Category: Family

Back in PA

Back in PA

After a long, fairly smooth and uneventful trip, we are settling in to life in snowy Pennsylvania again!!  Thank you for praying for us as we prepared to leave Papua New Guinea and then as we traveled. Here are few photos of our trip: A few funny things that have happened since we’ve been back: […]
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The New Normal

The New Normal

When we leave Papua New Guinea and head back to the States in the middle of November, we will have been here just a few weeks short of a year.  In thinking back through our first year on the field and in anticipation of adjusting back to U.S. culture, we thought we’d share with you […]
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To the Tribe and Back Again

To the Tribe and Back Again

Last week our family returned from a 9-day visit into the newest tribal work in the Madang region.  (For more background information on the trip, please read our previous blog post – The Timeline and A Baby.) Thank you very much for praying for us!  Our main prayer request as we made this trip was […]
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The Timeline and A Baby

The Timeline and A Baby

For those of you who have been following our ministry or who heard us share in your church, this timeline hopefully looks familiar!  The Lord faithfully led us through the New Tribes training as well as through our time of partnership development (a.k.a. support raising).  We arrived here in Papua New Guinea in December 2009. […]
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New Swimming Record

New Swimming Record

Before we came to PNG, the boys had been taking swimming lessons at our local YMCA.  Well, their teachers would be proud of how well they are doing!  Just the other day they set a new record for depth of the water they were swimming in.  Here are a few photos of their latest swimming […]
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Bush Orientation Update

Bush Orientation Update

For the past 7 years our family has been heading in the direction of church planting among unreached tribal people. We completed 2 years of Bible school, then 2½ more years of specialized missions training. After that we spent almost 2 years sharing this burden with churches and individuals as we saw the Lord raise […]
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Life in PNG – Bush Orientation

Life in PNG – Bush Orientation

You’re going where?  For how long?   And what will you be doing there? In just a few days our family will be getting on a little Cessna 206 and landing for the first time on a jungle airstrip in a remote tribe in the mountains of the PNG Highlands for bush orientation! So, what exactly […]
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Titus is 5!!!

Titus is 5!!!

Titus has the honor of being the first member of our family to celebrate a birthday in Papua New Guinea! Here are a few photos of his celebration.
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Photo of the Week – March 15

Photo of the Week – March 15

Life here in PNG is often full of interesting contrasts.  In this place where most people don’t even have electricity, it is common to see people walking around with cell phones.   And while shoes are a luxury for most people, we often see shoes hanging from  power lines (adolescents’ idea of fun, I guess). But […]
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