This Friday, November 19th is ExtraGive, a special opportunity to support our family and the the work of Bible Visuals International. Your gift to BVI will be stretched by the ExtraGive sponsors. For it to count towards ExtraGive, your gift will need to be made that day using the ExtraGive website link below.
This is just a short email to bring you up to date on a couple things and to remind you of the special opportunity mentioned above. In the last couple weeks we’ve been able to make good progress on our new Print-on-Demand format at the office. We recently upgraded the BVI printer at a reduced price. That’s the best kind of upgrade!

One key objective for the printer was that it be able to print high quality images on at least 9x12 poster board so we could offer some items in that format. We ran some tests on different sized paper (up to 12 x 18) and they’ve turned out great! A printer doesn’t really excite me but the opportunity it represents does.

  1. We can now offer in print some of our legacy items that may not have high demand. Some of the folks who really want these items are the least likely to be able to print them out themselves. 😀
  2. We can quickly add new items in print like stand-alone Bible lessons.
  3. We can offer more translated and customized materials in print.

These past few weeks we’ve been able to enjoy some time with our BVI family, our Harvest Bible Church family and our blood family! The last opportunity came during our travels down to Fairfax, Virginia to participate in the Mid-Atlantic Christian Educator’s Summit. During the trip we spent an evening with Betsy’s cousin and family who live in that area. It was great to reconnect with Peter and Elena and to meet Dalton for the first time!

We’d love to connect with you too. One way you can do that is by joining our new weekly Tuesday Partner Prayer on Zoom. Every Tuesday you can join us at 9:00 am ET for our BVI staff prayer time. In the past few weeks we’ve had some of our frontline ministry partners join us to share updates. Click below for the Zoom link.

We pray that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving next week. Our family is working through the book of Exodus and the Passover where God gave the Israelites an annual reminder of His care and provision. We pray that your holiday gatherings will prove one of those opportunities for you and your family.

Grace and peace,

Tom, Betsy and family
We spent one weekend with the O’Neill family attending the Always Ready Youth Conference (Ligonier Ministries) and a local hockey game between the Hershey Bears and the Providence Bruins!
Dinner and game night with the Kilcup family. The Luttmann and Kilcup gang are getting ready here for the dangerous trek along the Oregon Trail.
Fall weather means nice walks across the road in Landis Woods Park. The Hahn girls joined Jesse and Ginger and myself for an adventure.
Betsy’s first cousin, Peter and his wife, Elena, and son, Dalton. We enjoyed a great meal and sweet fellowship as family and family in Christ.
As the youngest of three boys I remember those rare occasions where I beat my brothers at something. Here’s Jesse, the winner at Settlers of Catan!
Our family enjoying a fall hike at Chickies Rock County Park