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Early Evaluations

Early Evaluations

During Amy’s recent language evaluation, our consultant asked her to discuss colors. Looking down at her beautifully patterned traditional skirt, Amy pointed to a section and began to demonstrate her hard-earned vocabulary. “This is yellow,” she said in Nahuatl to our friend Lenny – who had come to help with the evaluation. “And this…” At […]
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April 2021 Update

April 2021 Update

Translation Update Over a year ago we began an in-depth proofreading and revision process of all 10,000+ verses that have been translated to date. Most of the ‘revisions’ were just small adjustments to the text for it to flow more naturally. We are happy to report that we have completed that step of the preparations […]
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Reservoirs and Wells

Reservoirs and Wells

The water is cut. It’s early in the morning and it’s out again. We have a bucket, so we should be fine for a while.  Eventually the bucket runs out and I go to the reservoir, only to realize that we have forgotten to fill it up. It’s almost empty and suddenly the water shortage […]
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April 2021

April 2021

He is not here! He is Risen, as He said!       Luke 24 has become one of my favorite chapters in the Bible.  The Lord Jesus is so patient with his disciples.  They are very quick to question and slow to believe.  I feel an affinity with them sometimes.  Probably more than I want to […]
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Good tidings of great joy

Good tidings of great joy

And behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy! Wait, wait, that’s the wrong story.  That’s what we celebrate at Christmas, not Easter!   But if we really think about it . . . we celebrate good tidings of great joy at Christmas because that’s where we see a huge turning point in the story […]
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Kids and Kindess

Kids and Kindess

“Are they all yours?!”  I hear this phrase a lot whether in the US, or in Senegal. Any time I am out with all 5 of my kids, people tend to comment. I love the pleasure that I hear in peoples’ voices when they comment here though.  I recently took a trip up to the […]
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We’re Heading Back to PNG

We’re Heading Back to PNG

This has been a long unpredictable year of change, but we finally received word late Monday night that our Papua New Guinea entry request was approved. YEAH! What started as a 90 day quick trip to close up Andrea’s mother’s estate and help settle a family member into a good housing situation has turned into […]
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Green Light

Green Light

Hey friends, In one month’s time, God has brought in 27.5% of our needed monthly support, for a current total of 77.1%. We hope you rejoice with us for what He has done! We are grateful for those who have chosen to partner with us, it’s exciting to see Him continuing to build our team.We were praying […]
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Introducing Avonlea Rose and Tessa Joelle!

Introducing Avonlea Rose and Tessa Joelle!

We welcomed Avonlea Rose on March 27 at 4:52 am weighing 6 lb 12 oz. Her sister Tessa Joelle was mighty comfy in the womb and waited almost 13 hours before she joined us at 5:47 pm weighing 8 lb 2 oz. Emily gave us a big scare with some bad hemorrhaging but by Gods […]
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Just fishing

Just fishing

“GO YE” is not an option, it is a command. Jesus said, ” Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men.” Stand aside as I throw my line, we need a few good men and women, maybe you are the one for the task.
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