Holding a Book

March 22, 2013

When we first started the literacy classes in Patpatar one of the students that attended was a young man who had a wife and several young children. He was a hard worker but quiet and reserved. His struggle with what might be anemia often causes him to be bed ridden on a mat in his […]

Elijah and tribal missions

December 30, 2012

What do Elijah and the widow of Zarephath have to do with tribal missions? The answer might surprise you. Tomorrow I will have the opportunity to talk about it at Sunnybrook Community Church. One of the things I intend to communicate is that God has a heart for the unreached people of the world. This […]

Say What?

November 7, 2012

My confidence in cross-cultural experience and knowing multiple languages was fading about as quickly as the line I was standing in. The visa office in the small African country was cozy especially considering there were about 20 of us taking up temporary residence in it. The line now resembled more of a football huddle around […]

Home Safe

September 21, 2012

A baby. A missionary. Five weeks in NICU and now safe at home. Fifteen hours lost at sea and now safe at home. Here’s how it happened: Briella has been home for over a week and is doing great. We are a family again! She was relesed from the NICU in the hospital at 5 […]

Why Us?

August 27, 2012

The night before we left the tribe to start heading back to America the Patpatar believers organized a farewell meal for us. Standing to his feet during the little program, one of the men began to share. “Why us? Many years ago God started to get up the thinking of Aaron and Lori so they […]

Hand-off

May 26, 2012

Yesterday, Lori and I sat in on the Patpatar adult literacy class. We each took a minute to thank the teachers and to encourage the students to continue to work hard and finish well. As we were getting ready to leave, one of the students stood and thanked us for developing the program, training teachers, […]

Coworkers

May 2, 2012

Last week we were excited to have our coworkers, Butch and Tammy Kunzer, back in the tribe with us. They had been away for a while tending to other needs so it was great seeing them again. Unfortunately, one of their reasons for returning was to let the Patpatar people know that they will be […]

Joy

April 19, 2012

This last week we finished the evangelistic lessons with 3 groups of Patpatar people who have been studying through God’s Word. At the conclusion, several of the men and women shared of their new found understanding and belief. One of the men in the village that I call grandpa who had just sat quietly in […]

“He died in my place”

April 7, 2012

“It’s not just about the story of the cross and how Jesus died on it, it is about belief,” one of the Patpatar men told me after hearing the Gospel presentation yesterday on Good Friday. I questioned him further, “Belief? Belief in what?” “Belief that Jesus’ died to make the payment for sin,” he replied. […]

Update on the Top 3 Last Week

April 1, 2012

Bracing themselves in the wind as the waves role in. I know that many of you have been praying for us this past week with all that was to be going on here in the tribe. Thank you so much for thinking of us and praying for us. Here is a brief update of the […]