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This post was originally published on January 4, 2023 at https://thekresges.com/2023/01/04/twas-the-day-after-christmas/. The major days of the Christmas holidays were successfully concluded, and we had all settled in for a quiet morning on December 26th. We had made plans for afternoon visits to friends, and we expected a crowd of coworkers at our home for an […]

This post was originally published on December 14, 2022 at https://thekresges.com/2022/12/14/room-at-the-inn/. The Celebes Mission Home: Making a Home-Away-from-Home for Weary Travelers Two years ago yesterday we landed at our final destination in Asia-Pacific, in the city that was to become our home. Masked, exhausted, largely pregnant, and traveling at that point simply as an act of […]

This post was originally published on June 20, 2022 at https://thekresges.com/2022/06/20/beautiful-feet-beautiful-wings/. On the eastern edge of a minor island in our Asia-Pacific country lies a small village. The Gospel came to this group of Tugutil people over thirty years ago, carried by the beautiful feet of missionaries who spent years learning the Tobelo-Boeng language, sharing […]

This post was originally published on June 17, 2022 at https://thekresges.com/2022/06/17/give-us-this-day-our-daily-fish/. Allow me to express warm greetings on behalf of the past 11 months of silence. It’s summer break, and apparently that’s the only time I get down to writing. Last year I mounted a 7-day campaign of blog posts, but this year I’m making […]

This post was originally published on July 26, 2021 at https://thekresges.com/2021/07/26/day-7-whos-ready-for-dessert/. As we wrap up our blogging adventures on Day 7, I thought it would be appropriate to end on a sweet note. Today we’re making pisang goreng–fried bananas. Put on your apron and invite a friend or three, because these things are dangerously delicious! I’m […]

This post was originally published on July 25, 2021 at https://thekresges.com/2021/07/25/day-6-this-is-the-way-we-drive-a-car/. Yesterday we took a walk through the neighborhood; today we’re going to driving school. If you were to come to our part of the world for a vacation and casually rent a car, you’d quickly discover that around here right is wrong: we drive on the left […]

This post was originally published on July 24, 2021 at https://thekresges.com/2021/07/24/walk-with-me/. Welcome to our neighborhood! We live in a bustling desa (village) near the airport just outside a fairly large coastal city. Picturesque mountains surround us and offer a beautiful view of the city if the weather permits. We have a comfortable home with a grassy yard […]

This post was originally published on July 23, 2021 at https://thekresges.com/2021/07/23/day-4-peace-is-a-promise/. If you followed our updates back in 2018, you may remember that particular year as being full of physical trials from beginning to end. I even experienced a little PTSD from the trauma of watching my kids hurt themselves over and over. When Gabriel […]

This post was originally published on July 22, 2021 at https://thekresges.com/2021/07/22/day-3-marshmallows-and-a-med-evac/. I’ve never met Grace face-to-face, but she feels like a sister to me. She was in town several months ago, but then I had to go have a baby. By the time I was up and around again, she was back interior. Grace and […]

This post was originally published on July 21, 2021 at https://thekresges.com/2021/07/21/day-2-lets-talk-about-food/. Americans get a bad rap for being obsessed with food. It’s true, we do like our cuisine, but it’s also true that people from every country and culture love to prepare, talk about, and eat good food. Eating is common to all mankind; it brings us […]