Updates and Thoughts

I don’t get it! Every spring Rena and I dedicate ourselves to decluttering. We claw through our closets and cull what we don’t want anymore. Then we feature all this flotsam in our annual MacGillivray family yard sale or donate it to a local thrift store. So how is that every spring we have more… Read more: Spring Cleaning for Others

I’d like to introduce you to our new ministry team member. Modie (pronounced “Mo-dee-ay”) embodies what we teach about church leadership in Haiti. I met Modie four years ago in Cap-Haïtien. He participated in PPI Course 1 along with 111 other church leaders, but I noticed him right away. For starters, Modie dresses impeccably in… Read more: The Difference It Makes

How uncomfortable am I willing to get to be part of Jesus’ mission? That question swirled in my mind as we flew through high winds and heavy rain last Tuesday morning on our way to Haiti. Our MFI pilots, Rod and Phil, did their best to dodge the lightning, but the DC-3 plunged and rose,… Read more: Light Momentary Troubles

I was excited and a little anxious as our plane circled the grass airfield in Pignon, Haiti. Excited that we would offer ministry training to church leaders in central Haiti for the first time, and a little anxious because I wondered how MFI’s twin-engine DC-3 could land on such a short, grass runway. “They do… Read more: Two Pastors Praying

Happy new year, everyone! We hope you had refreshing times with your family and friends over the holidays.  We also hope you had time in the waning days of 2024 to reflect on God’s grace to you this past year and re-commit to what really matters in this new year.  Rena and I didn’t make… Read more: Happy Years – 2024 and 2025