Typhoon Haiyan

November 13, 2013

We have not done a very good job at sending out updates on our situation here in the Philippines and for that we apologize. Ever since typhoon Haiyan reduced the middle of the Philippines to rubble we’ve been swamped trying to coordinate help for our own missionaries. Once they were all safe and accounted for we […]

Itching to Speak English

September 5, 2012

I woke up this morning with a simple plan for the day that involved getting my flight medical reissued and getting a test scheduled to prove I can speak English. As is usually the case, things didn’t go as planned. Now, I’m sitting waiting to take the English proficiency exam in a shirt I bought […]

Helping the Church Help the Community

February 22, 2012

Several years ago the Tala-andig tribal church decided to help improve the living conditions in their village. This was a complicated undertaking since they rarely leave the jungle and don’t have access to some of the basic things we do. Among other things, they wanted a way to provide soap, salt and kerosene for lanterns […]

American Calibration | A Top 10 List

August 6, 2011

When we first arrived on Mindanao we were invited to go out to eat at a restaurant down the road with our friends. It was described to us as “good if you’ve lived here for a while.” At that time we hadn’t lived here long enough. It wasn’t very good, but it was edible. 1 […]

Survival Mode

September 6, 2010

It doesn’t take long to notice that we’ve been silent for about three months. We apologize. This would have been a very fun and interesting time to be sharing all the exciting things going on in our ministry, but after Dylan came home from the hospital we entered “survival mode.” On top of our normal, […]

New Year in Manila

January 2, 2010

I Don’t know how to describe the celebration here, but this video might help. Make sure your sound is turned on to grasp the sheer quantity of explosions that welcomed the new year. Many superstitions surround the coming of the new year, and fireworks and noise are believed to keep the bad spirits away so […]