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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! After lots of travel and a fair bit of uncertainty, I was glad to make it home from Senegal to My Country (no, not home to the US) for Christmas to celebrate with “family” and friends here.  What a joy!  I trust that you were also able to take […]

We don’t post on our blog, but wanted to put out another update here. (If you want to receive our regular email updates, please sign up here.) We as a family are getting ready to return to PNG next month. We’re so thankful for the time that we’ve had to see family and friends. We’re […]

Here in the Philippines, we are surrounded by God’s beautiful creation and many tropical flowers.  In our yard and in our neighborhood, one can find flowers such as the bird of paradise, the desert rose, several varieties of hibiscus and orchids, and so many other flowers.  Occasionally, Stephen likes to go out and either take […]

Verses for the day Thoughts As I begin to write this morning, I am praying the words of 1 Thess 5:14 and asking the Father what do you need to hear from the Father today? If you need a reminder of the gifts He has given you, may he remind you. If it’s encouragement in […]

 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  What a sweet time it was remembering that our Savior became like us when He was born on Christmas Day.  In humility He met us in our mess.  He was perfection itself and yet the Father gave Him up to redeem His undeserving children.  Praise God!  We are thankful to have […]

Partnership Update As you may know, all missionaries serving with NTM-UK/Ethnos360 are required to raise the funds needed to support their family in ministry. This applies to staff in all areas of ministry, from the Training Centre/Headquarters to the missionaries in the bush, and even to those on staff at the Retirement Centre (like us). […]

Verses for the day Jonah 2:7-10 As my life was slipping away I remembered the Lord. … I will offer sacrifices to your with songs of praise and I will fulfill all my vows. For my salvation comes from the Lord alone. Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah out on to the […]

As the saying goes, a picture speaks a thousand words. With that in mind we are sending along a 3.44 minute video with lots of pictures and some video from this year. Our hope is that this will give you a little taste of our life and ministry here in Asia Pacific over the past […]

As we visit the neighbors, we chat, make jokes, introduce ourselves and get to know them; they communicate words to us in the language and reveal aspects of their culture, which we take into account by recording them and then analyzing the language to learn their way of seeing life and their explanation of how things work.

What is going on? Merry, merry Christmas!! I write this the day after Christmas in Papua New Guinea, and Christmas Day in America. This Christmas has been a unique one. I spent Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the day after Christmas fellowshipping with believers in the tribe where I grew up. I had the opportunity to […]