January and February brought some adventure our way. It wasn't exactly spontaneous, but three trips in a row came up rather quickly. A...

Hey! Today I'd like to tell you about my (Dori) heart. Since I started looking into options for starting a business, I've been getting...

This was going to be a Fall update but it started snowing so I guess this is somewhere in between. In any case, here is what we have been...

Hi, time for a bit of of an update of life and ministry. The ministry highlight of the past few months was a trip to Cologne for Ray to...

We have been in Germany for about a month now. A lot of our time has been spent getting settled, getting connected, and seeing what this...

One week ago, we finished packing our belongings and giving away the things we couldn't take. We filled nine suitcases, two carryons, and...

It's official, we have set a departure date for Germany! Its time to get ready and go! We will be departing Minneapolis and the USA on...

Maybe you have noticed that the title of our homepage has changed. We are not three sparrows anymore. We are four now. On November 5. we...

This summer has been one of many ups, downs, twists, and turns. We tried to share an update several times only to have something change...

If you look at the words in this picture, you can see that someone changed "Smoking not permitted in this area." to "Smoking pot...

As you could read in our last post, we have been traveling a lot during the first quarter of 2023. I was with our son Nolan in Germany to...

It's a new year and we have jumped right into some new ministries. This blog is more ministry news than personal news but we are excited...

Last time, I couldn't wait to publish a new post because there was so much going on. This time I didn't get to write a post because so...

Our last blog post was only a week ago. I don't want to wait another week to write a new one since we have quite a bit going on in the...

In our last blog post, I told you about how Ray and I got to teach in the Discipleship Training School. That was great. And over the last...

Both of us got to tell the kids the truth during the past two weeks. Now they finally know what life is about and they are ready to rock...

The DTS Students have arrived! 10 young women and 1 young man have decided to join the DTS in Minneapolis. After Christmas, they will go...

Guys, God is pulling us right now. We came here so Ray can teach the bible and I can help to restart a ministry for moms in need....

Guys, this topic is one of the most uncomfortable topics I've ever talked about. I feel way more comfortable talking about sex than...

Where do I start? A lot of things have changed since we arrived. It is definitely not quiet anymore. One week ago, we came back from our...