4 Years of Marriage & Missions Today is our 4th wedding anniversary!! As we sift through photos and memories it is crazy just how fast these years have flown by, and yet we simply can’t remember living life without one…

The Harvest Is RIPE I’ve been reading a book titled “Spiritual Rhythms” these last few weeks that God has used to reveal the importance of each spiritual season of life; both the winters when everything looks dormant and hopeless, the…

Moving, Growing, Changing! Sitting on the shore of a large pond at YWAM Orlando, we were tired, excited, and altogether a bit stressed. At the end of 2021, we had the privilege of spending 2 weeks at YWAM Orlando, and…

It's Time To Dream Again 2021 has been filled with a lot of heartache for us as we walked through the difficult decision of ending our March DTS early. The slowest thing to heal was our ability to dream. When…

In The Crushing It has been hard to come to write this letter as retelling the story sometimes refreshes the pain of the whole experience. The road to starting our first DTS had not been easy, but we moved with…

Turning Another Page You know that super satisfying sound that happens when you’re holding a huge book and you slam it shut? It echoes through the air and exemplifies the success of completing whatever it was you were learning from…

Diving Into Discipleship Back in March, when COVID-19 began to infect Canada with its sickness and overall impact on society, we got a call from a church leader who challenged us to give up. To just stop. To not bother…

The Good, The Bad, The Different Wow, what a crazy few months! How have you been doing? In honesty, we’ve had good, bad, and overall different life experiences than we had ever expected for 2020. We can only imagine that…

Good News, Great Joy! We’re living in a pandemic, so what’s the good news? Well, to put it simply, Jesus is alive! And our God is in the business of taking the darkest, bleakest circumstances and raising them to life.…

2019 Wrapped “Tanner, I don’t understand something. How can this God thing be totally free? I sure don’t deserve it...” This young man had been abandoned by his mom, his dad was in jail, his friends bullied him, and if he…

We Have A Dream Throughout our marriage, we’ve kept a “dream board” on our living room wall: A board full of words God gives us, ideas we have, and dreams for life. While our time in Hawaii came to its…

Your Impact In Mongolia After over 60 hours of travel by plane, bus, and train, we arrived in the tiny village of Shaamar in northern Mongolia, just 20 km from the Russian border. Debarking from our train, we were let…

To The Ends Of The Earth Experiencing God through His Word Throughout the past 3 months, we have had the amazing opportunity to walk alongside our 6 DTS students as they dig deeper into their faith and God’s Word. Discipleship…

TOHU WA BOHU Pronounced "Toe-hoo Va Vo-hoo," this Hebrew word means "chaos" and is used in Genesis to describe what the world was like before God gave form to the formless and order to the disorder. As humans made in…

Hello 2019 And just like that our first four months in missions with YWAM have come to their close. We could not be more thankful for your integral part of our journey. Here is a little summary of what God…

More Than a Love Story It’s that moment you start walking down the aisle when time comes to a stop and you’re not sure whether you’re still walking forward or not. Everyone and I mean everyone, is looking at YOU;…

Big Problem My Friend Within 5 minutes of entering Moria’s gates (Lesvos Islands’ largest refugee camp), you will undoubtedly hear the phrase “Big problem, my friend.” This little phrase seems to be known by every POC (Persons of Concern). For…

A Different Kind of Camp Three weeks ago, if you said the word “camp”, the first image that would pop into my mind would be one of happiness. One marked by blue skies, cozy cabins shared with your best friends,…

City of Empty Steeples Mont-Royal When you look out from the top of Mont-Royal you can see dozens of ancient steeples popping out between the modern high rises. It is no wonder Montreal has been famously nicknamed the “City of…

And at Last, Lombak! For the longest time, I had no clue where or what Lombak was. I think I even told the majority of my friends and family that we were going to ‘Mumba’ because I misheard it when…

Keeping up with Kuta Countless ritzy night clubs, 5 star restaurants, and huge brand name shops-I was expecting Kuta, Bali to be a bit more westernized than the other places we had been but I certainly wasn’t expecting this! It…

“How to do the Ment`s Right!” While still in Taiwan our team encountered a fellow traveller while surfing who coincidentally had just been to the Mentawai Islands! In his thick auzzie accent, he gave us some “tips” for going to…

The Land of Chopsticks and Dumplings "I never thought people actually used chopsticks ALL the time for everything!" was Daniel Jackett`s simple synopsis of Taiwan in a nutshell. Despite chuckling at this comment, I realized it really holds quite a bit…

Preparing for the Unpreparable Have you ever prepared for a big recital, play, or game? You put hours of preparation for the big finale. That’s a bit of what it’s been like here these past few months. I’ve learnt more than…

Peaking Above the Clouds At 10,023 ft Haleaka’s peak rose far above the clouds. My head spun from both the lack of oxygen and thrill of what beauty my eyes were attempting to take in. Is this real life? In…