Teaching Resources International

Grace and Blessings Abounding! (May 2015 Update)

The Blessing of Fellowship

What a joy it has been to be back in the US seeing friends and spending time with family!  We have been to Fayetteville, North Little Rock, and Cabot in Arkansas.  We have visited with dear friends in Memphis, TN, Phenix City, AL and Atlanta, GA.  And we are still on the road, on our way down to Florida to visit with friends and family there.  Continue Reading »

We are back in the states trying to catch up from jetlag!  Kristina did the best.  She adjusted after just 2 days.  Katya and I are still feeling the effects but getting close to normal.  We arrived late Sunday night (March 22), gathered our stuff from storage on Monday and headed to Fayetteville on Tuesday to see the new grandbaby, Haven Grace Cooper!  Katya and I have been helping Sean and Meredith with cleaning and cooking and just enjoying being together.  We have been especially blessed by their church, New Heights Church here in Fayetteville.  They have a great heart for missions and they are allowing us to stay in a missionary apartment while we are here helping Sean and Meredith.  We are looking forward to worshiping with them at New Heights this Sunday.  Continue Reading »

Ready to Head Home … Almost (March 2015 Update)

We are getting excited about our trip home in just a little less than a month!  Talking with my children and grandchildren by Skype even makes us more eager to get back home and spend some time with family.  Especially when we are talking with Meredith and Sean and realize that her due date is just a couple weeks away!  We can’t wait!

But… we are not ready yet.  My spring schedule is packed and so I’m running around trying to get everything done before we head back at the end of the month.  I just finished teaching Research and Writing for Biblical Counseling.  This was my first time teaching this Master’s level class.  We’ve taught a similar class on the Bachelors’ level for the last 5 years.  But I had to totally re-work this class and add a number of examples and research related to Biblical Counseling.  The class was one week, from 8:30 each morning until 6 pm each evening.  I was definitely tired but I felt really good about what the students were able to accomplish in 1 week.  I will still have their final Case Studies (research papers) to grade in about a month.  But overall, the class was very helpful and I know it will be a benefit to many for years ahead in their ministries.  The director has already asked if I would teach it again next year.  Continue Reading »

Good News in Difficult Times (February 2015 Update)

The situation is Ukraine continues to worsen, both militarily and economically (more details below).  But even in this very difficult time, the good news of Jesus continues to be spread!  We know soldiers on the front lines are hearing the gospel through scripture deliveries, CD gifts and even personal visits by evangelists.  One man from our church regularly travels to the east bringing clothes, food and the gospel to the soldiers.  They are hearing the gospel and some are being saved!  We also have students who are working as military chaplains and others who are fighting to defend Ukraine from Russian and pro-Russian troops.  All of them are actively bearing witness to Jesus in the most difficult of situations.  Continue Reading »