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 […]

Merry Christmas

December 25, 2012

I wish I could freeze this moment. All is quiet; I am sitting in front of the fireplace by the Christmas tree; the snow is falling outside. My girls are getting ready for family pictures and then a Christmas Eve service where we will reflect on God’s gift to mankind through His Son Jesus. Meanwhile […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]