Rehoboth Ministries

Many of you saw Haiti in the news last week. You have written and asked what exactly is going on. Thank you for doing so. This gives me the opportunity to respond in a correct manner, for many of the news reports that we have seen have presented a misrepresentation…

All of our family left this morning (except for John.) Gabriel was up before dawn to catch a flight out for Portland. Deborah and her family are winding their way back to West Virginia and I am finally getting back to updating and answering e-mails. It’s best to stay busy…

Since most of you will probably be celebrating on this date, we wanted to wish everyone a Happy 4th of July! Here’s an interesting tidbit concerning this date and our link with Haiti. Did you know that there were Haitians who fought in our War for Independence?Here’s a link to…

I visited my brother’s grave today. “Laney” died last December, but this was the first opportunity that I have had to officially say goodbye — even though he is on the other side now. All that remains where he now lies is a grave marker with his name and picture on…

  We are back from spending five days in West Virginia. We just met the most gorgeous grandbaby ever! It all went by way too quickly, but we look forward to our daughter, Deb, and her family coming to visit us in our new home in just a few weeks.…

June seems to be a month for celebrating. Friends and family threw us a housewarming on June 2. I celebrated a birthday on June 6. Our new granddaughter was born on June 11. Our 37th wedding anniversary was on June 13. On Monday, we’re heading to West Virginia to see…

Guest Ministry Since the last few weeks have been a whirlwind, I am finally getting caught up in writing an update. Below are pictures from the final week before we boarded the plane with longtime friend, Pastor Matt Garrett, (from Sanford) to return stateside.  Pastor Matt was our guest speaker…

Being travel weary, getting our taxes caught up, and working to get our new home in order, I haven’t had much time or energy to post. But this one can’t wait! Lorelei Edelen made her grand debut into the world at around 5:10 this morning. We have a granddaughter! We…

I watched as the suitcases went around and around on the carousel. We were finally back in Jacksonville, NC! It wasn’t hard to pinpoint the two that belonged to us. They were the dirtiest and most beat up of them all. I watched as my once royal blue suitcase came near…

It’s been a flurry of activity around here and it’s fixing to get a whole lot busier. We are in the process of turning the upstairs conference room into our new IBAG Headquarters for the fall. It’s amazing what a fresh coat of paint will do! We give a special…