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the dobu village

September 30, 2012

For the past month we have been going to the “Dobu village” 2-3 times a week, where we get to put all of our training into practice! The “Dobu village” is a simulation where our teachers are dressed as tribal people and we are the missionary team who has just moved into their tribal village. We […]

A church is born in Biem

September 30, 2012

This is an email from Brandon, a missionary to the Biem tribe: It’s 7:30PM here and we just got back from the Teaching House, heads spinning, and hearts floating high. We began today’s lesson an hour earlier (4PM), and started by acting out the crucifixion. From there we taught: Why did Jesus have to die? […]

It’s what we do…

September 26, 2012

We realize that we need to update you on our classes… We’ve been learning SOOO much and it has been truly amazing. We are in some pretty heavy classes, so I haven’t really figured out how to explain all that we’ve been experiencing in a blog. So that will come soon! But for now, I’d […]

Summer Update

August 19, 2012

Hey Friends! We want to give you a quick update of our summer–if we could describe it in 3 words, it would be: TRAVEL, BUSY, & FUN! We’ll start with the TRAVELING: We started our journey heading up north to Waukesha, WI! We got to spend 1 week visiting with all of our Cheesehead friends […]

Where the wind comes sweeping down the plains!

July 24, 2012

Yes, we just got back from the great state of Oklahoma!! It was so wonderful to get to see most of our dear friends and family! We were there for just two weeks, but it was really refreshing and encouraging to get to spend good quality time with everyone. We started out the week staying […]

We’ve been on vacation…

July 11, 2012

…from blogging! Sorry everyone! Last week we were enjoying the 4th of July festivities, and Olivia got to see her first firework show! We have been in OKC meeting with some of you and telling you in depth about our future plans. If you are reading this and would like to meet with us to […]

Our little Olivia (YaYa)

June 21, 2012

Sophie just had a whole post all to herself, so we want to be equal! Our little Olivia is quite the little girl. She amazes us daily on how grown up she is and how smart she is. We can tell her something once, and two weeks later, she will bring it up! Not only […]

Sophie’s 6 months!!

June 20, 2012

We can’t believe that Sophie is already 6 months old! I just asked BJ today, “When did Sophie grow up?” Really, she is sitting up all by herself, she is eating cereal and carrots, and she is actually playing with Olivia. A lot of people ask me how it is having two girls and how […]

Back to Waukesha

June 19, 2012

The Sanders are back to doing what we do best…traveling! Training ended for the summer at the end of May, so we didn’t waste any time and traveled up to Waukesha, WI. We had such a great time visiting our friends from our church and some of the staff from the Bible School. We stayed […]

Language Learning!

May 29, 2012

Do you ever wonder why you can’t remember that language you studied in high school??? In our training, we have been learning New Tribes’ method for acquiring a language, and it is way better than memorizing and using flash cards! Yuck! In our Language and Culture class we basically were immersed in Portuguese from the […]