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 […]