LBT Core Values – Dialogue

LBT Core Values – Dialogue

Our English word “dialogue” comes from two Greek words meaning “through,” “passing through,” or “between” and “discourse.” A dialogue is thus a discourse between two or more people as words are passed between them with the goal of reaching a conclusion or agreement....
Relocation – Another Journey

Relocation – Another Journey

Sitting in the midst of empty bookshelves and partially filled boxes, I can’t help but take note of some familiar feelings. I felt them eighteen months ago as my family and I prepared our house in South Africa to relocate back to the U.S. In fact, we felt them often...
LBT Core Values – Professionalism

LBT Core Values – Professionalism

Professionalism and mission… what does being ‘professional’ have to do with being involved in mission?  Isn’t doing mission primarily about sharing our faith with all of our heart? Well, yes, our mission isn’t going to be successful unless we pour all of our heart...
Relocation – Where Did the Time Go?

Relocation – Where Did the Time Go?

How can we have less than a month and a half left until the relocation officially happens?!  Where did the time go?! That seems to be the general feeling around the office.  Time is flying by so quickly! At the office, we’ve been sorting through all of the...
Ebola Impacts Ministry

Ebola Impacts Ministry

Evacuations Affect Ministry (Originally written in the fall of 2014) Evacuations are not easy, and the cost is more than just dollars. As many of you know, Rob and Mical Hilbert and their two children and Josh and Ruthie Wagner with their two children were temporarily...