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It’s been 2 months now since we moved here. Our house is still not completely set up, but we do have bedding and curtains now. 🙂 Meanwhile, we are busy studying the local language here using the same language and culture acquisition lessons that new missionary families use to learn the national language. We plan […]

We’ve been in our new ministry location for 3 weeks now. We arrived right before this country’s biggest holiday, followed a week later by another holiday (Independence Day.) As a result, most shops and businesses were closed for a good part of our first couple weeks here, which has slowed down the process of getting […]

Our two weeks in the village were bittersweet as we enjoyed the company of our Hobongan friends after over a year apart, but also had to tell them that we won’t be living in the village with them anymore, at least for a while. They understood the need that is leading us to move to […]

We’re down to only 3 1/2 weeks before our June 4 return to Asia Pacific. The next few weeks will be filled with packing, shopping for the things we need to take back with us, and saying a lot of very difficult and emotional goodbyes. We appreciate your prayers for us during this time. Last […]

Since we arrived back in the United States on April 29 for our home assignment, we have logged over 18,000 miles on the road. Over the summer we traveled across the southwest to California, up the coast all the way to Washington, across the north as far as Wisconsin, and back down through the Midwest […]

We made it to Ohio on Monday, the 5th, after being on the road for 2 1/2 weeks. It’s nice to be in one place for a few weeks. We’ve been enjoying getting to visit with DJ’s grandparents every day, and the girls and I have been working steadily on home schooling to try to […]

Right now we’re on the fourth day of our 2-month trip to the eastern and Midwestern USA. So far we’ve had stops in north Texas and in Arkansas, and we’re currently in Tennessee. This morning we got to meet and share with a church here in Tennessee who recently started supporting us sight-unseen. What an […]

In our last update a few weeks ago, we mentioned that the kids and I (Jennifer) had all been suffering from coughs, and that the kids had fevers. Shortly after we wrote that e-mail, Tyndale took a quick turn for the worse. His breathing was very rapid and labored, suggesting pneumonia, so we decided we […]

In this update we want to especially ask you to pray for DJ as he will be going to Malaysia on Thursday (Oct. 7) to have his gallbladder removed. He’s been having trouble with gall stones for the past couple of years, and they have finally gotten to the point where we have no other […]

Thank you for praying for Rachel while she worked with translation helpers in the village upriver at the beginning of this month. They worked very hard and finished the first draft of the book of Acts, as well as part of the second draft of Exodus. Now Rachel is getting ready to go downriver on […]