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The End is Near…

The End is Near…

…of our Home Assignment travels, that is!! Since June, we have been on the road just about every weekend visiting different supporting churches, family and friends.  We’ve put a lot of miles on our van.  We’ve gone through all the Adventures in Odyssey disc sets that our public library has to offer.  We’ve stayed in […]
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Kodiak for PNG!!

Kodiak for PNG!!

     Airplanes are a lifeline for us in the tribe!  They bring our groceries and mail.  They are our only way in and out of our remote location.  Since we moved into the Amdu tribe last year, we have had to rely mainly on other organizations to fly us in and out of the tribe […]
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Team Progress

Team Progress

We may be far away from Amdu at the moment, but we are still vitally connected to what is going on there.  The concerns, joys, successes and trials of our team are ours as well. In our last post, we asked you to be praying for our teammates during their language and culture evaluations.  We […]
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Evaluation Time Again – For our Coworkers

Evaluation Time Again – For our Coworkers

While our family is continuing to adjust to life in America on furlough and getting ready to begin speaking in our supporting churches, our teammates back in Amdu are plugging away at learning language and culture.  Beginning now and through the weekend, two of our consultants will be flying into the tribe to give Dave, […]
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Old Friends with New Life

Old Friends with New Life

As we were leaving PNG for our trip back to America for furlough (now officially called Home Assignment), we were able to stop by the New Tribes center on the coast where we spent our first several years.  We have lots of great memories of being new missionaries and “learning the ropes” there.  We became […]
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Special Times

Special Times

Since coming home from PNG several weeks ago, we’ve been enjoying some of the benefits of being back in America. As you’ll see from the pictures, most of them have something to do with family!  
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Sobering Reminder

Sobering Reminder

The stillness of the peaceful, sunny day was suddenly broken by loud wailing coming from a house in the village – the unmistakable sign that someone had died. Death is a reality here in Amdu like it is everywhere else in the world. But the longer we are here and the more we get to […]
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Amdu Snapshots 3

Amdu Snapshots 3

A friend with her kids enjoying a favorite Amdu food. The red stuff all over the food (and all over their fingers and mouths) is from a “fruit” that grows here. You can look up “pandanus” if you’re interested in learning more. The short explanation is that they cook the fruit (with lots of seeds […]
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