Hospital Life

August 10, 2012

It is hard to believe that Briella is almost a week old. Mom and Dad have sure enjoyed holding her and talking to her and her sisters look forward to every visit to the hospital to see their little sister. Briella is doing great. In her first few days of life in the real world […]

The Baby is Here

August 4, 2012

It’s a girl! Briella Roylynn Luse has joined her 3 sisters in the big wide world. Shortly after the last update earlier today her heart rate began to fall. They quickly did a ultrasound and after a low score and no movement it was decided that it was time to take our breech baby. Within […]

Expecting the Unexpected

August 4, 2012

We are expecting! That is the old news. The unexpected news is that we may have the baby tonight. Here is the story: We have now been back in the States for over a month. In that time we have spent quite a bit of time on the road seeing friends, family, supporters, and churches. […]

The Aaron’s Family

June 4, 2012

Remember the old black and white tv show about the peculiar family down the road. The show always started out with that same old snapping song, “They’re creepy and they’re kooky, Mysterious and spooky, They’re all together ooky, The Addams family.” I never got to see too many shows growing up, but remembered being amused […]

Not Enough

February 21, 2012

Tati with another man learning from God’s Word. “I want to hear all of this teaching. I want to get it all,” said Tati. Tati, one of the older Patpatar men, was telling me this in reference to the evangelistic Bible lessons he has been coming to hear. He went on, “I am not a […]

We Gather Together

November 24, 2011

“So Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s Word and ate from the fruit, right? They were separated from God and put outside the garden, true? The road to get back was blocked by an angel with a flaming sword and there was no way to sneak around, trick the angel, go in at night or anything; […]

Suitcases and Tsunamis

March 13, 2011

We are located on the 6 hr line. After 2 days of travel, just after sunset, we touched down in a small town on the island on which we live. Despite Sierra making use of the sickness bags on many of the flights we had a great trip and arrived safely with all of our […]

Carry-ons and Co-workers

March 3, 2011

Our last outing in the States…climbing mounting like in Papua New Guinea. As I write this I am sitting on the last row of the airplane surrounded by my wife and girls and all or our “personal bags” with our five carry-ons hovering in the bins above and we hope the suitcases are somewhere beneath […]

The 4th

July 4, 2010

Gathering on the 4th of July It is the 4th of July here in Papua New Guinea. It is a beautiful, warm, sunny day, but it doesn’t feel like the 4th. There are no flags waving, no picnics planned, no red, white and blue (except for a banner my girls put up in the house […]

Fixing Broken Stuff

May 23, 2010

Lori assisting Sierra on a recent hike to a village. You ever had one of those weeks? You know, the kind where nothing seems to go right. The kind of week that by the end you are not surprised by another breakdown. That has been the kind of week we have had. Lightning played with […]