Tyndale’s Health

January 10, 2019

We are so thankful for all of you. Thank you for praying for Tyndale’s health, and for us as we have worked to get him the care he needs. We ended up postponing his appointment in Singapore from Dec 29 to Jan 3 in order to avoid the holiday travel rush. And DJ and I […]

Perplexed, but not in Despair

December 19, 2018

Thank you so much for praying for health as well as encouragement for us as we mentioned in our last update that we’d been going through some discouragement. It may sound strange in light of the news in the rest of this update, but we have felt your prayers. We certainly don’t always understand why […]

Thank You! (And Don’t Stop Praying…)

October 25, 2018

Thank you so much for praying for our friends, fellow missionaries, and fellow believers who lost their homes and weathered a very traumatic situation due to the earthquake last month. We are so thankful for every person and organization who has helped to get relief to the devastated city where the earthquake occurred. If anyone […]

Health, Progress, and New Co-Workers!

September 25, 2018

Thank you so much for your prayers and concern over these past crazy months with all the different sicknesses our family has experienced. We can say that at the moment we are all doing well, which is a huge praise! Tyndale still has […]

Australia Adventures

July 2, 2018

Thank you so much for praying for our family’s trip to Western Australia. We were there for a little over 2 weeks, June 7-22. While there we were able to take care of medical check-ups as well as spend some wonderful vacation time together as a family. DJ had a number of small skin cancers […]

Down Under

June 6, 2018

Thank you so much for praying for our new families during their stage 1 studies. Last week we gave them their “kick-off” into the second half of stage 1, where they’ll be doing more speaking as well as continuing to learn new vocabulary and getting to know their new culture/setting better. Yesterday I got to […]

CLA and HSP

May 7, 2018

Last month when we wrote, our new CLA (culture & language acquisition) students were “warming up” to their new environment and getting ready to start into their stage 1 studies. In the middle of April we gave them a kick-off and they started stage 1. The first half (about 6 weeks) of stage 1 is […]

What’s in a Language pt 2

April 19, 2018

We just welcomed some brand new coworkers into this crazy, life-changing, emotional-roller-coaster of a job we call language and culture acquisition, which got me to thinking again about the complex tapestry that makes up human communication. And I thought I’d share a little bit about a few of the strands of that tapestry, so you […]

New Arrivals!

April 5, 2018

Our new culture & language students are here! Their flights were delayed by several days due to a winter storm in North America, but they arrived safely on Mar. 25 and 26 respectively. Their first few days were filled with trying to get over jet lag, shopping, setting up their houses, getting to know our […]

Getting Ready

March 8, 2018

It’s hard to believe we’re already into the third month of 2018. Next week Areli, Galilee, and Tyndale will have their week-long mid-semester break from school. Tyndale’s passport needs to be renewed by May of this year, so we’re planning to take a trip to another city on this island to get that done. While […]