In transition

May 14, 2014

It’s that time again…transition time. Always a lovely time. Last week, our family and the Hambrices took an airplane to G oroka, which is where the main NTM location is. We wanted to talk face to face with all of the leaders before most of them go on a year home assignment. Now G oroka […]

“Come up PNG woman!”

April 21, 2014

Last Saturday, Mandy (one of our co-workers) and I became women of Papua New Guinea. Okay, that sounds kind of weird…but we got to experience what it’s like to be women in Papua New Guinea! Our day started out normal, we started a load of laundry (in the rain), and then when the rain stopped, […]

Plenty Laughs—“EEEEEEEEE!”

April 3, 2014

When you’re in a country like Papua New Guinea, you laugh a lot…you have to! Either things are really funny; or things aren’t funny at all, and you have to find ways to make yourself laugh! Here are some things that I’m thinking of that I’ve been laughing about this week! *The kids (and adults) […]

Teaching them to bake

February 27, 2014

Our family, and the Hambrices, have really been spending a lot of time in a village named Savilong. There are a lot of really nice people there, and several of them have been willing to help us learn Tok Pisin well. Mandy and I met a woman named Rosemary who wants to help us, and […]

Very Welcoming!

February 6, 2014

The people here are just so welcoming!! Yesterday, we drove over to another neighboring village. We had to park the car and then cross the river by food (don’t worry, it was only about 2 feet tall!) As we are getting into the water, kids from the village race over to greet us and welcome […]

We’re adjusting!

January 31, 2014

Aloha! No, that would be Hawaiian! We made it to Papua New Guinea! It’s great to finally be here. For all of you who have been with us 5 years ago, you know it’s been a long time waiting! It is absolutely beautiful here! Everything is green, except the flowers! There are fruit trees all […]

Happy Thanksgiving!

December 4, 2013

We had a wonderful time in Oklahoma, where we visited my family for Thanksgiving! With only 2 more months to go in this country, we are really trying to “soak up” all of the family time we can. BJ played golf with some of the guys, while the girls went black friday shopping, and grandma […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]