Von Raeder

Happy Anniversary! This New Year’s Eve December 31 is our thirty ninth wedding anniversary! We met in May of 1983, became an “item” in October of 1983, and were married on December 31, 1983. God has blessed us with a life of adventure. We are each other’s best friend as well as the love of […]

Merry Christmas A very Merry Christmas to all of you. Thanks so much for all of your love, encouragement, prayers, and support. We appreciate your interest in our ministry as we continue to encourage, equip, and edify the Body of Christ by serving the Nepali Church. We pray for you and hold you in our […]

“But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.” Please pray for: The various Christmas outreaches that House of Hope Church and other churches are doing during this season. Our family as this is […]

Something to Think About

Solukhumbu Ministry Trip 1. Junbesi Grace Church On Sunday November 13th we left Kathmandu with Pastor Chhiring Sherpa for a 15-day ministry trip to 5 churches in the beautiful and remote region of Solukhumbu. Solukhumbu is in the Everest region of Nepal. The fellowships are small, and the believers are in need of biblical training […]

Everest Basecamp We are blessed to be going with pastor Chhiring Sherpa to Everest Basecamp. We will Lord willing, have the opportunity to build relationships with the people of that rejoin and pray. Our hope is to be able to return in the off season and spend more time with the people in the Khumbu […]

Goodbye USA Well, we had a great visit to Colorado and tomorrow September 13th we fly to Nepal! Lord willing, we should arrive Thursday morning September 15th. Thank you for your continued prayers for us as we embark on the next stage of our Christ journey. “God, the Lord is my strength…he makes me tread […]

Prayer Requests Off to Colorado Please keep us in prayer as we are Colorado this week catching up with old friends and visiting pastors and churches before leaving for Nepal next Tuesday, September 13th. Ministry Updates In Good Hands “But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.” My times are […]

Prayer Requests Colorado Trip Please keep us in prayer as we fly to Colorado on September 6th for a week to visit friends and our former church, VineLife Community Chruch in Longmont, CO. We plan to stay on Colorado from September 6th thru September 12th. Then off to Kathmandu! Nepal Prayer Requests Please pray for: […]

Big News! Peggy and I have been invited to join the mission organization “Be One Together.” We are excited and grateful to see how God blesses this partnership. We are including a website link for you to check out the organization. Also, if you have been financially supporting us, we have changed the giving link, […]