Ken’s Thoughts

Resolution: Read a Good Book - Happy 2022, Everyone! We hope you had sweet times of celebrating our Savior’s birth, enjoying time with family and friends, and looking forward to the new year. I think we naturally feel the “reset” of a new year – whatever our feelings about making New Year’s resolutions. Rena and I have a friend who makes […]
 Open Doors for Training - The Lord continues to open doors for us to train church leaders in Haiti. If I said that in a home group meeting, odds are good that my sweet wife, Rena, would point out that “The Lord opening and closing doors” is close to “Christian-ese” (nonspecific things we Christians say that really don’t mean much). She […]
 Good Friends in Christ - I was in Dallas/Fort Worth last week and ran into a long-time friend and missions colleague. What a joy! Andrew Spurgeon and I found each other at the Evangelical Theological Society conference in Fort Worth. I’ve been a member of ETS since my student days at Dallas Seminary and have been fed and challenged through […]
 Good News from Haiti - No doubt you’ve the heard bad news from Haiti. President Jovenal’s assassination in July. The earthquake in Les Ceyes in August. To top it off, on October 16, an armed gang kidnapped 17 American and Canadian believers traveling with Christian Aid Ministries near Port au Prince. The gang, 400 Mawozo, has demanded a ransom of […]
 Between Trips - We returned to Michigan from Haiti on July 30, and our next conferences there will be Feb 20-March 5, 2022. What’s happening in the mean time? What do we do between training conferences? A lot! Here are some examples of what we’re working on right now: Purchasing Bibles – In the past two weeks, we […]
Our Powerful Gospel - In July, we had the privilege of leading two training conferences for over 200 church leaders in Haiti. A week before we planned to leave, corrupt leaders and mercenaries assassinated Haiti’s president. We prayed, talked with our friends in Haiti, and decided to continue with our plans to go. Keep reading . . . 
 Help Haitians Help Haitians - Three weeks ago, an earthquake devastated homes, churches and lives in southwestern Haiti, especially in the cities of Les Ceyes and Jeremie. A few days later, I suggested ways all of us could help and how we should think longer term about development in Haiti.  (You can read that post HERE.) I have encouraging news […]
 How to Help Haiti - You probably heard: An earthquake hit Haiti on Saturday. At 7:29am a quake registering 7.2 shook the southern peninsula of the island nation. Five more aftershocks registering between 4.0 and 5.0 followed, devastating the cities of Jeremie and Les Cayes. Around 1.5 million Haitians have been affected by the earthquake. Over 1400 were killed. How […]
 A Walk and an Unexpected Gift! - I have to tell you about this! Esau and I got back to Michigan late last night after a week of meeting with potential PPI supporters in the Mid-South. A good week. During breakfast, Rena asked Esau if his family and friends in Haiti could use other items. He mentioned backpacks for families. After breakfast, […]
 We Hit the Ground . . . Driving - We landed in Detroit last Friday from Haiti and hit the ground . . . driving! Today Pastor Esau Paulema and I drove to Atlanta, Georgia. We talked about life, wedding anniversaries and all things PPI. We sang songs, napped a little (Esau), learned more Creole (me), and navigated I-75 traffic for 13 hours. We […]