Author Archives: Doug
Mom’s 100th Birthday
My Mom, Gertrude Jeter, has been an example and inspiration to me all of my lfe. She has modeled the unselfish, productive, modest, godly Proverbs 31 woman, not only for our family, but for many others. On November 22nd she celebrated her 100th birthday! This is a picture that my older brother posted on Facebook of … Continue reading
Persistent Petunias
I get inspiration from any source I can. Today it was my very persistent petunias in the window box of our home in Ozark, MO. I planted these flowers back in the spring. They have survived summer drought, and now several frosts and a hard freeze. They are a little worn, and somewhat ragged around … Continue reading
MY HERO!
VETERANS DAY is a time to honor our veterans who have served around the world in defense of our country and our liberties. Our military veterans are our national heroes, and I honor them. I think it is also an appropriate time to honor one of my “heroes”. I am speaking of a veteran of spiritual … Continue reading
Networking on the Internet
Have you ever wondered if the seed you are sowing is producing fruit? The French Christian website, TopChrétien was started around ten years ago by a friend by the name of Eric Célérier as an evangelism outreach, mainly for France. Since then the outreach has branched out and partnered with different organizations, including Global University, to … Continue reading
Partnership—Teamwork—Networking!
Blaise works in Haiti with the Salvation Army as coordinator of their HIV & Aids Project. He came across the Network 211 website, a partner ministry for evangelism and Christian discipleship and wrote an inquiry in French.→ →Fred, who serves as a moderator for Network 211, forwarded a short note to me that Blaise had written asking about the availability of … Continue reading
Tomatoes in November!
Tomatoes From Our Garden Tomatoes from our garden in November in the Ozarks! The tomatoes were late coming on. The plants produced blooms, but did not put on tomatoes. I kept watering and tending to them. I wondered if we would even get one decent tomato for all my work. Finally they started to produce. Some … Continue reading
Itinerate (verb) \ī-ˈti-nə-ˌrāt, ə-\
November 1st I officially started a year of itineration. What is itineration? Good question. Webster’s dictionary defines it as: an intransitive verb : to travel a preaching or judicial circuit. The noun form of the word is — itin·er·a·tion \ ī-ˈti-nə-ˈrā-shən\. Assemblies of God World Missions is a “Faith-based” missionary sending agency. That means that each … Continue reading
What’s Happening in Iran?
There are areas of the world where U.S. missionaries are not welcome. Nevertheless, the people there still need the Gospel. I am glad to report that the Church is alive and well, even in these restricted countries, in spite of the fact that Christians and ministers are persecuted and sometimes killed. Wherever the Church is, ministers need sound … Continue reading
Ozarks Sweethearts
As we go into the Autumn years of our life, it sure is nice to be beside my best friend! It started out great when we got married over 43 years ago, but it just keeps on getting better and better. I have certainly seen that the biblical adage is true: “He who finds a wife finds … Continue reading
More Evangelical Christians in Mongolia than in France?
Assemblies of God World Missions has been working in Mongolia for less than 20 years. God has blessed the work there. We are very happy for the people of that remote and needy country. However, when I first saw the statistics, I was shocked to realize that percentage-wise there are more Evangelical Christians in Mongolia … Continue reading