Trusting God with my health

September 21, 2016

Back in December, my faith was tested. I noticed a lump in my breast and of course freaked out. We live in the middle of nowhere and I will have to wait 8 months to get it checked out. Then about a month later I noticed 1, then 2 spots that looked like more basal […]

Plenti sumting

November 9, 2014

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! […]

Surveying the Wantakian People

September 12, 2014

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 […]

The moment we’ve all been waiting for…

September 1, 2014

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 […]

1st survey!

August 18, 2014

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. […]

Day 21 of 21: Leaving the tribe

August 13, 2014

This is the last day of our 21 days in the tribe! Thanks for trekking along with us as we get a glimpse of what it’s going to be like living in a bush location! Here are our wrap-up thoughts, and tons of pictures! XOXO! BJ’s Post: This has been a great month. Our kids […]

Day 1 of 21: Welcome to the tribe!

July 7, 2014

All of you either thought we dropped off the face of the planet, or heard that our internet was horrible! Hopefully the second one! But we did journal about everything that we experienced while we were in the tribe. So I hope you stay tuned with us over the next 21 days and read all […]

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 […]

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 […]