Steve's Travel Diaries
These diaries give insight to the daily jog during overseas trips to teach apologetics.
Back to Entebbe
Hi Everyone, Not much to report today. VIDEO SHOOT The studio where we were going to record interviews […]
Read MoreSeeds Planted
Dear Friends and Family, The official ministry portion of my trip is now complete as we finished up today putting […]
Read MoreSatisfied!
Dear ITEM Next Gen Friends, For those of you who got my report early enough yesterday, to read it […]
Read MoreWhat Could Have Been!
Hi Everyone, I am settled in, in Gulu, Uganda. I have never been this far north in Uganda. We […]
Read MoreThe Week Ahead
Dear ITEM Next Gen Partner, Today, Sunday, was a travel day. First flight out of Rwanda to Nairobi, Kenya […]
Read MoreBrainstorming
Dear ITEM Next Gen Friends, We finished the very successful seminar today with four more lectures and a good […]
Read MoreGen Z is Gen Z
Dear Friends and Family, Quick review: Flight delayed out of Harare, Zimbabwe Thursday so much I missed my connection […]
Read MoreNot My Will
Dear Friends and Family, Today, Thursday, I was scheduled to fly from Zimbabwe to Nairobi to Rwanda. My flight […]
Read MoreIt’s All About The Kids
Hi Everyone, I am at the airport in Bulawayo, checked in, waiting to board in a little over an […]
Read MoreEnergizing
Dear ITEM Next Gen Partners, The two day apologetics seminar here in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe is over but it is […]
Read MoreSaturday Report
Dear ITEM Next Gen Partners, Today was mainly a travel day as will be tomorrow. I caught an afternoon […]
Read MoreMonday Report
Hi Everyone, I am settling in for the night in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Many of you have probably heard of […]
Read MoreDL 178 and No-see-ums
Dear ITEM/Next Gen Friends, I am in Nairobi, Kenya enjoying my only full off day until I get home. […]
Read MorePreview of Aug 7-25 Trip
Dear Friends and Family, Wednesday, August 7, I will leave on a very aggressive, eighteen-day trip. I will transit through […]
Read MoreThat’s A Wrap
Hi Everyone, I am in the lounge at the Lagos, Nigeria airport waiting to board in about 90 minutes. First, […]
Read MoreTime As a Relative Concept
Dear ITEM Next Gen Ministry Partners, For years I have been preparing for the ministry of apologetics I am now […]
Read MoreInvigorating
Hi Everyone, At this point of my life and ministry, there is nothing more invigorating to me than standing in […]
Read MoreEffective Evangelism
Dear Friends and Family, I want to use today’s off day report to catch up. I arrive in Nigeria Tuesday […]
Read MoreNigeria is Nigeria
Dear ITEM Next Gen Ministry Prayer Partners, Right now it is 8:30am PDT on Wednesday (4:30pm Lagos, Nigeria). I’ve been […]
Read MorePreviews of Coming Attractions
Dear ITEM Next Gen Partners, I’m spending my last day and night in Nairobi on this trip. Tomorrow I have […]
Read MoreJoyous Reunion and Transit Troubles
Dear Praying Friends, (Prenote: Kind of long. Sorry. I tried to keep it to essentials.) Saturday was marked by saying […]
Read MoreGo With The Flow
Dear ITEM Next Gen Partners, If you have been a part of the ITEM family for any amount of time […]
Read MoreProductive Time With Next Gen Leaders
Dear Friends and Family, This was another really good day. I met with a group of Next-Gen leaders, some of […]
Read MorePrayers & Prep
Dear Prayer Partners, Today was a day to get some things done. There was no ministry on the schedule. […]
Read MoreMore Open Doors
Dear ITEM Next Gen Partners, Today was another day where God was opening what appear to be some BIG […]
Read MoreAll’s Well That End’s Well
Hi Everyone, It’s bedtime in Uganda and my first speaking event is Monday morning at 11:30am close by. So, let […]
Read MoreHot Topics in Cameroon
Dear ITEM/Next Gen Partners, Saturday, for me, has been wide open so I was able to get caught up […]
Read MoreLooking at Mombasa in August
Dear Friends and Family, A very short update today. I arrived in Nairobi, Kenya on time at just before […]
Read MorePre-Travel Blog
Dear ITEM and Next-Gen Partners, In just a couple of days I will be leaving again for Africa. I […]
Read MoreMission Accomplished
Dear ITEM Partner, I am heading home late LATE Sunday night. In fact, departure is 1 minute before Monday […]
Read MoreThe What and Why
Dear Friends and Family, This may sound strange but it is hard to believe that I left home 16 days […]
Read MoreThy Will Be Done
Dear ITEM Next Gen Ministry Partner, Months ago I met Jeffrey in Madagascar. I shared my commitment to help prepare […]
Read MoreOpen Doors
Dear ITEM Next Gen Partners, I shared the platform today with representatives of Apologetics on Mission (Oregon City, Oregon). I […]
Read MoreApologetics?
Dear Friends and Family, ITEM’s Next Gen Ministry moved onto Zimbabwe today, Tuesday. It was another amazingly smooth day from […]
Read MoreWide Open Doors in Rwanda
Dear Prayer Partners, Sunday was a travel day so my time to put together a report was limited. It was […]
Read MoreA Disjointed Yet Blessed Ending
Hi Everyone, Last night, Friday, has to be one of the highlights of my 25 plus years of ministry in […]
Read MoreShort and Sweet
Dear Praying Friends, It is past midnight Friday, therefore Sat morning. The really tonight met and exceeded expectations. Emmy, the […]
Read MoreVision for Rwana
Dear ITEM Next Gen Min Friends, I am settled in Huye, Rwanda which is 86 miles south and west of […]
Read MoreOnly the Beginning
Dear ITEM Next Gen Friends, Well, phase two of this trip is over. Phase one was Nairobi last weekend. Phase […]
Read MoreWhat is ‘Youth’?
Dear Family and Friends, Last night was not a good night but today has been an electric, very satisfying […]
Read MorePreparting the Next Generation
Hello Everyone, This has been a stress-less, on-time day. I will take all of those that I can! My […]
Read MoreKeeping It Practical
Dear Friends and Family, As I finish up my first stop in Nairobi it is not so much of ministry […]
Read MoreApologetics for Beginners
Dear Prayer Partners, I am waiting on dinner at Biblica Guest House after a long day. It rained hard all […]
Read MoreWhat Is Their Value?
Hi Everyone, It’s Friday night in Nairobi. Tomorrow, Saturday, is when scheduled ministry begins. I departed Portland on Wednesday after […]
Read MoreNEXTGEN Launch
Dear ITEM Partners, Although I have been doing apologetics training for the last couple of years, in a sense, this […]
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