Monday’s Message

April 2, 2013

It took awhile for the news of the resurrection to get to the Patpatar, a couple thousand years actually. But when it reached them, how did they react? The power and the results of the resurrection of our Lord would eventually be understood by the early Christians, yet that Sunday when the angel said, “He […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]