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Pressing On

Pressing On

Thanks so much for praying for my (Jennifer’s) trip to our former island to attend meetings last month.  I was gone for 2 weeks—2 travel days and 13 straight days of all-day meetings.  I joked that I’ve found my limit for number of days of meetings in a row that I can handle, and it […]
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Facing Forward

Facing Forward

Dear Friends, Family, and Supporters, Happy New Year!  Thank you so much for your faithful prayers and support over the past year.  You may have noticed that traveling was a theme of last year for us.  The Lord has been so gracious to meet every need, protect us on every trip, sustain us while we […]
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There and Back Again

There and Back Again

Dear Friends, Family, and Supporters, In mid-November we gave an “early stage 3” evaluation to one of our language study families (the Kellers).  A week later they moved on to the island where we used to serve.  There they’ll continue in their national language studies for about another year and then, Lord willing, move interior […]
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Progress & Plans

Progress & Plans

Thanks so much for your prayers for us over the past month.  DJ’s dad came to visit us from Oct.11-16 at the beginning of his very busy trip to Asia Pacific from the US.  His visit happened during the kids’ fall break from school, so we got to do fun things together while he was […]
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What’s in a Language?

What’s in a Language?

Random observations from 12 years (so far) of learning, speaking, and coaching in 3 languages and bumping up against others: Languages are hard. They just are.  Of course there are harder ones and somewhat less hard ones and insanely difficult ones, all relative to the language(s) you already speak and how similar or different the […]
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More Travels

More Travels

You probably remember that we wound up traveling quite a bit during the first half of this year (an April trip to another island to help give evaluations for Jennifer, a May/June trip to the States to attend meetings and see family for Jennifer, and a July trip to Australia for skin cancer removal for […]
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Helping, Healing, and Handling Schoolwork

Helping, Healing, and Handling Schoolwork

It’s been over a month now since DJ got back from Australia.  His skin graft site as well as the surgical wound on his arm (from another skin cancer removal) are both healed.  His ear is doing much better too, and the wound is down to less than half the size it was when he […]
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DJ is Home

DJ is Home

At 10:00 on Sunday morning (10:00 Sat. night US central time), DJ came back to us tired and bandaged, but in one piece.  We are so incredibly thankful for the Lord’s protection and provision through this whole process.  It has given us an even deeper appreciation for the body of Christ.  Thank you so much! […]
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Update about DJ’s Upcoming Surgery

Update about DJ’s Upcoming Surgery

Hi everyone, Thank you so much for your prayers for us as we’ve navigated through the process of planning for a medical procedure in a country where we have no experience with the medical system (or anything else, for that matter!)  We have seen the Lord’s leading and provision through His people, and we are […]
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Whirlwind Trip, Medical Need

Whirlwind Trip, Medical Need

Thank you so much for praying for my (Jennifer’s) trip to the US.  The first week and a half (May 22-30) was spent in Missouri attending meetings with fellow consultants and trainers.  We looked at how we can better train and consult missionaries through the language and culture acquisition process, shared helpful things that we […]
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