September 30, 2015 | Mike & Myra Watkins, Our Missionaries
September 2015 In our last update, we shared about how God sometimes uses circumstances unrelated to missions to actually accomplish His mission. Some people move or migrate due to jobs, education or even crisis. The scattering of the church by persecution was such a...
August 10, 2015 | Mike & Myra Watkins, Our Missionaries
After 30 hours in cars, 20 hours in planes, and 46 hours in trains – a six week trip – we are back in Tennessee. The trek was Toronto, Berlin, Kraków, Lviv, Ternopil and Mykolayiv, and in all of those places God’s people are faithfully bringing His...
July 2, 2015 | Mike & Myra Watkins, Our Missionaries
Still Counting! Since our last update, I have been counting the miles traveled by car and the hours traveled by plane and train. I just returned from a trip to Mykolayiv in southern Ukraine where I traveled 18 hours by train each way. I occupied my time reading and...
May 20, 2015 | Mike & Myra Watkins, Our Missionaries
Crescendo! When the nightly news reports a major event – especially some exploit or discovery – it only covers the result of many years of planning and training. ESPN broadcasts the game, not the training; we purchase tickets for concerts, not rehearsals....