Stories of Impact

It is with deep sadness, yet with the hope and joy of knowing he is home with his Lord and Saviour, that we share the news that Mart DeHaan, former President of Our Daily Bread Ministries (ODBM) and grandson of ministry founder Dr. M.R. DeHaan, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2026, following complications from Guillain-Barré syndrome. He was 79.

For more than five decades, Mart served Our Daily Bread Ministries with distinction and humility. Beginning with what was then called Radio Bible Class in 1969, he became President in 1985 and served in that role until 2011. Under his leadership, the ministry expanded beyond radio into publishing, television, digital media, and other forms of Bible teaching. He oversaw the founding of Discovery House Publishers, now Our Daily Bread Publishing, and helped launch the conversational Bible-teaching program that became Discover the Word (heard on radio stations across Canada (and the US) and wherever you listen to podcasts world-wide, including on the Our Daily Bread app and this website).

Mart also had a special connection to our Canadian ministry, faithfully serving on the Board of Directors for Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada. We are grateful for the wisdom, encouragement, and spiritual leadership he invested in our ministry over the years.

Matt Lucas, the current global ODBM President and CEO, described Mart as “a unique blend of Bible scholar and leader. He had the courage to carry his grandfather’s ministry into new mediums to keep pointing people to Christ. And even after stepping down as president, he never stopped writing, teaching, and advising.” Yet those who knew Mart personally will remember that his influence came not simply from what he accomplished, but from who he was.

Memories from the Canada office

Donna, Donor Processing Specialist, remembers that shortly after meeting Mart, he asked her what God had been teaching her. Her response was the beautiful simplicity of the Gospel: Christ gave His life so that I could live. Mart treasured her answer and later shared it with the team. He had a way of making people feel welcomed, valued, and heard.

Lois, Ministry Services Representative, remembers Mart’s humility. She recalls a staff picnic in 1992 when a severe thunderstorm sent everyone running for shelter. The caterer, however, had to remain with his equipment. Lois watched Mart run down the hill with a large umbrella and stay with him until the storm passed. That simple moment says so much about Mart: he noticed people, and when he saw a need, he responded.

Kelley, Executive Assistant to Stephen Harbridge, remembers talking to Mart at a Canadian staff luncheon years ago. He remembered being told that she attended Dayspring Church of Windsor, founded by Mart’s friend, Bishop James Pittman, who had served at RBC Ministries (as it used to be known) as a counsellor, writer, and co-host of Discover the Word. Months later, while visiting the Grand Rapids office, Mart stopped her in the hallway. She was astonished that he could recall their earlier talk in Canada as he asked how her daughter was doing and inquired about Bishop Pittman.

Canadian Board Member Estherlita Griffiths remembers listening to Mart on the radio as a girl and growing in her knowledge of Christ through Radio Bible Class and Our Daily Bread Ministries. Her story reminds us that Mart’s influence reached far beyond those who knew him personally. Generations of people were encouraged to know Christ and understand Scripture more deeply because of his faithful service.

Stephen Harbridge, Canadian Executive Director, shares, “As I reflect on Mart’s life, I am reminded that a faithful legacy is ultimately measured not by positions held or accomplishments achieved, but by lives touched and Christ faithfully reflected. Mart did both remarkably well.”

Mart loved the Bible, welcomed honest questions, and consistently pointed people back to the character of God and the love of Christ.

He was preceded in death by Diane, his beloved wife of 52 years, and is survived by their children, Benjamin and Jennifer. We remember them in our prayers as they grieve their loss. At his request, the family planned a simple, private gathering.

May we honour his legacy by continuing the work to which he devoted his life: helping people discover the life-changing wisdom of the Bible.

Learn more about the DeHaan family (founders of Our Daily Bread Ministries) and the vision to see people of all nations know who Jesus is and experience a personal relationship with Him in the biography M.R. DeHaan: The Life Behind the Voice.

“What brought you here today?” 

As people found their seats, conversations started quietly across the rows as regular attendees noticed a lot of new faces that Christmas. 

It had been a bold move. After all, The Journey is a book that lays out the gospel in clear language. It contains the entire Gospel of John, and it answers the tough questions unbelievers and new believers often have. 

Not a lot of books are like it. And most of those 15,000 homes would never have been exposed to the gospel or received an invitation to church. 

But HPAC had decided to join The Journey Project, an ambitious plan of Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada to fill Canada with the gospel by working with churches to mail The Journey to every home in the postal code(s) around them. 

That Christmas, HPAC saw a 40 per cent increase in attendance! The neighbours were curious and they responded. 

“We have this idea that somehow it’s our job to get people saved,” says Stephen Harbridge, executive director for Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada. “It’s the Holy Spirit’s responsibility, but people need to hear the gospel. As Paul said in Romans 10, ‘How can they believe in the one that they have not heard?’ And how can they hear unless we preach or proclaim the gospel.” 

For HPAC lead pastor Travis Lacey, The Journey Project fit naturally with the church’s mission of “sharing the gospel with all our neighbours.”  

In the initial planning stages, the church had settled on distributing copies to close to 7,500, about half the homes in the surrounding area.  

For Heritage Park Alliance Church, The Journey Project became more than an outreach initiative. It became an opportunity for an entire congregation to step out in faith together, trusting God to work through their obedience.  

The true impact of the project cannot simply be measured in numbers distributed. Every book represented a person. A household. A conversation. A seed planted. 

“I would encourage pastors to have courage and be bold and to be open to taking a little bit of risk and seeing what the Holy Spirit will do with that,” says Pastor Travis. 

As HPAC continues serving its community, they know that God often uses simple acts of faithfulness to accomplish eternal work. Their role was to faithfully say yes. God is the One who changes hearts and brings about personal and church growth. 

“I can still see her face now.”

It’s surprising how a little booklet can make such a profound difference in a person’s life, but Rochelle Soza has witnessed the Lord working through the resources of Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada.

Faithfully believing that her ministry would be needed in the middle of a popular secular event, the founder of Sound of the Lord Mission in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia set up a booth at the Steveston Salmon Festival on Canada Day.

Amidst the parade, games, music, performers, and more, Rochelle set up a stand full of Discovery Series booklets and copies of Our Daily Bread, among other materials. She remembers how a woman who recently lost her husband made her way to the booth and gravitated to a certain topical booklet in the Discovery Series collection.

“She was holding on to this [Life After Loss] booklet. She said it’s been over five years since she lost her husband, but she started crying. Those are profound God moments you cannot put into words,” says Rochelle, who adds that she feels the topics covered by the Discovery Series seem to bring hope to people and a path to move forward with the issues they are dealing with.

“I think it’s impactful just us being there and being able to speak into people’s lives, just offering a word of comfort and listening, then giving them this resource to take home and read.”

Rochelle was already confident that the life-changing wisdom of Scripture highlighted in the resources produced by Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada could make a difference.

The mission volunteers regularly give out the Our Daily Bread devotional while handing out food to the unhoused population of Whalley, BC. It opens opportunities for us to spend time “talking, listening, and praying” with people.

“So, now, wherever I go, I carry Our Daily Bread in my backpack so I can give it to people,” says Rochelle.
She adds, “It’s sowing the seed. That is what we are called to do … because if we don’t sow the seed, there’s nothing for other people to water, and there’s nothing for God to give the increase to.”

• Would you want to distribute Our Daily Bread? It’s easy to order with no cost. Find out more.
• Discovery Series booklets provide Biblical insights into topical issues. They are also available at no cost, in several languages. Order here.

Born in Belgium in 1934, Marika could never have imagined her translations would one day bring spiritual hope to thousands across the French-speaking world.

But today, at 91 years old, (yes, you read that right!) she’s still faithfully translating devotionals for Notre Pain Quotidien (Our Daily Bread in French).

“The more I worked in God’s Word, the more I loved it. I always say to Jesus that I want to do what You want me to do.”

That passion has carried her through many seasons. For starters, the tools have changed, from typewriters to computers.

“I had to learn to work on a computer.” she says. “Once I’m on my computer and working.

“I don’t even think of having to eat. I’m so busy… maybe a little piece of Belgian chocolate,” she says with a hearty laugh.

She is driven to continue her work by a passion for translation and the conviction that the French world needs God Word. Most importantly, her deep love of Jesus fuels the work she does today.

“She’s such a sweetheart. So gentle,” says Cynthia Martineau, Manager of French Language Ministries with Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada.

“She has been concerned if she is still making a valuable contribution. Like asking me, ‘Am I still enough?” says Cynthia, who has assured her that is indeed very much needed.

Marika is on a translation team of about 10 translators and revisers, who reside in France and in Canada. For decades, she was the first translator in the process. These days, she is tasked with revising the translations.

“Actually, it is even more important than the initial translation,” says Cynthia. “She has the original English text next to the translation, and she is ensuring that we capture the essence of the text.”

Cynthia adds that Marika is really like a gatekeeper and performs a role that artificial intelligence (AI) never could. The translations need to capture the nuances of language but Notre Pain Quotidien also uses an international French for its global ministry, so Marika needs to ensure that the translator is not using a word or expression that would not be understood outside their country and context.

“Our devotionals draw people closer to God and to the Bible. It’s already a culture jump from the time and place of the Bible to French. But French is a language used in multiple cultures around the world. Marika and the team need to be almost oversensitive to this, so they provide the best possible devotional experience for francophones everywhere,” adds Cynthia.

For Marika, it’s been quite a journey. It started when she and her husband moved to Canada in 1960.

“God brought us here,” she says. 

Spiritually searching at the time, Marika prayed, “If you are really God, I would like you to let me know.” 

She and her husband both came to know Jesus, and she began to learn how to see life differently and listen for God’s leading.

While working as a university secretary in Québec, she took evening classes to learn English. A friend saw her potential in translation and told her, “You have a gift for it.” 

God opened doors, and that encouragement led her to one of the first French translations for Our Daily Bread more than 40 years ago, by our records!

“I never thought that one day I would be doing this,” she says, smiling, remembering that time so long ago. “It’s a real passion for me…I just love it! It’s more than a profession—it’s a profession of faith.”

Marika has translated God’s Word for readers in Canada, Europe, Africa, and beyond. Reading her Bible each day, every devotional she works on is rooted in her deep love for God.

Marika’s translations carry the message of Christ across cultures and continents. Each devotion she completes is a gift to someone she may never meet, but who will be encouraged by the translated words.

She is hopeful that the next generation will carry on her work. 

“I hope that there will be young people interested in doing the work, that there will be more translators. I won’t live 200 years!” (Marika encourages the youth today to be enthusiastic about the work they do!)

As for retirement, it’s not in the plan.

Biblical geography. Maybe those words intrigue you … or make you shy away. No matter if you’ve ever considered what “land” has to do with Scripture, we know a man who may just pique your curiosity and “turn up the volume on the Bible” for you.

Dr. John A. Beck. Although he is seminary-trained with two master’s degrees and a PhD, he is more like a friend who will walk with you to ignite a passion for learning more about Scripture than you ever thought possible. And, he likes to be called Jack.

This friendliness and approachability makes Jack a unique fit to host Our Daily Bread Ministries’ video series The Holy Land: Connecting The Land With Its Stories. 

“If we are people of place, and place is very much a part of how we’re shaped and how we interact with one another, then there’s no way I can leave my understanding of place out of any literature, much less the Bible,” Jack said. 

He believes that the Bible’s stories are so greatly impacted by location and setting, that it’s vital for us to truly understand how God communicated to His people in Scripture and to us today. Engaging with Scripture is “always a spirit-led process. Reading the Bible is different than reading another book.” 

Jack’s background in language and literature informed one way for him to view Scripture. But in grad school, he met a Bible geographer who sparked his interest in how the biblical authors and poets used geographical content to shape the learning—or faith—experience. Since then, incorporating geography as a tool in his multi-faceted toolbelt has allowed Jack to bring a whole new level of understanding to others.

As an adjunct professor at Jerusalem University College, he regularly travels to the Holy Land to teach and lead tours. These tours often cover over 100 miles of hiking in 10 to 12 days so people can experience the rugged outdoors and “feel” what the people on the pages of the Bible felt.

Jack is a scholar who has collaborated with Our Daily Bread Ministries (ODBM) to write numerous books, teach online classes, and film four seasons of The Holy Land. His first book with ODBM, the Discovery House Bible Atlas, was published in 2015 and was well-received because it was more like a Bible commentary that married the land with the stories. (Fun fact: The French translation is soon to be released by the Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada and distributed around the world. It has taken more than 12 years to translate with two attempts because many of the concepts, places, and names have never been translated to French before.)

Ten years later, this work has being re-published as the Our Daily Bread Bible Atlas. Even if you have the first atlas, the new version is a great addition to your library. “The clarity within the essays has gotten stronger,” Jack said. “The visuals have gotten a big touch-up. It really is a new piece, reflecting both maturity in my own thinking of the topic and the communication of that and the illustrations.”

Season 4 of The Holy Land video series has now been released, so we can virtually travel with Jack to Samaria, the Southern Wilderness, and Jerusalem. His goal in every season of this series is “to take folks into the land and show them that there’s a connection between how things happened and where they happened.” He guides us to a region and tells the arc of stories that happened there, organizing the content by historical location rather than a chronological approach.

Although Jack treasures all his excursions on these production shoots, one of his most memorable times was in the Jezreel Valley at the spring where Gideon and his army drank (Judges 7). It happened to be a holiday, so many families with children were camping and enjoying themselves. When the kids invited Jack into the water, he immediately rolled up his pantlegs, took off his shoes, and joined them laughing and splashing in the cool water. 

Although the spontaneous moment led to the demise of the microphone he still wore, Jack heartily agreed, “I’m grateful for those moments that are unplanned, unscripted but absolutely spot on!”

Jack appreciates exploring in his personal life, too. He and his wife Marmy live in Germantown, Wisconsin but are often soaring around the country in the airplane they built themselves. “We’re always up for an adventure. We egg each other on and sometimes it takes us outside the bounds of what makes sense to do,” Jack chuckled.

Whether it’s snowshoeing in the Colorado Rockies with Marmy or leading an expedition of eager students in Israel, Jack loves being outdoors and bringing the stories of the Bible to life. “This is my passion . . . to turn the volume up on those things that maybe get less attention,” Jack said. “I hope you leave your time with me a more interested, informed, and engaged Bible reader.”

Adventure with Jack Beck:

• A Walking Tour of the Gospels
• Our Daily Bread Bible Atlas
• The Holy Land DVD series

Tucked inside the West Edmonton Mall, lives are being quietly changed—not with sales, but with compassion, conversation, and the power of the gospel. 

The Lovedmonton Chapel is a ministry planted right in the heart of West Edmonton Mall (WEM), a place visited by more than 30 million people each year!

“This is an outreach community,” Braden explains. “Our goal is to be a storefront to the gospel in WEM. We want to be a place where the gospel can be spread in the mall.”

From youth with nowhere else to go to curious tourists, the chapel ministers to a wide range of people. Open every day of the week and weekend, the team also offers coffee, prayer, and encouragement to employees who work in the mall. But this unique mission field also presents challenges—especially engaging passersby in meaningful, faith-centred conversations.

That’s where the Discovery Series display comes in.

The display has become an impactful ministry tool inside the chapel, serving as both a resource and a pulse check on the spiritual needs within the mall. Booklets on anxiety, depression, and anger are picked up the most—often restocked because they are snapped up quickly.

“It’s really helpful for tracking what the mall is sensing at the time,” Braden notes. “I can even tailor our youth lessons to what people are gravitating toward.”

The chapel space, which resembles a coffee shop, offers a space for youth who come to the mall simply because they have nowhere else to go. Music, games, snacks, Bible studies, and genuine conversations pave the way for gospel encounters. 

Braden’s vision is simple: to meet people where they’re at. “Because it’s not a big pressure thing, you can say, ‘Do any of these interest you?’  instead of saying ‘you really need this one.’” He trusts the Holy Spirit will do the rest.

In a place where faith isn’t expected, Lovedmonton Chapel is making the hope of Jesus not just visible—but accessible, one visitor at a time.

Braden from the Lovedmonton Chapel is a volunteer Ministry Ambassador for Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada. That means he is approved by the chapel leadership to serve as a connection point between his ministry and ours. It helps Lovedmonton figure out what resources we have and how we can help.

Consider becoming an Ambassador for your church or organization today!

November 2025 | It was new territory for our ministry—hanging out with 3,000 young people from all over Ontario.

But we know it’s where God wants us, partnering with churches and organizations to meet the needs of today’s youth.

What a blessing it was for all involved this fall!

Last month, three team members from Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada hosted a booth at the Change Conference in Toronto. This annual event is held in several big Canadian cities, hosted by Youth for Christ, an organization that dates back to the 1940s.

[Fun fact: Evangelist Billy Graham was Youth for Christ’s first full-time staff member in the U.S.!]

We weren’t sure what to expect. We had 600 hand-made buttons promoting Bible engagement at the table, and we hoped they would open the door to conversation.

Turns out, those buttons were a hit and, giving one per person who requested it, we quickly ran out!

It was a great opportunity to offer the young people copies of Our Daily Bread and Discovery Series booklets, which are always free. We also had a chance to explain the meaning of a devotional and why the spiritual practice helps draw you into Scripture daily.

We distributed hundreds of materials, and many people scanned the QR code to find out about Reclaim Today, a brand of Our Daily Bread Ministries for young people under 30.

We also brought a social media influencer from Windsor, ON with us. Rheema loves the Lord and regularly gives Our Daily Bread to people in the community, boldly sharing stories on Instagram.

This is all possible because of our donors. We’re so thankful they share our mission of making the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all, and they trust that we’ll follow the Lord’s leading to make that happen.

“Witnessing the passion of the next generation reminded me that God is still changing lives and writing new stories through our ministry,” says Andrea, Ministry Services Supervisor.

“Seeing them worship affirmed that Christ Himself is building His church. Every seed we plant through Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada is a seed He can use to grow tomorrow’s legacy of faith, hope, and unshakable trust in Christ. The same God who was faithful to the last generation is shining just as brightly in the next,” she adds.

Be encouraged—the youth of today are hungry for truth and willing to hear from Bible-based ministries on how to find that truth. In our case, we direct them to Scripture through our devotionals, social media, podcasts, and the Discovery Series (Bible-based booklets with answers to topical issues).

We can’t wait to see the fruit from these seeds. And we can’t wait to sow more seeds. Please consider partnering with us so we can reach younger generations.

*Content Warning: This written feature and accompanying video mention drug and alcohol abuse, sexual abuse, and suicide.

September 5, 2024

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13). At the most crucial turning point in Niki Schlottman’s life, these words rang true. She had lived through childhood trauma, decades of drug and alcohol abuse, and the nagging feeling of never being enough. And she was done.

“I was beyond desperate,” Niki recalled. “When you get that desperate, you commit suicide.” What kept her from taking her own life was the thought of leaving her three children with that anguish—something she had dealt with ever since her father committed suicide when she was a child.

Niki grew up going to church and learning about God. But when her childhood started to unravel, she couldn’t make sense of a good God who would allow awful things to happen. Her parents went through a divorce. Her dad was a closet alcoholic. Once when he was drunk, he sexually abused her. When he couldn’t live with the guilt, he shot himself in the living room.

“I knew there was a God,” Niki explained. “I just didn’t know how to reconcile who people said God was with what was happening in my life.”

Gripped by anxiety, Niki was prescribed Xanax and Vicodin at 16 years old. The medication numbed the emotional pain, but it took more and more pills to keep silencing the voices in her head. This led to years of drug abuse and desperate measures to ensure she had the fix she needed.

It took several rehabs before Niki was able to get clean from all the illegal drugs she was taking. Niki said, “I always knew I shouldn’t drink because my dad was an alcoholic, but once they took all the pills away, I had nowhere to turn, so I turned to alcohol.”

Eventually, the alcohol abuse caught up with her too. Three separate times she nearly died from alcohol poisoning. She got cirrhosis. She even woke up on a ventilator in the hospital because her heart stopped working. Niki was still clinging to the fact that she knew there was a God and considered herself a Christian, but she couldn’t see a way to be freed from what she was experiencing.

One day as she sat on her porch, she reached the breaking point. She had regularly been begging God to let her die. Niki couldn’t justify suicide in her mind, but she didn’t know how to live with the weight of the emotional pain she’d been stuffing down for decades.

“So, I finally surrendered and just cried out, ‘Lord, I know you’re the answer, but I don’t know how you’re the answer,’” Niki confessed. At that moment, everything changed. The Holy Spirit nudged her with the verse from Jeremiah . . . seek and you will find. And suddenly, God—Abba Father—became very personal to her.

“I realized that I never truly knew God,” Niki said. After her encounter on the porch, she eagerly began reading the Scriptures to understand who God said He was. She found a loving Father who had been with her all along and who revealed Himself in the pages of her Bible. He also led her to a team of Christian doctors and counsellors who were able to provide her with the tools she needed to get healthy mentally and spiritually.

“I realized that what was holding me back was me not being able to forgive myself and not being able to forgive my dad,” Niki said. Once she fully understood how Jesus extended grace to her, she could extend grace to her father. “I wish now that my dad could have forgiven himself. He was in Vietnam, and it did awful things to him. I wish he could have met the God I met through the struggle.”

Once God freed Niki from her emotional burdens, He also removed her desire to drink and smoke and replaced those crutches with a hunger for Scripture. “The Bible isn’t just a book. God opens the eyes of your heart, and the Bible becomes real,” Niki said. “Jesus is who He says He is. It’s nothing that I did. Jesus changed something in me, and He made me a new creation.”

Just a few weeks after Niki’s encounter, God opened the door for her to work at Our Daily Bread Ministries. “God planted me here,” Niki said with a huge smile. “It’s an amazing place to work. Since I’ve been here, I’ve read devotional after devotional. I’ve been consuming a lot more of the Word of God.”

As Niki nurtures her faith, she is truly experiencing the comforting peace that God gives her. He has proven Himself trustworthy, and Niki explained, “I’m trying to learn to be obedient to Christ. I’m trying to model for my kids what following God is. God can redeem you no matter where you’ve been. There is hope for everyone.”

Hear more from Niki about how Scripture transformed her life in the video below.

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When people think of Our Daily Bread Ministries, they usually think of our pocket-sized devotionals. People all over the world have personally encountered Jesus by stumbling upon a printed copy of Our Daily Bread in coffee shops, churches, hospitals, and prisons. 

Many people know that the long-lasting devotional originates from Grand Rapids, Michigan, with contributing writers from the US, Canada and around the world. But do they know how these booklets end up where they do here in Canada and elsewhere?

Our Daily Bread Ministries in the US wants to share a story with us to help answer that question.

Staff there say they are “overwhelmingly grateful to partner with 145,000 Our Daily Bread Ambassadors.”

Just like in Canada where we have more than 10,000 Our Daily Bread Ambassadors, these are people who are committed to spreading the gospel by ordering a self-selected number of devotionals and distributing them to their neighbours, local businesses, churches, and various other people encountered in daily life. It’s because of our Ambassadors that the Our Daily Bread devotional is reaching nearly every corner of the globe. 

The US staff are introducing us to one such Ambassador: Bob Morris.

After serving 26 years in the US Air Force, including a tour in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era and later supporting Desert Storm and Desert Shield in Iraq, he retired as a full colonel. After investing 31 years so far at the Salvation Army, Bob has also served as a loyal Our Daily Bread Ambassador for 30 years, distributing and placing somewhere between 50,000 to 60,000 devotionals. 

“My favourite aspect is being used by God to distribute His Word through a nondenominational devotional. I also love witnessing the joy and excitement people have when they’re presented with an Our Daily Bread devotional. In the 30 years I’ve distributed the devotional, I can think of only four people who declined a copy.” 

Bob receives 500 devotionals every three months and places them in colleges, universities, hotels, motels, airports, doctor’s offices, copy centers, banks, transportation centers, museums, and wherever else he can. 

Over the years, Bob has accepted the help of six friends, all with varying backgrounds, to hand out and place the Our Daily Bread devotional all over the Illinois and Missouri area. 

His favourite experience of placing the devotionals is seeing young people pick them up. Another meaningful experience was when he used to be able to go to airport boarding areas and leave the devotionals on seats for passengers. “I saw the Our Daily Bread taken by passengers to read as they flew to their destinations sometimes overseas,” Bob shared. “I don’t know the impact my personal distributions have made, but I know I’ll find out someday in heaven.” 

Sometimes Bob gets to speak directly with the devotional recipient. While he usually leaves printed copies in public places for people to pick up, Bob has also had the opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus by getting to listen to various people’s stories. He says, “I’ve had the privilege of discussing spiritual matters with people from all walks of life using the Our Daily Bread devotional and other Christian material.” 

While Bob acts as a humble servant of Christ, willing to listen to anyone’s story, he made it clear that none of it was by his own doing. “The people who talk to me do so because of the Holy Spirit, not because of me. . . . I get the publication into the hands of the public and God does the rest. I just plant the seeds.” 

When asked why he likes to read Our Daily Bread, he said, “It provides spiritual insight and even application to situations and circumstances that readers relate to in their everyday lives.” 

Similarly, when asked about the importance of digging into God’s Word daily, Bob also shared this passage: “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16–17 NIV). 

Today, Bob resides in Saint Louis, Missouri, with his wife of 55 years, enjoying time with their eight grandchildren, and serving as members of their local church. He’s still a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the Experimental Aircraft Association, and the Greenville Pilots Association, and while he no longer is a command pilot, he is still a licensed pilot. 

Our Daily Bread Ministries is so grateful for the devoted partnership with Ambassadors. If Bob’s story inspired you to join our Ambassador Program, he recommends praying about it first and asking God if He wants you to do this.

In Canada, we have two levels of commitment for Ambassadors: 1) Our Daily Bread Ambassadors order and hand out the devotionals every three months; and 2) Ministry Ambassadors connect with us more regularly so they are aware of our wide variety of ministry materials and can equip their church or organization as needed.

If YOU are an Ambassador in Canada already, please consider sharing your story with us so we can showcase what God is doing through you here in Canada! Just email [email protected] and let us know the best time to connect with you!