What is it like to live in McNeal, AZ…

January 6, 2016

…the headquarters for New Tribes Mission Aviation? Climate Because McNeal is located in the desert land of SE Arizona, many people think that it is a warm climate year-round. Some people wonder about our autumn season. Now that we have lived in McNeal since early July and have seen the transition of the seasons, I […]

If you get a big sick…

January 4, 2016

Over the last couple of years, since we’ve started this journey into our new world missions role, we’ve watched videos of testimonies from people in Papua New Guinea. One of them, in a message to Americans, says “Yes, living in the land of Papua New Guinea is very difficult. … You of America cannot be […]

Made it Home

January 3, 2016

We’ve been home for a couple weeks now. Our flights went well and we were glad to arrive home. We got here in time to see Alisha’s dad, and he actually improved some after we got home. We were able visit with him quite a bit before he started going downhill again; but the last […]

What IS discourse analysis?

January 2, 2016

A week before Christmas I took part in some discourse analysis training in Florida. But what exactly is discourse analysis? It’s kind of a hard thing to explain, since it talks about subconscious things that we do when we use language, so we don’t realize that we’re doing them. However, if someone doesn’t follow these […]

Swimming in the Dead Sea? Almost check.

January 2, 2016

Floating in the Dead Sea, where you can float without even trying, is amazing!! Ok, so I’ve never done it, but the last weekend of November I got to float in Pink Lake, a really salty lake in Senegal (and if you look at the picture below, you’ll see that from some angles it really […]

Happy new year!

January 1, 2016

AUTHOR: JILL This is mine and BJ’s 10th New Year to celebrate together! 2015 has been one of the most exciting, hardest, scary, thrilling, faith-building, uncomfortable, and special year so far! And yet, we see the Lord’s faithfulness at every single step. Here is the year at a glimpse: -BJ was gone a ton so that he could mill lumber and build […]

Our Favorite Children’s Bibles

January 1, 2016

I remember one of our teachers in training saying that America is “the land of options.” How true is that?!? Just go down the cereal aisle in the grocery store to find confirmation. Having lots of options can be a good thing. Or a confusing thing. Or an overwhelming thing. Or a I-just-wasted-2-hours-reading-reviews-on-Amazon-and-I-still-haven’t-decided-thing. Children’s Bibles […]

Searcy Update Jan 1, 2016

January 1, 2016

Unbelievable! First day of a new year. Where did the last one go? I wanted to send you a few pictures of the Christmas Fellowship in one of the Punan villages that David and Rachel were able to go to. Believers from about 3 villages gathered. David spoke several times. There were about 300 in […]

We dive into the culture and language study!~

December 31, 2015

Thank you for supporting us. We enjoy learning culture and language. (항상 응원해 주시고 함께 해 주셔서 감사드립니다. 저희는 이곳에서 언어와 문화를 배우는데 전념하고 있습니다.)

Happy New Year!

December 31, 2015

We hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year! We enjoyed our time with our co-workers and our three kids that are home. Linn came down with malaria on Christmas Eve and spent much of Christmas Day in bed but is now up and about again. We are thankful for what […]