Author: DJ and Jennifer Searcy

Summer in the Southwest

Summer in the Southwest

Here in southwest Texas spring is already transitioning into summer.  We’ve been enjoying the cool, refreshing Nueces River water on hot afternoons.  Our garden is producing lots of squash, zucchini, lettuce, cilantro, green beans, peas, cucumbers, and peppers.  Soon we’ll have corn too.  We’re getting to the end of mulberry and agarita berry season now, […]
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Solitude in South Texas

Solitude in South Texas

Well, the world has changed quite a bit since we wrote a month ago.  We are incredibly thankful to be home during the current crisis, with lots of the great outdoors to enjoy while practicing social distancing.  We’re also very thankful to be healthy, and that Tyndale hasn’t had any HSP symptoms at all for […]
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Early Spring

Early Spring

Down here in south Texas we’re starting to see signs of spring—redbuds, mountain laurels, and fruit trees are blooming, and some of the trees are starting to bud and leaf out.  We have started tilling and mulching the garden down at my dad’s place in preparation for planting later this month.  Thank you all so […]
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Southern Autumn

Southern Autumn

We’re enjoying being in Texas for the fall.  I (Jennifer) have continued to go swimming every afternoon that’s warm enough.  So far, it’s been warm enough almost every day, although we did have a weak norther a couple days ago that made it too cool for one day.  And we are supposed to have a […]
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Settled

Settled

Thank you so much for praying for our trip to visit supporters this summer!  We returned to south Texas on Aug. 12 after 8 weeks, 9,900 miles, and 28 different “beds.”  A huge thank you to every person who hosted us, gave to us, met up for a visit, or otherwise lavished us with blessings […]
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On the Road Again

On the Road Again

On June 18 we started traveling again, this time by car.  So far we’ve had stops in north Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Oregon (4 different stops), Washington, and Montana (where we currently are.)  Between now and July 10 we plan to make further stops in Montana, Wyoming, Iowa, and Wisconsin on our way to Ohio […]
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Deep in the Heart of Texas

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Thanks so much for praying for our journey from Asia Pacific back to Texas for our home assignment.  We arrived in Los Angeles after about 25 hours of travel and were blessed to spend the night at DJ’s cousin Audrey’s house and get some sleep before continuing on our last flight to San Antonio the […]
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Safety in Travels

Safety in Travels

At the beginning of this month, I (Jennifer) made one last consulting trip before we start our home assignment.  I traveled to the interior of the island where we used to serve and helped with 2 stage 3 evaluations for friends who are learning a local language.  Once I got back, I helped with another […]
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Home Stretch

Home Stretch

In March we made a trip back to our former island to see our dear Hobongan friends. The Lord answered prayer and allowed us to pick our Hobongan fluency back up quickly so that we could enjoy the time. It was also a blessing to get to spend time with Rachel, who is still busy […]
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Health & Testing

Health & Testing

Thanks so much for praying for our trip to Thailand.  It went very well.  The kids’ educational testing confirmed a lot of the things we’ve been seeing, and gave some more specific insight which should be very helpful for their school here as well as in the US next year (during our home assignment.)  They […]
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