Category Archives: Prayer Blog

With my kids returning from Kenya for five and a half weeks I reviewed Deuteronomy 6:4-9. In this passage is the command to talk about God’s laws with your children when you sit at home, when you walk along the … Continue reading →

Do you ever get overwhelmed with your inbox or to do list? After three weeks of conferences and meetings my inbox and to do list runneth over. Pray that we all will worship the Living God rather than the to … Continue reading →

My friends and I have been having discussions (some in person and some via email) on joy in the Lord, contentment in the Savior and rest in God. We have all commented on how elusive these can be, both for … Continue reading →

Many of you will remember, we fasted and prayed in February for some critical issues in Benin. As of yet, the Lord has not answered many of our prayers so we believe that a second time has come for intense … Continue reading →

The other day I drove up to visit Eric and Martha Cherry, my dear friends who lost their son, Christopher, to Malaria. As it turns out, the whole family had been struggling with the flu so when Christopher got sick … Continue reading →

We are friends with a very dear family (parents and four children) who are missionaries in the Northern part of Benin, this morning (August 25, 2011) we learned that their 10-year-old son just died of Malaria. At this point in … Continue reading →

Three out of five in the Cox household have had malaria in the last few weeks and four out of five have had some type of viral infection. Miriam had the worst of it as she had malaria and the … Continue reading →

From time to time in this blog I write very honestly and bluntly about some of my struggles; this is one of those blogs. If reading blatant honesty from a missionary is not your cup of tea please feel free … Continue reading →

The last three weeks have involved intensive travel. Major event one was helping New Covenant Church with an unreached people group survey. Major event two was numerous key meetings here in Benin. Praise God that Dr Emmanuel Mbennah (TWR’s International … Continue reading →

In my last blog I told about two major events on the horizon: Bud and Chris’ visit to Benin to survey an unreached people group and Dr Mbennah’s trip to Benin to work on NGO status and shortwave. Since then, … Continue reading →