James' Travel Blog

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to family and friends! I continue to live and work near Washington, DC, making nautical charts. My extended family is well, including my sister Lisa and her husband John , and my niece Jenny and her husband Jason near Sacramento, California; my sister Drea in Austin, Texas, as well as family and friends elsewhere. I continue playing guitar at the Bible Church of the Nations in Falls Church, VA; participating in Bible studies with Eleos Healing Global Mission , and leading “Sunday School on the Street” with 21st Century Hand-to-Hand (21CH2H) in Annandale. I continue to sponsor children through Compassion International in South and Central America, and in Ghana, Africa. I also kept in touch with friends like Gipson in Ecuador and Enmy in Nicaragua. Local ministry in Annandale, VA J ames and Jackie with Annandale youth, September 2025 Throughout the year, I supported Jakelin and 21CH2H to teach Bible lessons to children outdoors on Saturdays, a...

  James Ford – 2024 Christmas Newsletter Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to my family and friends! I thank God for your love and friendship, that you have been part of my life. I hope your year has been full of blessings in our Lord Jesus Christ. Chat with Jakelin, Gipson and Enmy, August 2024 I continue to live and work near Washington, DC, making nautical charts. My extended family is well, including my sister Lisa and her husband John , and my niece Jenny and her husband Jason near Sacramento, California; my sister Drea in Austin, Texas, as well as family and friends elsewhere. I continue to serve in church and other ministries. I continue to sponsor eleven children through Compassion International in South and Central America, and in Ghana, Africa. I hope to travel again in 2025 when Compassion re-starts their tours of outreach projects in various countries, and hopefully meet some of my sponsored kids. I’ve also kept in touch with friends like Gipson in Ecuador and En...

 Newsletter for 2023 Jakelin, Enmy, James, Gipson & me Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to my family and friends! I thank God for your love and friendship, that you have been part of my life. I hope yours has been full of blessings from God also. In this past year, I’ve largely continued past ministries and activities.   I continue to live and work near Washington, DC, making nautical charts. My extended family is well, including my sister Lisa and her husband John , and my niece Jenny and her husband Jason near Sacramento, California; my sister Drea in Austin, Texas, as well as family and friends elsewhere. I continue helping to lead worship music with the Bible Church of the Nations (formerly the MBC Latino ministry at McLean Bible Church ), and with the Eleos Healing Global Mission ministry in Falls Church, VA.   I continue to sponsor and exchange letters with children in Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Ghana through Compassion International , but I h...

Jakelin, Enmy, Gipson and James Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to my family and friends! I thank God for your love and friendship, that you have been part of my life. I hope yours has been full of blessings from God also.    I continue to live and work near Washington, DC, making nautical charts. My extended family is well, including my sister Lisa and her husband John , and also my niece Jenny and her husband Jason near Sacramento, California; and my sister Drea in Austin, Texas, as well as family and friends elsewhere. On Sundays, I help lead worship music for the MBC Latino ministry at McLean Bible Church (MBC), and for the Eleos Healing Global Mission ministry in Falls Church, VA.   I started the new year visiting friends in Ecuador , at the end of our one-week mission with Dino and Cecy and Jakelin from Eleos Healing Global Mission . I’ve kept in touch with good friends like Gipson in Ecuador and Enmy in Nicaragua through social apps and occasional v...

Video chat with Enmy, Gipson and Jakelin  - April 2021 Merry Christmas, family and friends! I thank God for your friendship, that you have been part of my life. It has been a difficult year, although filled with many blessings. I hope yours has been full of blessings from God also. I continue to live and work near Washington, DC, making nautical charts. I attend McLean Bible Church (MBC) where I recently got involved with MBC Latino through food donation outreaches . I continue helping Eleos Healing Global Mission , where I play with music for our online worship services.  My family is well, I thank God that no one has suffered from COVID – my sister Lisa and her husband John , and also my niece Jenny and her husband Jason near Sacramento, California; and my sister Drea in Austin, Texas, as well as extended family and friends elsewhere.  I’ve also kept in touch with good friends like Gipson in Ecuador and Enmy in Nicaragua, through occasional video chats with friend...