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Physical Therapy For Gwandambi

December 3, 2012

I (Shari) have been going over to the village to check on Gwandambi ‘s progress. His parents have been helping him with the physical therapy on his leg, and I made up a chart to help him reach some daily goals. When I see that he has fulfilled his goals I give him a little […]

Home Assignment Travels

November 28, 2012

Since we arrived back in the United States on April 29 for our home assignment, we have logged over 18,000 miles on the road. Over the summer we traveled across the southwest to California, up the coast all the way to Washington, across the north as far as Wisconsin, and back down through the Midwest […]

INADEQUATE & INSUFFICIENT!!!!

November 28, 2012

It’s count-down time, folks! 4 WEEKS LEFT of classes here at the MTC! (We will graduate, become members of NTM, and Lisa will take Linguistics next semester.) WHAT OUR TRAINING HAS NOT DONE FOR US: It has not given us all the answers. It has not given us full Biblical knowledge. It has not eliminated […]

1st N.I.P. Believers Conference!

November 25, 2012

I love “firsts.” As the mother of young children I get to experience them all the time and there is nothing quite so wonderful as being able to be there for something happening that has never happened before! I get to stand back, watch it and rejoice! We have just been able to be a […]

Gwandambi Comes Home

November 19, 2012

Gwandambi Comes Home After about three months in the hospital out in town Gwandambi arrived home today. It was sooo wonderful to see him and his dad, Rison, again today. They are enjoying being home again and catching up with relatives. We’re thankful Gwandambi is alive and still has his leg. However he still can’t […]

Mommy’s Day Out

November 18, 2012

Being a missionary as a wife and the mother of two young children is a handful. There are definitely limits to what I can be involved in here in terms of how much I can be out with the people, how long I am out and where I can go. In spite of these limitations […]

Ever thought of landing on a dirt road?

November 9, 2012

This week in our training, we had a great time learning how to do package drops. We had a few bags filled with rocks and lime stone and tried to hit a 10ft by 10 ft box, flying 85 MPH 100 ft above the ground . It was not as easy hitting my mark as […]

Lots of good news!

November 7, 2012

Let me share with you some of the good news and exciting things that have happened lately in my journey to get to My Country in West Africa, to be a Bible translator. 1. I purchased a plane ticket! I am planning on leaving for My Country, West Africa, on January 21, or 75 days from […]

Connection Lost?

November 5, 2012

Imagine hanging up the phone like this: “Good bye! I’ll talk to you again in a few months.” We had a mini 2-week ‘taste’ of this: Practical Skills/Simple Living class, during which we cut ourselves off from modern conveniences . Making flour tortillas with daddy We practiced ‘supply buying’- ordering our food for the next […]

Nathan & Abby

October 29, 2012

In just over two weeks, on November 14th, Beth’s younger sister Abby and her husband Nathan will be MOVING to Asia Pacific! We are so excited for them and feel like just yesterday we were leaving the comfort and security of our home country to head into the unknown of moving to another country. It […]