Journal Entries
APTS Report 2015
I realize it is a very well-worn cliché but I truly had a mountain top experience last week. I was honored to be invited back for my fourth time to the Asia Pacific Theological Seminary in Baguio, Philippines. The seminary sponsors and brings a group of church leaders...
Vital Foundation for Girls Program
The Vital Foundation for Girls Program is an event that was held from 18th-23rd November 2012 at Sepang Golden Palm Tree Resort. This was a vision conceptualized by Dr. Evelyn Biles (President of Global Mosaic Malaysia & Dean of AOIC Pastoral Counselling program)...
Appreciation for Global Mosaic
This is a comment we received from a church leader in Kuala Lumpur: “It is a blessing to be of any assistance to you. In many ways, the Lord used you to establish a counseling ministry in our church. This is one ministry that the church needs very badly in this day...
Cambodia June 2012
Six of my Malaysian graduating students and I are in now Phnom Penh, working with several organizations. We split up into two groups, one group teaching attending skills, and my group teaching conflict resolution and stress management skills. Today at White Lotus and...
[August 15th] Update
We have been sharing the work of Global Mosaic International over the past few months. The physical setting for Evelyn continues to be narrowed down to her office here in Yorktown, Virginia. She is behind me now at her desk ferociously typing. And I do mean...
[July 16th] Update
Depending on where you are in the world, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, or why are you checking emails in the middle of the night? Go back to sleep! Honestly, I have been promising Evelyn to get out an updated newsletter for several weeks. Her cold stares...
[April 20th, 2020] Global Mosaic Adjusts
We agree with this message displayed at a church near our home in Virginia. People of faith must draw strength from the reality that God is in control and that our circumstances are not the result of a non-existent concept called luck. We also know that understanding...
[March 25, 2020] Global Mosaic Unknown
We have delayed sending out a new update until we had a better idea of our plans for the next months. Well, Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C have all gone up in smoke. Now we are, as is everyone else in the world, on Plan Unknown.Our last update was on February 25 as we...
[February 25th, 2020] Global Mosaic Caribbean
Global Mosaic International is supporting recovery work in Puerto Rico – well, sorta. The island nation has been recovering for several years from extensive damage caused by natural disasters. Many areas are still without power, housing, schools, places of worship,...
[February 17, 2020] Where and Why and What has GMI been doing?
Our last update was sent out on January 13. The GMI team had arrived back to Malaysia from Uganda. The prodigal bags had arrived the next day, none the worse for their adventure. Evelyn and I were anticipating and preparing for our journey to USA. Many of you have...