Category: Family

Amdu Outreach 2023 – Fun Stats

Amdu Outreach 2023 – Fun Stats

**Originally posted May 25, 2023 Amdu Outreach 2023 Fun Stats Approximate miles hiked to and from the hamlet over the course of the outreach 68 Pairs of shoes ruined 4 The 5th pair is still going strong Approximate number of hours teaching under the tarp 80 Thank you for praying for us, our Amdu believers, […]
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Outreach Week One

Outreach Week One

Week One of the outreach to a neighboring hamlet is over! We started the lessons talking about origins and which of the many stories out there is the true one. We then taught about the days of creation, the two trees God put in the garden, how good all things were in the beginning, and […]
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2022 Overview

2022 Overview

2022 was a challenging yet rewarding year for our family.  As the new year begins, here are just a few highlights from each month of 2022.  January – Experienced plenty of NW Pennsylvania snow and cold at the end of our furlough time.  Packed up and began saying goodbyes – the hardest one being to […]
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Feeding the Baby Believers

Feeding the Baby Believers

Think about someone you know who has a new baby.  How do they treat that new baby?  Do they expect the baby to make supper for the family?  Is the baby given chores to do to earn his keep around the house?  Do they ask the baby to give a message to a brother or […]
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Testimonies from New Amdu Believers

Testimonies from New Amdu Believers

Have you ever looked forward to something for a long time and then when it actually happens, it’s hard to believe?  That’s a little of what we’re feeling right now!  We are rejoicing and thanking the Lord that some of our Amdu friends are now brothers and sisters in Christ!! For you who have been […]
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Halfway to the Cross

Halfway to the Cross

A delayed start? A slower teaching schedule due to restrictions in group gatherings? Community pressure for people not to attend the Bible teaching? A smaller number coming to the Bible lessons than we hoped? Yes, all those (and more) are things we have experienced over the past few months. But we have full confidence that […]
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Lesson Evaluation Update

Lesson Evaluation Update

Thank you so much for praying for our team during our recent Bible lesson evaluation.  Here’s a little update about how that time went and how the Lord answered prayer.  And we’ll include some new prayer requests at the end too.    Our consultants Aaron and Brandon (both on their first-time visit to Amdu) arrived safely, […]
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Batteries, Translation Check and Bible Lessons

Batteries, Translation Check and Bible Lessons

***This update was sent out by email back in September, but we are just posting it on our blog now that we are out in town. The benefit is that we can now add pictures!*** We have to play a little catch-up here!!  Hopefully none of you have been holding your breath while waiting to […]
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Is He Worthy?

Is He Worthy?

If you’ve been around missionaries very long, you’ve probably heard words like ‘transition’, ‘flexibility’, ‘adjustment’, ‘goodbyes’ and ‘change’ as part of their vocabulary. Everyone experiences these things, but it does seem that it is a bit more pronounced for missionaries. Living far from home in a culture that is so extremely different from our own […]
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