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“This is a FANCY Storm!”

May 30, 2012

Driving through the heart of a thunderstorm in Kansas, with torrential rain and bright sun breaking through, and lightning all around… Naya asked, “Is this a thunderstorm?” Daddy said, “Yes it is!” She responded, “Ohhhh, this is a FANCY storm!!” Here is a short “map” of our journey from Missouri to Washington for our […]

Half Finish

May 2, 2012

Four weeks to go! The end of this semester marks the halfway point until the completion of our training with NTM! We completed our Animism class in mid-March, which included a short module on Folk Religion. A Folk religion is a blending/merging of a high religion (such as Christianity, Islam, or Hinduism), and an indigenous/animistic […]

Unity Of The Spirit

April 29, 2012

In church this Sunday Raymond shared how the Lord had protected him during a quick trip out to town a couple of weeks ago. After hiking for two days over rugged terrain, he arrived at the small town where he would use some public transportation to travel one more day in order to reach the […]

Great(er) Expectations

April 24, 2012

Beth and I enjoyed some small talk with our premarital counselors Todd & Ruth Ann. We were still a couple of months away from our wedding, and each session of premarital counseling brought us closer and closer to the big day. We had asked them to do our counseling since we had observed their marriage […]

Peter And The River

April 15, 2012

Last week a group of Simbari believers were hiking through the jungle on the way to their pandanus nut gardens. These gardens are high up in the mountainous rainforest and the only way to reach them is on difficult foot trails. These trails repeatedly cross mountains and rivers and at one such river crossing they […]

“Wearing A Laplap” for Dummies

April 13, 2012

All the women and a lot of men in our village can regularly be seen wearing an article of clothing called a “laplap.” A laplap is a wrap around skirt, roughly five and a half feet long and about three feet wide. Locally, it can be purchased in our provincial capital at the main market […]

Simbari Easter Drama

April 8, 2012

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March 20, 2012

Greetings from warm, balmy, sunny Missouri. Family – Two weeks ago, our son-in-law was voted in as the pastor of Elmer Baptist Church, in Elmer Missouri! He had been asking the Lord for more opportunities to preach, and God definitely opened the door for him. Here’s a photo of Zach and Amy in front of the […]

The D.R.D.O.

March 15, 2012

On the field, we will have to fight over the special title/role of “The D.R.D.O.” That is, the Designated Refrigerator Door Opener! That’s right! In our Missionary Technology class (which we JUST finished on Feb. 29th), we have learned lots of helpful skills and concepts, of which one of the most important is that of […]

Ephesians 6 Song In Simbari

February 26, 2012

Jethro and his two daughters, Jeporav and Weyopiyav, wrote this song recently about the spiritual armor described in Ephesians 6. Title: We should put on the clothing that is Jesus vs1: We are weak as we live on this earth wanting to avoid Satan’s attacks. So we should always put on the clothing that is […]