Author: Chris and Maggie Hostetter

Praise the Lord for His provision.  Because of a generous gift of a friend our bill to the Missionary Training Center is down to $725 from $1,625.  When that number hits zero we can begin the paperwork process of getting to Papua New Guinea.   Thank you all for all your prayers and your gifts.  The […]

Hello again.  We hope you all are well and surviving the cold winter.  Things are well with us.  We’ve been meeting with people and sharing our vision for Papua New Guinea with them.  It has been a fun time of reconnecting with old friends and making some new ones.  In a couple of weeks we’ll […]

We’re very thankful for all your prayers and support.  We’re thankful to have a nice place in Waconia.  We’re thankful for two kids.  We’re thankful for all our friends and for Freshwater Church.  We’re thankful that God loves us and is watching over us. Its been a bit of a trying month but we’ve been […]

Hello.  Hope all is well with you.  Feel free to drop us an email or phone call anytime to let us know what is happening in your lives. God has been taking care of us and providing what we need for each day.  When we moved back to Minnesota Chris thought he would have a […]

Current Support – $1500/month Recommended Support – $7000/month Missionary Training Center Bill – $1600 You can partner with us to help Tribal People know God and make Him known!

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 […]

You can now post comments on our blog!   Just click “discuss this post.”  You don’t need to leave an email or website.  Just type in a name and then comment.  Please interact with us and others by using this feature.

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 […]