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Last day with 3 PPMMP Students

Last day with 3 PPMMP Students

Today was our last day with Anton, Sam & Anis. Tomorrow they will be on their way by ship to Sulawesi to attend the missionary training center. We along with a  couple co-workers had lunch with two of the guys mentioned above. Sam was visiting his dad in the hospital. Pray for Sam’s dad. After […]
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Iris, Our Strong Little Flower

Iris, Our Strong Little Flower

As most of you know, our wonderful daughter Iris (Hebrew, meaning “flower”) has finally made her entrance into the world!  Every day we are filled with praise to the Lord for her life and feel incredibly blessed.  We wanted to share with you a little more detail about how Iris was born to give more glory to […]
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Tribal Tech

Tribal Tech

After many years of heavy use our deep-cycle batteries were no longer holding a charge. Since we rely on these to run our home and the computers that we use for translation there was an urgent need to get them replaced. The Lord provided for this need through two special financial gifts that were just […]
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Got Food?

Got Food?

As you can imagine, living on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean takes some getting used to. Many simple things that we don’t think twice about having or getting in the States, take much preparation to ensure we have on our island. When we run out of sugar or flour there is […]
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may God’s name be made great in our pain

may God’s name be made great in our pain

Hello from Panama! The checking of the Kuna literacy materials has gone very well. The Lord’s timing is so perfect! The Kuna Bible translation team has recently made some significant changes in the spelling of certain words and hyphenation. Since the literacy program’s main focus is to equip people to read the Kuna Bible, we […]
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Teaching

Teaching

In our last update a few weeks ago, we mentioned that the kids and I (Jennifer) had all been suffering from coughs, and that the kids had fevers. Shortly after we wrote that e-mail, Tyndale took a quick turn for the worse. His breathing was very rapid and labored, suggesting pneumonia, so we decided we […]
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Quick Update and Special Prayer needs!

Quick Update and Special Prayer needs!

We planned for this 1st update after our months in the tribe to be full of news and photos from our time interior, and we promise we will get to those eventually!  But right now we have some urgent prayer needs and we need you to stand with us in prayer; 1. Caleb had to […]
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Through the Miles…

Through the Miles…

Naya and Jaydin looking at pictures with Grandma We just arrived last week in Seattle, WA after what Naya ‘affectionately’ calls our “Long long long long long long long long long… (take a breath)… long long long long long long long drive to Seattle!” We spent four 10-12 hour days driving- averaging 600 miles each […]
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PROJECT:HAUS Update

PROJECT:HAUS Update

One of the largest one time start up needs for any one in our line of ministry is that of building our house. Because of our remote locations, building a simple, yet functional house in a village is a large undertaking, both financially and logistically. So, where are we at with our housing situation? Hopefully […]
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