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Please forgive the absence of my precious wife in the header photo! In the midst of our happy reunion this morning, we didn’t take the time to set up a self-timer shot; we’ll make it a priority tomorrow! Anyway, we just wanted to take a few seconds to share with you some details about how […]

I’m writing this update from 38,000 feet half way to Los Angeles. For the first time this month I have been able to web chat with Missy using Facebook. God knows we needed this as we are in the midst of one of those hard decisions that parents have to make. Our son Tiernan has […]

Many of you have been praying for Benjamin’s Dad, James, who underwent major surgery two weeks ago to remove cancer that had been detected in his liver.  Thank you so much for doing that.  James has made an astonishingly quick recovery for such a major operation and is now building up his strength for chemo […]

Thank you for your prayers for Benjamin, Tony and Dennis while they were doing survey work this past week. They originally planned to be gone until Monday, October 3rd – but as is normally the case, plans change rapidly on these trips! The guys were able to completely avoid one two day hike between villages […]

In another month we’ll be hitting a significant “mile marker” reaching the end of our first year in Papua New Guinea. Some of you might be wondering when, exactly, will we be getting into a tribe? Well, Benjamin is about to embark on another survey trip which will help us to answer this question.

It’s time for a FAMILY update! So many changes have taken place in our lives this past year – many of them right under our noses in the lives of our kids!! When we really stop and think about how much has changed it is amazing how settled Judah, Gianna, Tiernan and Silas are. God […]

A month or two ago we launched our Bush House project with a catalog describing some of the major items that we will have to purchase before we can “set up shop” in a tribe. We had a purchase deadline of mid-July for some of these items in order to get them on a container […]

Thank you for praying us through last week’s extraordinary events! While Benjamin was gone on survey there were two near medical emergencies. Silas stuffed a bead up his nose, but thankfully after being forced to sniff black pepper it came out without the need for invasive procedures! I suppose that’s not really a near medical […]

On the last Sunday of our bush orientation our dear friend, Ishmael,  stood with us and prayed over our family.  Ishmael’s commissioning prayer marked the unofficial end to our time of orientation.  He prayed specifically that the Lord would clearly direct us to a people who have yet to be reached with the Gospel.  As […]

Our first Easter in Papua New Guinea finds us encouraged in the Lord and challenged with fresh thoughts and images of Christ enduring the cross with His gaze firmly locked on the joy that was set before him. These fresh thoughts and images come mainly from the reading of The Master: A Life of Jesus […]