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Below is our 21 days of prayer, for each day of July beginning July 1st. Please join us in praying each day! Print it out and stick it on your fridge. Or pray with your kids over dinner. Or…. Thank you for partnering with us! for the Martinez family NTM Church Planters in Papua New […]

I was telling someone just the other day how we are going to use a lot of ziploc bags to pack things in. This provides us a good supply of ziplocs in the tribe, and it also protects things from the elements while they sit around untouched for a time in a hot, humid climate. […]

Who we are: Paul, Ellen, Sam (12), Hazen (10), Noah (8), and Emmanuella Ama (3) Swenson. We are a family that is from northeastern Vermont and the Grace Brethren Church of Irasburg. I grew up in a Christian home and was saved at a very young age. Throughout my time growing up God used many […]

On Sunday afternoons I have been having an English class/conversation time with whoever wants to come. Lately it’s been separated into the beginner and the advanced class. Yesterday, the advanced class was reading a children’s book about missionaries. On one of the pages, it says, “Every month a pilot flew in the food and supplies […]

Today was a big day for those who finished the equivalent of what would be 9th grade here. You see, there is a diploma you get after 5th grade, one after 9th grade, and then one after 12th grade (if you continue on that far). But in order to get the diploma and advance to […]

“What’s ‘Ten Green Feet’?” you ask.  Allow me to explain… “Ten” – So I’ll tackle the easy part first.  The ten feet simply represent our family.  We thought of the name last fall when we were pregnant with Adie, our third child.  While the Lord called her home last Oct, He blessed us with another […]

Well, it’s safe to say that we are now lining up at the starting blocks. Or perhaps we’re like a horse entering the starting gate, eager to burst out and start the race. Thank you to all who recently prayed for our visa application process. With the power of your prayers reaching His ears, our […]

I think I’ve posted pictures on here of my hair being done in African braids before. For the wedding festivities a few weeks ago I decided to have my hair done again, but this time to do it the simple way, without tight braids. The stylist pulled it back into a tight ponytail, braided it […]

As I said in my last post, I’ve been to a lot of wedding festivities lately. At one of them, it was one of my good friends who was in charge of cooking for everyone. The festivities were on three different days, and on Sunday they cooked rice for everyone, which is a common food […]

A week ago Sunday I went to some wedding festivities. I’ve actually been to multiple weddings since then (it’s been a crazy few weeks), but this one was unique in that the bride was a North American. She met her husband (who is from My Country) at college in NYC, and came out to My […]