Language and culture

July 26, 2014

We just finished our first week of NCLA (national culture and language acquisition) and it was quite a busy one! A typical week in language study will be Monday to Friday from 8am to 3pm with a few of those mornings spent out in surrounding villages, developing relationships and making fools of ourselves…er, learning language. […]

A few prayer requests

July 6, 2014

Well, we’ve crossed our two week benchmark here in PNG and things are still going really well. We’re settling in and still really enjoying our home and neighbors. We do have a couple prayer requests, however, as a few things have happened since we last wrote. First off, we ask prayer for Brent’s family as […]

The Honeymoon Phase

June 26, 2014

We’re here!!….We’re here. Ok, we’re here. It still is not really believable most days. Although, truthfully, there really hasn’t been much time to dwell on or process the emotions that are coursing through us right now. Life just takes so much time here, I feel like by the time we finish eating and cleaning up […]

Are we nuts? No, no not really

June 5, 2014

Well, we are only 6 days from leaving the States and things are getting hectic with last minute to-dos and we find ourselves stretched thin trying to see friends and yet still have some time for family. How do you plan for your last several days in the States, knowing you’re about to leave for […]

My daughter my teacher

May 5, 2014

This might sound a little silly but I have been learning some pretty profound things from my two-year-old daughter. Of course, I’m always learning very un-profound things from her. Like when I watch her throw one of her way-too-emotional, I’m-so-selfish tantrums I have to realize that when it’s all said and done, the very same […]

Just another day in missionary paradise

April 6, 2014

So we are in the middle of our month-long trip through Colorado (visiting churches and saying goodbye to friends) and two things happened today that I just cannot pass up the opportunity to comment on. The first situation takes place in our car on the way to church. Like all Sunday mornings, the Haberchak family […]

And the goodbye begins

March 6, 2014

Last Thursday we loaded up a 20ft container and sent it on its way to the LA port where it will depart in a few days for the long trek to Papua New Guinea. The day after that we scrubbed, dusted, vacuumed, and said goodbye to the sweet little apartment the Lord provided for us here […]

February 14th

February 16, 2014

February 14th is a pretty important day in our lives together. Ten years ago, it was the day Brent and I sat down at the Starbucks in Laguna Beach and decided to pursue a relationship focused on joining in the work of New Tribes Mission Aviation. Five years ago we were in the capital of Papua New Guinea discussing […]

Back Home to Move

January 23, 2014

Well, we had a whirlwind trip up north this past month. We went to three different states and stayed in seven different places over the course of three and a half weeks. Talk about exhausting! But we had such a good time (the kids did great!) seeing several members of Brent’s family and a handful of good […]

A new family of five…ON THE ROAD!

December 23, 2013

Well, for those of you that haven’t heard – Luke Christopher arrived almost two months ago on October 25th! Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog but can you blame me? I feel as though I’m just coming out of the new mommy fog that envelopes a woman for several weeks after […]