2022 Overview

January 24, 2023

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 […]

God at Work in Amdu

October 10, 2022

“For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, even penetrating as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 We have been privileged these past couple months to see the […]

The End is Near…

November 6, 2014

…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 […]

Needed: More Wood!

March 28, 2013

In our last post, we shared that Bart was heading into the tribe to work on getting wood for our house. The trip didn’t go exactly as we had hoped and planned. The chainsaw mill the guys were using to slab lumber didn’t want to keep working and not very many Amdu men were interested […]

Our House is Going Up!

January 31, 2013

Even while we are still waiting here in Australia for our son Micah’s PNG entry permit to be issued, work on our house in the Amdu tribe is beginning!! The first two plane loads of our building materials went into the tribe last week. And we just heard that the first rows of support posts […]

If You Lived in Amdu…

November 8, 2012

…the outside of your house would look like one of these.

Over the Mountains and Through the Jungle

November 3, 2012

Hiking in Amdu This next batch of photos will give you an idea of what hiking was like for the guys while on their recent survey into Amdu. It’s impossible for pictures to fully communicate how slippery, steep and scary the hiking was at times so you may have to use your imagination – climbing […]

Faces of Amdu

October 29, 2012

Look closely at these faces. We don’t know the names of most of these people, but we will soon. These are the people we are going to live among and minister to as we move into Amdu. Will you be praying even now for soft hearts and receptivity to the Gospel?

Photos from Amdu

October 27, 2012

The next several blog posts will be pictures of our future home – the Amdu tribe. It’s amazing to know that these are the people to whom we will be ministering in the years to come. These mountains and trails will be our backyard. And this airstrip will be our link with the outside world. […]

They Have a Name

October 23, 2012

Survey Update From September 25th – October 3rd, Bart, Benjamin and Dave (the men on our team) hiked rugged mountain trails in order to visit many of the villages in the language group that our team is targeting. The goal was to share with the people the work that New Tribes Mission does and gauge […]