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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]