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 […]

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 […]

Pressing On

February 11, 2018

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 […]

Facing Forward

January 5, 2018

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 […]