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This last week, we found ourselves going to thrift stores, antique stores, and then going back and doing it again.  We have purchased credenzas, end tables, and desks.  Our house now looks more like a home, with a place for nearly everything. One of the end tables we found, we loaded into our car upside […]

Winter has unmistakably made itself known here in WI within the last few days. We knew it was coming but even these temperatures are unbelievable. We have faced negative wind chills during many winter seasons but only a few times as low as -45. It is truly unimageable! And in these cold temperatures, as our […]

Back at the Beginning Have you ever gotten off a rollercoaster and the thrill of the ride compels you to jump back in line again… Last year at this time, we sent out an update sharing our need for new Financial Partners. We were quite short of our monthly goal for support, but knew that […]

Looking Back and Moving Forward We have now been living in Manaus a little over a year. In some ways, it feels like a lifetime — in others, like we just stepped off the plane. What we have seen, learned, and experienced during this season has stretched us, refined us, and reminded us again and […]

We made it to Florida!  After 50 hours, 1200+ miles, and 2 Buc-ee’s; we made it to The Homes of Ethnos360! We quickly unloaded and unpacked what we could.  Ginger found her January snowmen, put them out, and hung our welcome sign.    We have already met many of the residents, our co-workers, and volunteers.  […]

Happy New Year!  Within two weeks, we will be moving, Lord willing, to a new home in a new state and beginning a new ministry as newly empty nesters.    After months of traveling and sharing with supporters in the Midwest, the time to move to Florida is just days away!  We have totes packed […]

Supporting Tribal Church Planting in Papua New Guinea We made it safely back to PNG! I’ll send more details soon. This was supposed to be last month’s update. I didn’t get it sent out because, well, we were a little busy. “We’re not making gingerbread houses this year.” That’s something I decided as I shuffled […]

Happy New Years 2026 Greetings from sunny Sentani! We were thrilled to get back to Papua the beginnning of December, after a wonderful month teaching at the Canadian missions training center for Ethnos and then a dream-come-true family time in N. Africe.

The time had come – hot season was at its peak, oppressive clouds in the sky teased with the coming rainy season, everything was covered in several layers of dust, the mangoes were growing ripe on the trees – yes! Definitely time to decorate for Christmas! Celebrating Christmas in tropical, rural Africa means a lot […]