Progress Reports

The Language Progress Process

December 1, 2014

We’re doing a lot of language study these days, which can be exhausting for the mind. If you have been following our prayer updates your mind may also be stretched trying to figure out the levels and stages that we talk about. I hope this will bring some clarity for you. First: NTM equips tribal […]

Warm-up

July 31, 2014

Maybe it’s a sense of urgency or maybe it’s just impatience, but as soon as we recovered from jet lag (three days after arrival) I was ready to dive into language learning. I had to wait. Learning language before arrival may seem like a time saving strategy but it has proven from experience to be […]

Arrival!

June 27, 2014

Getting off the plane in Asia Pacific, I notice that I instantly feel…damp! I can’t stop looking around and smiling, its beautiful, hazy, warm, and so different. We drive to our new house and see so many sites on the way there, it is reassuring to see mountains and even pine trees! Our house is […]

Departure

June 25, 2014

With the approval of our visas two weeks before departure we got full swing into packing and final preparations. We sold our pickup truck, built a shed to store the all-terrain snowmobile and the scooter while we’re gone, and packed the necessities into 2 suitcases, 12 rubbermaid bins, and 12 carry-ons. Each bin was weighed […]

On the Bikes

May 1, 2014

Two months ago we learned that our initial visas will be more like a visitor visa than a student visa, making them easier to get but requiring frequent renewal, and limiting privileges. That means we can’t get a national drivers licence until we are done learning the national language (roughly a year). So we were […]

Let the visas begin!

December 12, 2013

It turns out there are a lot of paperwork type things to get together if you plan to live in a different country. This is all new territory for a short-range traveler like me. I was surprised with a list of 41 ‘documents’ that I need to collect and scan so I can put them […]

100% Support!

November 28, 2013

We are very excited and thankfulto the Lord for how, this week, after eleven years in different faith support ministries, He has provided through His people the full amount of regular monthly financial support for our ministry budget! Though we’ve answered these questions as they have come up, you may be wondering, “What is your budget […]

East with Cassi

August 21, 2013

After a brief 3-day turn around in Clearwater, Cassia joined me to return to Grande Prairie and continue the trek east via McLennan, Edmonton, and Coronation, stopping in Canmore on the way home. Cassia kept me company and assisted me on our busy Sunday morning church visits. She helped me unroll the long list of […]

North with Cori

August 5, 2013

Corianna and I enjoyed a 2000 km tour through Chetwynd, Fort St. John, Dawson Creek and Grand Prairie. This was the first of several ten day trips; heading out at the start of one weekend and returning at the end of the next. As we reconnected with golden friends and supporters we made great new […]

The Phone Call

April 24, 2013

Dawn and I have been eager to speed the process of going to the mission field. We have tried to move quickly so we would not be impeding the progress of the gospel to a waiting tribe (some have been waiting for a missionary for over 18 years!) So we applied to the field of […]