Baptizing in the beautiful Indian ocean

A popular beauty treatment for young girls — white facial powder from crushed seashells!

Digging out of the mud for hours

Heidi and I with Christy and Brock at their Pemba wedding celebration

Christy with her bridesmaids at her Pemba wedding

Christy with one of our treasures at her wedding

Child care, Mozambique-style!

Heidi baptizing in the ocean

Love and peace on this little child

Heidi and our kids with Paul and Cheryl Black, pastors visiting from Maryland

Our missions school on their faces before the Lord

My sister Lorena with me at our village tent compound

Our daughter Crystalyn with her new husband at their wedding back home in Redding, California

Bride and groom toasting at their Redding wedding

Cutting the cake in Redding

Crystalyn and Brock at their beach wedding celebration in Pemba

Giving vows on a beautiful day at our Pemba beach

A lot of joy at Christy and Brock's Pemba wedding

Our new church for 3,000, with open-air sides

Worship in our new church

A community lady bringing her burdens to Jesus

We have intense altar calls at every meeting

A young child is baptized in the ocean

Our Pemba coastline from 400 feet up

Over a river in the wilds of Africa

This rectangular property surrounded by a wall is our main base in Pemba, and is being developed rapidly. We call it "The Village of Joy."

Loading up our Land Rovers for a village outreach

Giving a testimony of healing at an outreach

A deaf mute since birth, this young man is now hearing and speaking

The healed deaf mute is carried on the shoulders of an excited crowd in the village

Our visiting team brings a tent city to the village

Village children love to have their pictures taken

Our tents contrast with the thatched mud huts of the village

Local village boys, in need of love and care

Playing with a young village girl in her torn dress

A visiting team member gets the children's attention with animated singing

Out inspecting our land for our new church

Our older community ladies in worship

Carrying her burdens to Jesus

Our simple but large church building filled with worshipers

A bundle of love and joy

At the altar, in great need of their Savior

Time well spent at the altar

More older ladies from the community

Deep in prayer

Bowed before the Lord, deeply in need of Him

Heidi with some of our joyous girls on Children's Day