Delight Series #3: The Delight of His Discipline. The morning was humid and warm without a breath of air moving. I made myself down the forest path with a manual weed whip. The thin vines in this part of the forest are much stronger than twine, so a powered weed… Continue reading
Delight in Having a Redeemer. When I became a Christian, I became aware of His love, which was accompanied by a quiet joy. It’s one of those things that is much deeper than emotion. The transformation that accompanies salvation began to affect thoughts, feelings, and desires. I never anticipated the… Continue reading
Delight in the Creator’s Creation. Living in group settings in college days and observing human behavior (including my own) convinced me that something was sorely lacking. Man ‘s behavior was often terrible and not getting better as I looked around me. Yet when I visited the mountains or followed a… Continue reading
Summer and Post-Mission Trip Activity (2025). We have not posted much in early 2025, outside of two reports from a recent two-month mission trip to the Philippines and Thailand. However, we are now home in central North Carolina and have better internet capability through a more capable provider. So, we… Continue reading
Final Report – January/Mar 2025 Mission Trip by Roland and Faylene Beard. Introduction. The second half of the January to March 2025 mission trip begins with our arrival at the Institute for Foundational Learning (IFL) on February 21. The report for the first half of the trip is a previous… Continue reading
This post is the mid-term mission report for the first month of our mission trip to the Philippines and Thailand. We have been with Hallel Integrated Ministries on Panay Island, PI, who were our hosts the first month. Their location is about 2 hours north of Iloilo City. We have… Continue reading
