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; […]

Update

September 20, 2011

Lori speaking at the literacy graduation. We have found that at times life for everyone presents itself as a juggling act that we all must perform. In this update, I will present to you the different events that have happened in the last month and a half or so that have kept us juggling. In […]

A Decade

August 13, 2011

One of the families reviewing over some notes August 12, 2001: With the stops along the way, it had been three days of travel. Jumping time zones, standing in customs lines, and squeezing in crowded airplanes made sleep a bit of a luxury. Most of our luggage had been lost in transit, but at least […]

Hungry

April 16, 2011

In our first days back in Patpatar this last March I had a lot of questions. What happened while we were gone? How are our brothers and sisters doing here? What is going to happen this time back? There is a certain believer here that always seems to amaze me. I actually find him quite […]

Door Ajar

April 3, 2011

The boys taking a peek into the office. Remember that riddle from elementary school: When is a door not a door? When it is ajar! That riddle comes flooding back to my memory every time I see the little red icon of car with its’ doors open illuminated on the dash board. The built-in vehicle […]

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 […]

Technology

February 27, 2011

Aaron, Lori, Avalon, Sierra, and Kylee captured by pixels. We were aware of cell phones before our arrival in the States before Christmas, but they had changed. I watched in awe as 8 finger typing was replaced by miniature scaled 2 thumbed typing. Telegram length messages in abbreviated codes jumped from screen to screen on […]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

January 1, 2011

The girls welcomed to a cold white Iowa. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all! We are so very thankful as we look at this past year for all of the faithful support God has provided through many of you in prayer, encouragement and financially. As we reflected on Christmas in church last […]