My trip to a Volcanic Island

March 29, 2014

“Welp, I’m glad it didn’t erupt while we were out there,” I said to Jeremy last Thursday on our way back from Manam Island, an active volcano located just off the coast here. Some of us guys from orientation here spent 5 days out on Manam Island helping a missionary family finish building their tribal […]

Language checks & birthdays!

March 24, 2014

This month has been an exciting month here in PNG! We’ve had 4 (BJ, Jill, Jeremy, & Graham) birthdays and our first language checks! Birthday celebrations have always been important to me, so we have been partying a lot! Our partying consist of dinner, cake, and friends! Although BJ did take me out to lunch […]

God + Ancestors = Syncretism

March 18, 2014

I want to tell you a story that illustrates exactly why Jill and I are taking the time to learn language and culture here in PNG, before jumping into Jesus and the cross. Yesterday afternoon, I left my house and walked down the dusty trail to Eric’s house. When I arrived, I was greeted by […]

Learning the ropes

February 28, 2014

Ants: You see 1 ant, you smash it with your finger. You see a few ants, you just ignore them. You see a ton of ants marching in a line, you spray them with All Purpose cleaning spray and wipe them up! Bananas: Almost every kind of banana that I buy is a “cooking banana” […]

Sittin’, Waitin’, Wishin

February 27, 2014

Some of you might know that Jack Johnson song! It’s playing through my head as I am waiting for my language helper to come! Papua New Guinea people run on their own time! Not wrong…just different! My language helper told me that she would come Monday at 1, to help me learn tok pisin (the […]

Super encouraged!

January 13, 2014

Most of you already know that we received our work permits, visas, and passports last week! Yahhh! Praise be to God! We can ALWAYS be faithful that He will provide for us! So, we purchased our tickets to fly out on January 26th. It’s already starting…the goodbyes. Yesterday, we spent our last Sunday at Northwest […]

Visa Bloopers

November 22, 2013

There is a lot of work that goes into moving overseas as missionaries! I’ll tell you: Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork! We have recently been working on getting our entry permits for PNG (Papua New Guinea) and we had to take our children’s picture for it. Here is an inside look to what we had to go […]

The Lord has done great things for us…

November 7, 2013

fully carry out the ministry!

October 30, 2013

You won’t believe what I had the opportunity to do last Sunday–I got to preach at the morning service at Southgate Baptist Church in Moore, OK! The May 20th tornado came right through Southgate’s back yard last spring and did a lot of damage, but God has given them some really cool ways to serve […]

Traveling and more traveling!

October 22, 2013

Most of you know how crazy we are and that we are ALWAYS traveling! But it has just become a part of life for the Sanders! We recently made a trip to Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. We got to see a lot of friends and catch up with many supporters who have been giving […]