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House building has begun!

House building has begun!

Our friend, Doug Schaible, used to show us pictures of his tribal house on an island and say, “It’s a shame wehave to live here!”  We feel the same way!  Mountains everywhere and perfect weather…couldn’t ask for more.  This picture of our houses is kind of cool because the perimeter almost seems “dark” and it’s like […]
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FiNaLlY!

FiNaLlY!

Friday, I finally got to go to the people group that I’ve been praying for for the past 6 years!  I didn’t exactly know it was them, but I prayed for the people God would one day send me.  I finally got to meet them. As we got out of the helicopter, these people were […]
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Plenti sumting

Plenti sumting

I know the title is talk pidgin, but I’m sure you figured it out…”plenty something!”  This is basically what we’ve been up to!  We have been finalizing our house plans, which has been so much fun!  This morning, BJ started learning how to make cabinets.  Friday, I finally get to step foot on Wanatikia soil!  […]
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First Contact

First Contact

Our co-worker Jack made an awesome video of BJ and Jeremy going on our first survey!  Trust me, you want to see this!! First Contact Video
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What are we doing?!

What are we doing?!

“So what are you guys doing as you wait for the Crabtrees?”  Our 3rd family on our team, Jack and Lael Crabtree, got to the country in August and are dominating learning the language (so glad to have brainys on the team!)  They will finish up by the New Year and we will Lord willing […]
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Surveying the Wantakian People

Surveying the Wantakian People

Last Tuesday, Jeremy and I finally got our feet on the ground in the Wantakia tribe! As most of you know, we have been praying and looking forward to this day for many years. Our goals for this first contact trip were (1) to find out if we missionaries have an invitation to come live amongst […]
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The moment we’ve all been waiting for…

The moment we’ve all been waiting for…

10 years ago, our eyes were open to what God was doing in the Bible and it had to do with missions.  5 years ago, we put it all on the line and started training with New Tribes to be church planters.  1 year ago, we started selling all of our “stuff” and saying goodbye […]
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New Address!

New Address!

Are you guys sick of us getting new addresses?!  Most of you can’t even keep track of where we are, because we move so much!  The next house we move to, Lord willing, will be into the tribe! So several people have asked for our new address, so here it is…with an update list of […]
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1st survey!

1st survey!

Our men are taking their first survey trip.  The tribe we are praying about allocating is smack dab in the middle of 3 other tribes who all have a church and portions of the Bible!  So why isn’t this tribe reached?  Well, the languages are so different and there are huge mountains that separate them. […]
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