One Year In: A Life and Family Update

July 28, 2015

The end of June marked one year in PNG and by now we’ve all settled into life here to the point that it’s hard to remember anything else. Only as friends are coming back from visits to the States are we remembering what it is like to live outside of this little center we call […]

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 […]

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 […]

Settled in…almost

September 2, 2013

So we moved into our beautiful new apartment last week here in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA and in traditional fashion had everything unpacked within 2 days (this was our 12th move in the 7 years we’ve been married). Brent claims I am not very enjoyable during the unpacking process and I must admit that he’s […]

What is normal?

June 4, 2013

When you’ve been pregnant (or nursing) for the last three and a half years straight, you find yourself asking this question a lot. Someone will ask me, “do you like sweets?” or “are you a morning person or a night person?” and I find I don’t really know how to answer that. I liked sweets […]

Raising toddlers

March 14, 2013

Man, I wish there was a magic mom drink that could give me energy all day long so that I can fully appreciate my loving, silly, adorable, unpredictable, whiny, and frustrating kids. I know we have those funny moments that if I could be anywhere else but in them, I would bust out laughing but […]

He is Faithful to Complete…

February 15, 2013

It is so hard to believe, but 9 years ago yesterday (yes, on Valentine’s Day), Brent and I agreed to “begin dating with the purpose of pursing mission aviation with New Tribes together.” It was a different sort of beginning for a teenage love story, seeing as we were just two idealistic kids with a […]

“And God kept me safe!”

January 10, 2013

I just have to share this cool story about our boy. While we were in California for Christmas, Beau started waking up in the middle of the night and coming into our room saying that he was scared. For the first couple nights, we made a bed on the floor next to ours so that […]