Celebrating 20 Years

Celebrating 20 Years

This year marks our 20th year in missions and evangelism. When my wife and I started this ministry in 1995 we had no idea where God would lead us or how we would survive. We began this ministry by faith on a shoestring budget. We had no guarantee of salary, support or...
Burma – 2014 Report

Burma – 2014 Report

GOD HAS A PLAN My Dad and I were standing in line at the airport in Taiwan waiting to board our plane to Burma. An airline manager approached us and said that we did not have the proper paperwork to enter the country. We were stuck. Our team stateside went to work...
Sent Into Canaan

Sent Into Canaan

After the earthquake that devastated the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince, a mass exodus fled the city for safety. Many ended up in places like Canaan (pictured above), a suburb of Port-Au-Prince where nearly thirty thousand Haitians have built shantytowns they now...
Planting Churches That Plant Churches

Planting Churches That Plant Churches

Some of my favorite miracles in the Bible are when God would take something small and multiply it. In the Old Testament, there was the widow who had only a handful of flour and a little olive oil. She was about to make a last meal for herself and her son and then...
Merry Christmas From the Via Family

Merry Christmas From the Via Family

We cannot thank you enough for all you have done for us this year. Because of your involvement and support we were able to see thousands of people from all over the world come to know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. The pastors in Uganda, the students in Haiti, and...
Persevering For a Greater Cause

Persevering For a Greater Cause

In 1812, a young man from Massachusetts answered the call to take the gospel to those who had never heard. No American had ever traveled to another country to spread the gospel and no mission organization even existed to help him go. But he had a burning in his heart...
Training Pastors in Burma

Training Pastors in Burma

This month we have the great opportunity to travel to Yangon, Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). Burma is located in Southeast Asia and is considered a part of the 10/40 window. Home to nearly 54 million people, only 6% of them are evangelical. 45 million Burmese...

Support Letter

As the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti has suffered unspeakable hardships. Nearly 10% of the Haitian population is orphaned. The average household income is about $2 a day. The devastating earthquake in 2010 claimed more than 300,000 lives. However,...
Road to Haiti

Road to Haiti

It has been an emotional few months for our family as we prepare for the big move to Haiti. We spent the month of September selling just about everything we own. In a way it has been very freeing. Everything we have now fits in a small trailer, which is kind of cool....