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Sometimes expressions are funny across languages.  Yesterday I learned a new one here in My Language: “Ka ba ŋũɛ̃ ʼpee nĩĩgire.”  Literally, it means, “Donʼt say it a second time.”  And itʼs used to confirm that you are totally in agreement with what the other person just said, or that he said what you were […]

à ʼbɛɛ sa ʼpii Yesu tũrũ, yuwe yi ʼoo lɔɔlɔ yo,ã ʼbɛɛ sa ʼpii yi tũrũ, yuwe yi ʼoo lɔɔlɔ. Let’s follow Jesus, He’s the One who is the Savior, oh!Let’s follow Jesus, He’s the One who is the Savior. Imagine a group of My People, gathered under a big tree in one of their […]

Dear PRAYing family and friends, Thank you so much for your prayers last month! With God’s grace and wisdom, I, Darcy, was able to finish translating the Literacy Manual for our national teams working in A-P. It is good to refocus on Bible translation again with my dear team in Asia-Pacific. Speaking of my team, […]

Watch the Turu are learning to read and write their own language We are grateful to get to be a part of helping to bring the Bible to life in the Turu language! Not only are we translating the Word of God into the Turu langauge, but we’re also empowering the Turu people to read, […]

What is going on? I have been in Iowa connecting with my sending church as well as individuals. I have also been getting some much needed allergy tests done and been able to start a part time job substituting at a Christian preschool as well as helping part time in aftercare. Something super exciting that happened this […]

First day of 2nd Grade and 6th Grade! Building forts with friends using papaya tree and sago branches          Driving our solar goft cart-brakes fixed!      Enjoying a coconut at campfire Jonathan is back at Tang Soo Do with Jacob but misses his friends     Beth and her grandma (now with Jesus) a few years ago at the […]

Our missionary kids started school about a month ago, a bit earlier than schools in the States since we have longer breaks within the year. As schools in the States were all finally in session this past week, I kept seeing two news headlines related to the return of teenagers to the classroom. One headline […]

While working with Fredy, I started playing with words, trying to translate from Spanish into ko'revaju a word he himself used, "father of the family." When I threw my translation into ko'revaju at Fredy (I thought), he laughed a little.

You are familiar with phrases like “Passing the Plate” and “Passing the Baton,” but are you familiar with “Passing the Pail?”  As far as we know, this isn’t an idiom but literally what has been happening here in the Philippines.  After completing the church building in 2019 for the believers of Faith Bible Church, they […]

¿Sabías que cada oración que elevamos a Dios es escuchada con atención? El Salmo 116:2 nos recuerda que el Señor no solo escucha nuestras palabras, sino que se inclina para prestar atención a cada una de nuestras súplicas. Esta verdad debe animarnos a orar con más frecuencia y fervor, sabiendo que nuestras oraciones no son […]