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Linguistics Crash Course!

January 30, 2013

Enjoy a laugh from this short clip from Singin’ in the Rain: Now imagine we have recently moved in among a people group and we are learning language. We have just observed these two ladies saying what seem to be the same words, but using different sounds to say them (they each said their “t” […]

Do you know who won?

January 27, 2013

Do you know who won the recent soccer game? It was My Country!! Even though I wasn’t in front of the television for the whole soccer game I could tell each time that they made a goal, since the neighborhood went wild. The game was thousands of miles away, but with each goal it sounded […]

Shadowing Jude

January 26, 2013

The best way I have found to slow Jude down while on a walk through our village is to make him wear shoes. 🙂 Only while his feet are constrained to civilized attire will he actually WALK with me (as opposed to run) as we visit our friends here. Life is like that for Jude-full […]

I’m leaving on a jet plane

January 17, 2013

Four days until takeoff. Just think – by Tuesday I’ll be experiencing the 90s and sunny. And lots of French. And different sights, sounds, and smells, that will likely become “normal” after a while. I think that it’s such a big transition that I can’t even understand it from this side of the ocean. That’s […]

Commissioning and Going Away Open House

January 16, 2013

Since I’m planning on leaving on Monday for My Country, this last Sunday was a special one at church. But since a picture is worth a thousand words, here are a few pictures so you can see what went on:

Three Tigak Hymns

December 29, 2012

Paul in his letter to the Colossians instructs the believers to “Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” (Col. 3:13) One of our Tigak Bible teachers out here named Paska has […]

Growing Along with Each Other

December 29, 2012

I try to never work out. I think I am allergic to physical activity. Anytime I exert energy, I break out in sweat and my heart starts racing, not to mention I feel out of breath. Afterwards, the next day, my muscles feel sore. Recently, however, I got my hands on some professional jump ropes […]

“Graduators”

December 28, 2012

According to Naya, mommy and daddy were Graduators last Friday, the 21st! Candid photo from Graduation! We had a lovely graduation ceremony at the MTC, and both of us received a Bachelors of Intercultural Ministries! We are SO thankful to each individual and church who has stood beside us and walked with us through love […]

David and Shari’s 25th Anniversary

December 21, 2012

On this day 25 years ago … David and Shari were married! After exchanging our vows we sang a song to each other called, “Household of Faith.” Not long after that we moved to Papua New Guinea and have spent the last 21 years here sharing that faith with people who didn’t know about God’s […]

I have a host family!

December 11, 2012

I have a host family! For my first three months in My Country I will be living with a Christian African family as I learn how to live life there. I am looking forward to getting to know them and learn from them. In my host family there is a father, a mother, a 16-year-old […]