Author: John and Jo Beth

Dear Family, Friends, and Partners in the Gospel, Thank you so much for your prayers and support as we completed our first term of full-time language study!  The class was hard work, but the firstfruits have taken the shape of a few simple words of God’s amazing love.  Graduation with Teachers and Classmates One of…

Dear Family, Friends, and Partners in the Gospel, Thank you for keeping up with God’s work in and around us!  The last update went out in late May, so we’d like to take this opportunity to highlight some praises and requests that you can lift up in prayer: Language Learning Lunch with classmates in five…

Dear Family, Friends, and Partners in the Gospel, Hello!  How are you this Spring day?  I (Jo Beth) sat down at the kitchen table to type this letter, but I couldn’t stop looking out the open window.  An evening spring storm is about to roll in, and the wind is rich with the scent of…

Family, Friends, and Partners in the Gospel, Let’s hanami!  Time to enjoy the cherry blossoms! The past few months have been filled with the beginnings of change, wonder and excitement, and we have some big news:  we’re having a baby!  Baby Lee is due this coming October.  This blessing comes with many challenges, but we…

March Update March 9, 2015 Family, Friends, and Partners in the Gospel, In February we traveled to Thailand for the ReachGlobal Asia Division Conference.  This was our first time attending a conference like this, and we were encouraged just by meeting fellow missionaries and soaking up teaching from the Word for gospel-centered ministry.  Some of…