Emily Parke Chase
At last, our “Advent Adventure” has taken us into Jungle Camp! Here’s a glimpse of my new home as described in a letter home. “Like a small Tzeltal village, camp is a series of mud-walled, dirt-floored, and thatch-roofed buildings. The largest one is the kitchen and dining room where we meet. Smaller huts are toilets …
Read More Advent 2024 – Day 5Are you ready for take-off? Today’s “Advent Adventure” lifts us across the mountains and into Tzeltal country. Let me quote from my letter home that day: “I woke early, ready to fly out at a moment’s notice. Because we were among the last campers to arrive, we were also last on the flight priority list, …
Read More Advent 2024 – Day 4Welcome back! We are on an “Advent Adventure” traveling into the rainforests of Mexico. Upon arriving in the town of Las Casas, there were a lot of “lasts” before I flew into our campsite in la selva: writing a last note to my parents, enjoying a final hot shower, flushing a toilet, and sipping one …
Read More Advent 2024 – Day 3Glad you have chosen to join me for this “Advent Adventure – 2024.” We’re focusing on a journey I took over 50 years ago to the jungles of Mexico and seeing what lessons we can learn to prepare us for our own travels with Christ. When I arrived in Mexico in September of 1970, I …
Read More Advent 2024 – Day 2Welcome to “Advent Adventure 2024”! Advent is a special season for drawing closer to God. On each of the 24 days leading up to Christmas, I’ll offer a brief lesson that the Lord taught me as I went through a 5-month jungle training program in Mexico more than half a century ago! And, yes, each …
Read More Advent 2024 – Day 1Write and Live His Answer NOW: Encouragement to Impact our Culture will be released for publication this month! It is authored by my longtime writing friend, Marlene Bagnull, and it includes “Open Door Policy,” a section written by me. Copies can be pre-ordered at a discount through the Write His Answer bookstore (https://writehisanswer.com/viewproduct/550). “Marlene Bagnull …
Read More New publication appearing this month!