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According to Naya, mommy and daddy were Graduators last Friday, the 21st! Candid photo from Graduation! We had a lovely graduation ceremony at the MTC, and both of us received a Bachelors of Intercultural Ministries! We are SO thankful to each individual and church who has stood beside us and walked with us through love […]

Since we arrived back in the United States on April 29 for our home assignment, we have logged over 18,000 miles on the road. Over the summer we traveled across the southwest to California, up the coast all the way to Washington, across the north as far as Wisconsin, and back down through the Midwest […]

It’s count-down time, folks! 4 WEEKS LEFT of classes here at the MTC! (We will graduate, become members of NTM, and Lisa will take Linguistics next semester.) WHAT OUR TRAINING HAS NOT DONE FOR US: It has not given us all the answers. It has not given us full Biblical knowledge. It has not eliminated […]

Imagine hanging up the phone like this: “Good bye! I’ll talk to you again in a few months.”  We had a mini 2-week ‘taste’ of this:  Practical Skills/Simple Living class, during which we cut ourselves off from modern conveniences . Making flour tortillas with daddy We practiced ‘supply buying’- ordering our food for the next […]

This is not what you think. In fact, it’s infinitely better! After years of training and preparation, three families moved to a small island in Papua New Guinea called Biem, and spent the last few years learning their language and culture. About 3 months ago (after many difficulties, including one of the wives going through […]

Learning the principle of Phonemics Every one of the words in this blog title uses the same “u” sound, just spelled differently! In Phonemics, a class we took during our first week this semester, we learned in the context of other languages which of those words would be spelled with the phonetic “u” since the […]

What do you do with cling wrap at 9:45 at night?  Probably not what I did with it. Last night I was on-line looking for a harp to take with me to West Africa (since I don’t think I’ll be able to bring my big one with me).  Sadly, a smaller harp means less strings.  […]

“Hey! This will take us to Taco Bell!!!”, Naya says excitedly, as she points to the bell-shaped button on the elevator….. The kids really enjoyed our 3 nights in hotels during our ‘long long long long long long long…’ drive back to Missouri from Seattle. That is, all except for the 1.30am surprise fire alarm […]

Before leaving on a long trip (and I consider moving to West Africa for 20 years or so a long trip, even though I will be coming home every few years), it’s good to see old friends. So that’s exactly what I did this last month – I took a plane to Boston, and then […]