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Milestone reached in language learning!

August 20, 2018

After many many years, Aaron too now has graduated his formal Glarro language learning. That means that he can communicate with locals and make sense of what they are saying. And of course there is always more to learn. However he will now focus on preparing bible lessons in the Glarro language. Back in 2017 […]

Time for a break

January 10, 2017

Life in our village is quite draining. For example, the constant lack of privacy, the never ending demands from fellow villagers, the continuous challenges in language learning, and the frequent disappointments through corruption and dishonesty. All that brought us to a point where I for myself only wanted to get out of there (Africa). I […]

After all – flying is much faster! And, how would you cross that bridge?

September 2, 2016

When you live in the jungle, far off the last paved road, traveling is a challenge! Especially during the rainy season when roads can turn into something like a monster trucks challenge course. Needless to say that we are very glad that other mission organizations with airplanes and helicopters are in Liberia and are […]

Fresh from the sawmill….

September 2, 2016

It has been a while since our last post. And lots has happened. The good news is, that we did not get lost in the jungle. 🙂 Although, every now and then even a local gets disoriented while out in the jungle hunting and a search party is sent to find his whereabouts. Usually though, […]

First Trial Literacy Class on the way

January 21, 2016

As we near the end of our language and culture studies, we started to take the next step, a literacy program. We are still in the development stages, but it is exciting to finally start doing something else besides language learning. And, it is even more exciting to think about the day the Glarro will […]

Out for another term

March 24, 2015

It has been a longer time in the US than what we anticipated at first. But at last we got everything back together to return to Liberia for another term. Our passports came back from the Liberian embassy the very morning we left the US! It has been a refreshing and encouraging time back home […]

Ebola came and then…

December 8, 2014

… flights out of the country became scarce. Roadblocks multiplied to ensure no one with a fever is traveling anywhere. The situation became more and more uncertain. We had planned to come to the US in November, but after much consideration we left earlier to take care of what we were to have done a […]

Progress in spite of difficulties

December 8, 2014

Early 2014 we had gone back to our village. We continued our language studies and made quite some improvements. It was great to reconnect with friends there and to be able to deepen our relationships with many of the people there. We also learned a ton of new things about what they believe and how […]

Time for a break

September 14, 2013

After nearly 2 years in West Africa now, we are back in the Western hemisphere for a few months. We certainly do enjoy seeing family, friends and churches once again, even though some people have changed so much that they are hard to recognize…. 🙂 Besides that, we are also looking forward to meeting with […]

Plodding along

January 11, 2013

This last year we have been busy getting our new house livable and workable, without dropping our language sessions. In June, as soon as the doors and windows were hung, we moved into the construction site. Improvements have been made since then and we have a quite workable house by now. The house is quite […]