Spring 2026 Newsletter
“…the stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.” Mt.21:42 The following is from Dr. Mark Claussen, a general surgeon and frequent volunteer at Loma de Luz. Do Not Grow Weary… Not quite three years ago, when I was making my first visit to Loma de Luz, I had instructed the Emergency Room staff […]
December 2025 Newsletter
“God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.” —Mt. 21:42 “He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds.” –Job 33 :15 Standing […]
Fall 2025 Newsletter
“…the stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.” Mt. 21:42 Out of the depths I have cried to you, O LORD. –Psalm 130:1 When you entered the lagoon at first light, the water was dead still, the mist hanging motionless like a memory. By now, a light breeze has worked its way up […]
Summer 2025 Newsletter
And Jesus answering said, “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves.…” —Luke 10:30a I must say that this particular trip didn’t start out so well. We were returning to Loma de Luz after a brief time up in the USA. We were in the US for: 1.) a semi-annual meeting of […]
Spring 2025 Newsletter
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things…. –Isaiah 52:7 Dear Cornerstone Friends— Dr. Sarah Girardi visited Loma de Luz recently on a short-term mission trip. She wrote to us afterward about her experience and offered her […]
December 2024 Newsletter
A sower went out to sow his seed.… –Luke 8:5 Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. –John 12:24 One sultry night this summer past, we all gathered, first at the house in Colonia […]
October 2024 Newsletter
For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. –2 Corinthians 4:5 The sign on the gate of Loma de Luz states it plainly: “Dios Obra Aqui,” God is at work here. I am reminded of that truth in many ways each day. Although […]
Summer 2024 Newsletter
Therefore, brethren, I implore you by the mercies of God to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice that is holy and acceptable to God—a spiritual act of worship. Do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewal of your minds, so that you will be able to discern the will […]
April 2024 Newsletter
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. –John 16:33 Robert Frost wrote that “A poem begins with a lump in the throat….” I find that applies to most tales worth telling. When this one […]
December 2023 Newsletter
… And Mary said, “My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. For He hath regarded the low estate of His handmaiden; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. —Luke 1:46-48 The leaden sky implacable denies the sun’s domain, While we below seek to and […]