Author: Chris and Maggie Hostetter

My thoughts on our lives of one year ago will probably be filled with exaggerations and hyperboles, but there has been significant change in our lives and hearts, and the beauty of writing is that I can embellish it however I see fit. One year ago . . . I had to drag myself out […]

I read this book a few weeks ago. It’s called Not a Fan, and I liked it. It was written by this guy named Kyle who is trying to get Christians to understand the difference between being a fan of Jesus and a follower of Jesus. Good idea. So he gives examples of people in […]

We had a wonderful time with Grandma and Grandpa playing (and wrestling), showing them around, and hitting some beaches. But, vacations can’t last forever (in this life) and so they had to say goodbye and head back home. Two days after we sadly said our goodbyes to them, we came back home to Pal. We’re […]

Adopt a Pal Family! As we rapidly approach the day when we will teach the Pal people the Word of God we invite you to become part of a Pal person’s life. We are asking you to faithfully pray daily for a Pal person or family during these months leading up to Phase 1 teaching […]

Over a period of five days Nate and I had Bible lesson writing checks, and Nate, Maggie, and I all had translation checks. Three consultants flew to Pal and stayed with us for those five days as we did all those checks. On the first day, I did my lesson writing check with a consultant […]

Here’s the scoop from Pal land. • The paper chain in the picture represents the days until Grandma and Grandpa Hostetter come to visit. We’re looking forward to seeing them, (it’s been almost 2 and a half years). • Our coworkers Axel and Sandra Fachner are proud to announce the birth of Lilly Valeska Fachner […]

I love my hose. It’s about a foot long, and it’s attached to the faucet in the sink on my back porch. I love it because it saves my fingers. Apparently my fingers can’t deal with stress. When they feel overwhelmed, instead of talking about it like normal fingers, they crack and bleed and complain […]

A couple of days ago we had a visit from a man who hiked for about two hours to see us. Chris and Nate had interacted with him on several occasions, and Chris had gone to see him in his home village before and talked about what it is we’re here to do. Well, this […]

Here’s our family Christmas photo. Happy Holidays!!!

Christmas is always a special time of year, and our family really enjoyed the holiday this past week. We ate special food and gave each other gifts and enjoyed taking some time off to be together. It’s amazing to watch our kids grasp the spiritual significance of the season more and more each year, as […]