Greetings! I hope you all are doing well. I want to share what I have done few weeks ago in Brasilia, Brazil. A deaf pastor asked me to preach God’s Word in our church. I, of course, accepted and have prepared for a sermon on March 21st. I fell compelled to share about God’s holiness. This is something I need to tell people about being holy.

God’s holiness represents His absolute moral purity, total separation from sin, and incomparable, majestic uniqueness. God is holy in every attribute and every action: He is holy in justice. He is holy in love. He is holy in mercy. He is holy in power. He is holy in sovereignty.

God’s holiness causes an awareness of human impurity, often leading to a realization of sinful conditions and a need for repentance. Believers are called to be holy as a reflection of God’s character, setting themselves apart from worldly behavior through sanctification by the Holy Spirit. Holiness involves a life of moral purity, love, and obedience rather than mere legalism, transforming one’s heart and conduct to represent Christ. Scripture directly commands believers to be holy because God is holy (1 Peter 1:15-16, Leviticus 11:44-45). To be holy, we need Holy Spirit to help us to be sanctified daily. The Holy Spirit enables this transformation, aiding in sanctification and helping believers live a life that pleases God.

Holiness involves rejecting immorality and conforming to Christ rather than worldly standards, allowing believers to serve as witnesses. To be honest, I do not think many Christians today practice to be holy. They do not showing the good Fruit of the Spirit to others and also being “light” to others in this dark world. They are often following worldly pleasures, being cold to others or practicing sin without repentance. According to the Bible, a “great apostasy” or “falling away” (2 Thessalonians 2:3) will occur, many professed Christians abandon their faith due to deception, persecution, or the allure of sin. This is happening today. We need to be vigilant, be rooted in Scriptures, and be watchful. We need to pray ceaselessly, to help others, to love unconditionally, to encourage those who are in need, and to support each other.

I hope we need to examine ourselves and realize that we need Holy Spirit to help us to follow God daily. It’s really easy to take things for granted, we all want to live comfortable but we need to be outside of comfort zone to serve others and share others. Sometimes worldly pleasures look very appealing to us but we need to realize that God does not like us to conform the worldly pleasures and behavior. We glorify and please God when we obey Him and do things that help others like being a godly example, help those who are in need, practicing of being holy, sharing God’s Word to both believers and non-believers, etc. Don’t give up on God, He is always faithful to us, no matter what! He does really cares about us and even non-believers.

God bless you abundantly!

I’m sharing some pictures below taken on March 21st. I did sign LIBRAS instead of ASL. I’m getting better on this sign language!

Greetings! I want to share my update about my missions in Chile. It was productive and fruitful. We did give some necessary basic things to people who are living on streets. We prayed with them. Later, we went to church camp in the country. We saw a baptism for the 4 deaf believers and 6 hearing believers. I also trained discipleship with deaf people. We observed their Bible translation work and shared my mission experience at church. See pictures below for our experiences.

We went to meet deaf people at church and Sergio did a discipleship with deaf believers. Sergio and others did interpret for deaf people at church service.

We went to church camp in the country. We enjoyed our time there. We also witnessed baptism for 4 deaf and 6 hearing believers.

Sergio asked me to train discipleship with deaf. I was glad to do it for them. I taught them about stewardship for God’s gifts. It is important to use what God gives us to help or share with others.

They did translate a book of Philippians. Alan and Silvia each did a chapter of Philippians. They did a great job. Also, Sergio did a great job on technical work especially with a new camera.

I had a great experience to share my testimony and mission experiences. I also shared about Bible translation and SUN (symbols) for deaf. The audience understood more better about the Deaf.

Pray requests for them:

• Pray for them to continue to translate more books in Bible. They need more people to involve for this project.
• Pray for them to grow in their church in Valparaiso. There aren’t many deaf people in the church.
• Pray for leaders for wisdom and guidance for this group.
• Pray for them to share their translation videos in Chile and help them to understand what they signed on video.
• Pray for them to have strong deaf leadership like pastors for deaf community in Valparaiso and in Chile.

Thank you for your support!

Greetings to all! Wow, time has gone so quickly in 2025! I felt like I skipped some months last year. It seemed like I was living for about 6-8 months instead of a full year. We had a great year especially with our daughter Hannah. We watched her to learn basic every-day things like walking, talking, carrying, waving, etc. It’s a joy to see her smiling and laughing. I’m really looking ahead to see her growing this year and many years to come.

There were a lot of happenings in this world. We see injustices, abuses and immorality. So often leaders demonstrate a near total lack of ethics and integrity. It keeps getting worse with every day. It’s a sign that Jesus will come soon. It’s not a matter of if but when. We are reminded of this verse, (Philippians 3:20), “We are citizens of heaven, where Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for Him to return as our Savior.” We live in this world, but we are not part of this world. That’s why we need to focus on our citizenship with a perfect government when Christ returns. He will answer to our world’s problems and set up His power to change everything on this world.

I’ve learned to keep my eyes focused on my Creator and the calling He has given me. We all need to focus on Him especially the way this world has gone. “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:11-13). These verses are encouraging for all of us followers. This is especially true when I start to get distracted by other things. News stories and my own wants & desires are distractions. It’s crucial to continue to seek Him with all your heart and not to give up on Him. He knows everything going on with us. We are very grateful that He’s very patient with us. His love never stops! Keep praying, stand firm and stay connected with Him!

May God bless you all abundantly in 2026!