Author: Tom

The Need to Read

The Need to Read

I do not remember the last time my hands got sore from writing. Since computers rule the world and my hands are used to typing I gave them a real good work out last week by writing more by hand than I can remember in a long time. It was for a very good reason […]
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Meeting Place

Meeting Place

I get a real kick sometimes when I try and visualize our home church in Michigan operating in the same way as church in the village does. Trying to combine the two distinctly different atmospheres always leaves me in inward stitches! I can just imagine for instance, people arriving and choosing to sit on the […]
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Shadowing Jude

Shadowing Jude

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 […]
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Three Tigak Hymns

Three Tigak Hymns

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 […]
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Growing Along with Each Other

Growing Along with Each Other

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 […]
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1st N.I.P. Believers Conference!

1st N.I.P. Believers Conference!

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 […]
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Mommy’s Day Out

Mommy’s Day Out

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 […]
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Nathan & Abby

Nathan & Abby

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 […]
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Your Questions Answered, Pt. 1

Your Questions Answered, Pt. 1

Recently we posted on facebook that we would be answering any questions YOU have about our lives over here in Papua New Guinea.  As a result, we received many great questions and are excited to present to you Part 1 of Your Questions Answered! We both answered most questions, so to distinguish, my (Tom’s) answers […]
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To Market, To Market

To Market, To Market

Almost everyday, boats from our island make the short trek over relatively calm water to our local market. This market which is a mere thirty minute boat ride from our house is located in our nearby provincial capital. Our island friends go there to sell their fish, which is their specialty in a market dominated […]
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