What’s Coming Up

April 27, 2022

Dear Minnesota, You are a pretty nice state. Lots of trees, great people, the right amount of lakes… And I’m not complaining about the white Christmases. I love those! But don’t you think it’s time? Just let go of the wind. And the cold. And the sleet. Just let it all go and give us […]

CPR

March 29, 2022

The first and only time I have ever done CPR on a real person was shortly after we moved into the Pal tribe. Isolated as they are from medical care, death was common for people from every demographic. At the time, we had seen a rash of women dying in childbirth, and since we were […]

The State of Things

February 22, 2022

While we wait out the winter, our coworkers have returned to the tropical breezes of Papua New Guinea and are plugging back into their ministries there. Nate was able to take a trip into the tribe to visit the Pal church and do some digging on some issues that have come up since we all […]

It’s been a good year so far!

January 20, 2022

Furlough is half over. As I sit here overlooking the frozen wasteland that is central Minnesota in January, I can’t help but think about my coworkers in PNG with their flip-flops and sunglasses, going along their merry way with no snowpants on. The grass is always greener. Sometimes literally. God has been so good to […]

Knitting

September 1, 2017

The ball of yarn sat on the shelf, taunting me each time I passed. I had started a piece of knitting months ago and would usually pull it out for something to do with my hands as I sat on the porch with visitors, but with my recent loss of muscle strength I hadn’t exactly […]

A Step Forward

May 16, 2017

You know those moments when you realize something big, something important, has just occurred and so a shiver runs through your body? Yesterday, I enjoyed one of those moments. A young Pal believer directed the Church meeting immediately following the teaching. He asked the congregation if they agreed with the proposal set before them, and […]

God’s Word in Action

April 5, 2017

On Sunday our coworker taught the Pal church about Jesus’ last mandate to his disciples: They should wait in Jerusalem to receive power through the Holy Spirit to go out and preach God’s Word. Now, our friends here in the village have always chased after power – power to make their gardens grow, power to […]

Back in Pal

February 21, 2017

The longer furlough lasted, our time in Papua New Guinea seemed to fade from reality until our four-year adventure in PNG felt like no more than a fading dream. Then the day came to jump back into the dream. When we returned to Papua New Guinea the fading dream did not yet turn into reality. […]

Back to PNG! A story as long as our travels.

January 16, 2017

Monday, January 9th, we loaded up two minivans and headed for the airport. We checked in with our airline for our flight to LA, CA and, upon receiving our boarding passes, found that not two of us were together. We were all assigned middle seats and scattered throughout the plane. (In case you’ve forgotten, we […]

What a year!

December 31, 2016

As 2016 comes to a close, I look back on the year and I see that it was quite a year – one of my favorite ever. Despite the busyness of the year and despite the health issues in my family, I really enjoyed a lot of 2016. As a couple, and as a family, […]