folks. Right now, I am sitting in our newly rented house listening to saws, planes, hammers and the local mosque all making a cacophony of sound that makes an interesting environment to write this letter. Life is always interesting in Indonesia, and we do want you folks to be able to pray effectively for the ministry here in Indonesia. November 2, 2010 Janice and I send greetings from Jakarta. Over the past few weeks, Indonesia has been in the news due to all the natural disasters. An earthquake off the coast of Sumatra set off a tsunami that killed hundreds of people on the island of Mentawai. Then mount Merapi in Central Java erupted, . . . August 26, 2010 Janice and I send you greetings from Jakarta. What do you say when you live and minister in the sprawling metropolis of Jakarta? I didn't think the traffic could get worse, but this is a mess? I wonder where we are at, I've never seen this before? Are we lost? I wish we could see something, but the smog sure is bad today. Hey, it only took us two hours to go 15 kilometers! Those are common comments that have come out of my mouth over the past couple of months. We always have some culture shock when . . June 8, 2010 Janice and I send greetings from Jakarta. After eight months of visiting our stateside churches, we are back in Jakarta. Ah, back to the smog, grid locked traffic, multiple problems in the ministry and the crushing fatigue of trying to decide where to start pecking away at the enormous ministry needs. However, much of the culture . . . March 27, 2010 Janice and I send you greetings from Mississippi. The past two months, we traveled from Chesapeake, Virginia to Vallejo, California. Right now we are journeying back to Virginia. We have visited our churches in Arizona, Texas, California, Louisiana and Mississippi. We are tired of traveling, but we have enjoyed being with our churches. You folks are wonderful. December 21, 2009 Janice and I send you greetings from Chesapeake, Virginia. Over the past two months we have traveled far and wide visiting our churches. We have visited out churches in Illinois, Virginia, New England, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, and North Carolina. It has been our joy to personally thank many of you folks for your support of the ministry in Jakarta. November 09, 2009 Janice and I send you greetings from Southern California. Over the past couple of months we have been visiting our churches in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and now in Southern California. It is a joy to be with you folks who have invested your prayers and offerings into the ministry in Indonesia. September 18, 2009 Janice and I send you greetings from Chesapeake, Virginia. Over the past two months, we have had a variety of changes in our lives. Changes always bring new opportunities and challenges. Let me share the changes and challenges in our ministry in Jakarta. July 13, 2009 Janice and I send you greetings from Jakarta. These last two months have been an exciting time here in Indonesia. Indonesians went to the polls and elected a new parliament and president. The election seemed to go quite well with the former president being reelected by a large margin and the new parliament consisting of mostly . . . May 14, 2009 Janice and I once again send you greetings from Jakarta. Right now Indonesia is in the midst of electing a new government. The parliamentary elections are now completed. Basically, the elections demonstrated that most Indonesians desire a secular government to run this country. The country will now go to the polls . . . March 19, 2009 Janice and I send you greetings from Jakarta. We do appreciate your faithfulness in praying for the work here Indonesia. The Lord has blessed in the