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The summer of 2013 has been a busy one.  I am in the middle of my second week at East Iowa Bible Camp and next week I will be back in Missouri at another youth camp.  Diane and I spent two weeks in California visiting supporting churches, individuals and family. We had not been in […]

“Apinun!” is a common greeting in Tok Pisin, the national language of Papua New Guinea. I got my own greeting tonight just as we set dinner on the table! Noe was calling from PNG, having just landed from their flight out of the tribe! Noe, soon after arriving in PNG 🙂 Noe said they had […]

Many of you have wanted to know how things are going. They are going as expected. Our daughter is in Africa, we are in the U.S. and we are all waiting for the immigration process to be finished so we can go bring her home. It could take 3 more weeks, or many months if […]

Do your clothes match? Then they must be married! Here matching clothes is optional, and if they actually match you can say that by saying they’re married. I guess we’re into weddings in the US! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen any of you who are likely reading this. But here you wouldn’t […]

Jula class can make me laugh sometimes. Let me share with you the two things that made me laugh most on Friday: 1. In Jula you don’t say, “Here, kitty, kitty.” Instead you say, “Moose! Moose!” Ok, so it’s not spelled like that, but that’s what it’s pronounced like. I think my teacher didn’t quite […]

“What is it?” I asked. A few of you responded with your answers, but no one got it right. It’s a cemetery, of course! The mounds are where the bodies are buried. I was out there for the funeral of the big brother (in Jula there is no word for “brother” – you have to […]

Some of you know that before I left for My Countryf I had learned “clicks,” which are used like letters in some languages. In Jula clicks aren’t letters. They are used as sound effects, like in English. Earlier this week I learned some of them: – The “kissing” sound is used to call your dog. […]

In just 9 days, Noe will travel to Papua New Guinea! He is very excited, and it has also been an intense couple of weeks as the in-country details get made and changed (repeatedly). Please keep Noe and the other men in prayer as they seek to finalize their plans to best utilize the 25 […]

Can you figure out what this is a picture of? In a few days I’ll post to explain what it is and tell you about when I took it. If you check my blog before that you get to try to figure it out. . .

A large part of my life here is learning the Jula language. Since I’m now getting into some fun (and funny) parts of the language, I thought that you may want to join me on my adventure. So I’ll post some interesting things I’ve learned in Jula today and some in the future as well. […]