The music being played in this week’s Bryce Home slideshow is by Canadian singer Trevor Baker (used by permission). The song is called “He Wrote How Great Thou Art” from his It’s All in Place CD. You can visit Trevor’s website at www.trevorbaker.ca. He’s a wonderful brother in the Lord who travels around North America … [Read more…]
By Roger Oakland Understand the Times, International June 23 is always a bitter-sweet day for our family. Our son Bryce was born 39 years ago today. This reminds us of his life and how much we miss him. He was only 27 years old when his life was suddenly taken in a car accident in … [Read more…]
The latest slideshow from the Bryce Homes for Widows and Children in Kenya missions project. The project is supported solely from Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. To learn more, or to donate, visit www.missionsfortruth.com or www.understandthetimes.org.
LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails and Understand the Times have been working together in the Bryce Homes for Widows and Children in Kenya program for two and a half years now. If you would like to donate to this mission project, you can do so at the Understand the Times website. You can also visit the Missions … [Read more…]
I’m a Christian missionary pastor in ________, Mexico. I first would like to thank you for your discernment ministry. Second, I would like to suggest in your next newsletter you have some sort of survey with statistics of how many US pastors seminaries, as well as worldwide, if you can, are influenced or following the … [Read more…]
The latest in from our Bryce Homes in Kenya, an Understand the Times mission work which is supported by both Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. If you would like to learn more or donate to this mission project, please visit Missions for Truth (the Lighthouse Trails mission site).
The New Missiology – Doing Missions Without the Gospel written by Roger Oakland is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The booklet is 14 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail. Below is the content of the booklet. To order copies of The New Missiology … [Read more…]
The Widows in Kenya Basket Project that Lighthouse Trails launched last year as a means to help the widows in Kenya support themselves is well underway. Already we have purchased several batches of baskets, which have been shipped to us and sold to our readers. In addition to paying for the shipping and materials, Lighthouse … [Read more…]
By Roger Oakland Understand the Times, International It has been some time since we have sent out a report from Kenya sharing the progress that is being made with the Bryce Homes Program there. After our last trip to Kenya in December of 2012, we reported that if support funds were available we would like … [Read more…]
The following slideshow consists of new photos from Kenya where there are now 20 Bryce Homes (Four new ones have just been added.) These homes are supported solely from the donations by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. For more information or to donate, visit our mission site at www.missionsfortruth.com or Understand the Times at … [Read more…]
A Lighthouse Trails and Understand the Times reader gave a donation for the Bryce Home children in Kenya and asked that each child receive a new outfit. The donation was also used to buy school books for each child as well as 3 new cook stoves. One of those stoves will go into Mary’s new house … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following news story is posted, not as an endorsement of the content but for informational and research purposes. The implications of this story are staggering in that Congressman Tim Ryan (D) hopes that other congress members will benefit from his book on mindful meditation. With eastern-style meditation now in the public schools, in … [Read more…]
Below is the latest slideshow on our Bryce Homes in Kenya project, sponsored by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. This project was started in 2010, with UTT and LT working together to support over 100 children in 15 homes (so far) in Western Kenya. In this slideshow, you will see photos of Roger Oakland’s … [Read more…]
This week, Roger Oakland, director of Understand the Times and the Bryce Homes for Children, is in Kenya, visiting all 16 Bryce Homes and spending time with Pastors Achilla and Nelson who run the program in Kenya. The picture you see to the right here was taken yesterday while Roger and the pastors were visiting Widow … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following letter is sent to us from Mereza, one of the widows who is part of the Bryce Homes for Children that is supported by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. You might also like to read two other testimonial letters that we previously posted: Two Testimonial Letters From Widows in … [Read more…]
The latest news in from our mission work in Kenya. Check out the slideshow below. If you would like to help support the 15 Bryce Homes (over 110 children), please visit Understand the Times. The project is being supported solely by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. To see a photo of all the … [Read more…]
Written in the late 1800s by Egerton Ryerson Young (author of Stories from Indian Wigwams and Northern Campfires) I was interrupted one day while sitting in my study by the quiet entrance of a stalwart Indian whom I had not seen for a year. I had met him the previous summer in his own wigwam … [Read more…]
By Roger Oakland In an article titled “Christ-Followers in India Flourishing Outside the Church,” the following statement is made regarding the research of Herbert Hoefer, author of Churchless Christianity: In striking research undertaken in the mid-eighties and published in 1991, Herbert E. Hoefer found that the people of Madras City are far closer to historic Christianity … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Below Roger’s report on Kenya is a new slideshow, showing the progress that has been made in building new homes in Kenya for the widows and orphans who are part of the Bryce Homes for Children project in Kenya. By Roger Oakland Understand the Times, International & the Bryce Homes for Children, International It … [Read more…]
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LTRP Note: The following is two letters from two of the Christian widows in Kenya who are part of the Bryce Homes for Children missions project that is supported by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. We launched this project in Kenya in 2011, and because of the donations from our readers and from Understand … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following is a letter from the 12 orphaned girls who live in Kenya at the Bryce Home #12. The homes are supported by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. Many of you have donated, and we thought you would want to read this letter that we just received from Pastor Achilla, … [Read more…]
A better name for David Teague’s 2012 book Godly Servants – Discipleship & Spiritual Formation for Missionaries would be Making Contemplative Missionaries. Published by the pro-contemplative Zondervan, Godly Servants falls into step with the numerous other books that advocate for spiritual formation (i.e., contemplative spirituality). However, this may be the first book that is specifically geared toward missionaries, and … [Read more…]
The orphan girls at Bryce Home #12 (a Lighthouse Trails and Understand the Times sponsored mission work) have just harvested their first crop of Maize. This is going to provide quite a bit of food for the girls. We hope you will consider becoming a part of the support for the 15 Bryce Homes in … [Read more…]
As we complete the first 6 months of the Bryce Home Project in Kenya, working with Roger Oakland from Understand the Times and Pastor Achilla from Kenya, we are happy to report that a routine has been established where over 100 children and their caretakers/parents are being provided for in 15 different homes. It has … [Read more…]
This just in from Kenya. Pastor Achilla and Pastor Nelson stand with widow Florence and some of her children on food distribution day, June 2012. The Missions for Truth (Lighthouse Trails missions arm) project, working in conjunction with Understand the Times, is continuing on. Currently, there are 15 homes that Lighthouse Trails readers and Understand the … [Read more…]
The following slideshow portrays some of the struggles as well as some of the blessings that happen to our Bryce Home women and children in Kenya. Life is not easy there, with sickness, disease, poverty, low employment opportunities, drought, and flooding. But we are very blessed to be working with a group of people there … [Read more…]
As Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails have pressed forward with the development of 15 Bryce Homes for children in Kenya(supported by UTT and LT readers), new challenges seem to be par for the course. Last week, we told our readers that one of the Bryce Homes burnt down. This was the home of widow … [Read more…]
There has been quite a bit going on in Kenya at the Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails sponsored mission project. Since Roger returned from his second trip to meet with Pastor Achilla and his pastoral team, 15 Bryce Homes for Children have now been started. Donations coming from both UTT and LT readers are … [Read more…]
These are three videos from Roger Oakland’s recent trip to Kenya.If you would like more information about the mission work in Kenya that is being supported by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers, visit: www.missionsfortruth.com (a Lighthouse Trails website) or www.understandthetimes.org.
