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Promise broken already!  Sorry. I had promised to update our blog at least once every two weeks and I just went over two months without touching it. Here’s why: 5500 miles on the road.  11 different states.  9 different beds.  Dial-up internet. We’re back in Minnesota after traveling to Oklahoma, Missouri, and Pennsylvania.  We’ve moved […]

We’re in Oklahoma!  Maggie and I had our first two hour session with our language helper, Lorene, today.  We talked and had the pleasure of getting to know her a little bit and even learned a few Cherokee phrases.  Tomorrow we’ll dive right into learning the words for common objects and things.  We’re living in […]

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While the days have still been 90 degrees and the storms with tornadic activity, our summer is at its end.  We moved out of our apartment in Minneapolis this week.  Two van loads of stuff went into storage and we filled our van a third time, to the brim, with all the stuff we need […]

Greetings to you all.  We sincerely hope you are having a wonderful summer.   We are saddened by the nearing departure of our summer in Minnesota but have definitely enjoyed our time here and feel that it has been profitable.  August 19 is when we’ll be leaving Minnesota for Oklahoma, but we will be back in […]

Hope you all had a wonderful Independence Day celebration.  We spent the 4th with Chris’ parents in Bemidji watching a parade, doing sparklers, and playing croquet.  The last week and a half we’ve been with family, splitting the time between both of our folks.  We’re back in Minneapolis now and will be staying here for […]

Howdy again.  First, I just want to pat myself on the back for updating our blog within two weeks again.  I’m trying to be disciplined and intentional about updating our blog a lot more often.  So if it goes two weeks without an update shoot me an email and yell at me. Ok ok.  Summer […]

All is well.  Hope you are well as well.  I’m writing from my ‘desk’ (tiny 2 x 2 table) at Freshwater Church where I volunteer two days a week.  Maggie is home with the task of entertaining our kids all day today, (which shouldn’t be too difficult since it is gorgeous outside).  I left home […]

We have successfully made the transition back to Minnesota, and we have completed our training in Missouri.  For the summer we are living in downtown Minneapolis with Maggie’s sister and Chris is volunteering two days a week at Freshwater Church.  So what’s the next step for us?  Raising Support.  Lord willing, we will be making […]

We’re almost done with our training here at New Tribes Missionary Training Center.  We are officially New Tribes Missionaries and Chris is ordained.   We’ve opted to stay for the semester of linguistic training and so that’s why we’re still here.  At the end of May we’ll be moving back to Minnesota.  We plan on spending […]