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Crazy times…are the best!

Crazy times…are the best!

Life has been busy, to say the least, but it’s about to get even more hectic. Today we wrapped up our nearly two-month long tribal simulation, and I have to say I’m a feeling a little depressed. I actually miss our language helper, Kinosi! We learned so much about the Dobu culture during our class, […]
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Dobu Village: A Tribal Simulation

Dobu Village: A Tribal Simulation

By: Lael Crabtree  Imagine walking into class, but instead of the usual podium and white board, the room is dotted with thatch huts, cooking fires, and an old tribal man carving some sort of wooden object. A radio somewhere is blaring island music and the smell of cigarette smoke is in the air. We have […]
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Semester Kick-Off = Reality Check

Semester Kick-Off = Reality Check

By: Lael Crabtree Infanticide. While it’s easy to romanticize living overseas and working with a tribal group, the reality (while incredible) is also very harsh. Monday for our semester kick-off, Phil and Val Paulson shared their story of living among a violent tribal group in Western Brazil. I was blown away by their faithfulness to live among […]
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Nora at the Square!

Nora at the Square!

“My baby’s so cute I just had to get out and take some photos!” From Nora on the Square, posted by Lael Crabtree on 7/19/2012 (37 items) Here we go… Generated by Facebook Photo Fetcher
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The Summer and The Future

The Summer and The Future

Here’s a quick update on the rest of our summer plans…our finances and future plans. Summer: New Heights Church has been awesome and provided us with a house in Fayetteville for the summer, which we moved into on Monday! Thanks for the help arranging everything, Karen and Ruth! We’ll be in Fayetteville until early August. […]
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In the land of lakes, badgers & cheese…

In the land of lakes, badgers & cheese…

Well, we just got back from a week in Wisconsin…and it was way too short! We got to stay with our friends, Mark and Marilyn Ford (and their beautiful cats…Lael was in heaven)! We also saw a ton of friends from Brooklife Church and got to worship in the new (well, it was new to […]
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Learning Portuguese has never been so fun!

Learning Portuguese has never been so fun!

We’re in an extremely fun class called Culture and Language Acquisition Methodology, and our group is learning Portuguese! The most refreshing thing about this class is we’re practicing the skills for learning a different language…beyond your average memorization/flash-card model! We work with a native Portuguese language helper (and even had an authentic Brazilian barbecue to […]
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George was here…

George was here…

We had an amazing time in Fayetteville, when George Walker, one of my favorite instructors here at the MTC, came to share his story of living among the Bisorio people of Papua New Guinea for two decades! New Heights was packed and on the edge of their seats Sunday morning as George related the joy […]
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See you in Fayetteville!

See you in Fayetteville!

We’re going to be at New Heights Church in Fayetteville this weekend, and we’re extremely excited for several reasons. Lee will be interviewing us at the beginning of the service, so we can update the church on our training and future plans. Also, George Walker, an amazing speaker with decades of church-planting experience (and one […]
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Taking the Living Room Camping!

Taking the Living Room Camping!

Last weekend, we at the Living Room, took two of the students camping on New Tribes’ property. We had been going through the Bible chronologically on Fridays using a graphic novel called Good and Evil, and we had already made it to the Israelite’s captivity in Egypt.  The plan for this camping trip, was to […]
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A New Crabtree is Sprouting…

A New Crabtree is Sprouting…

  We just had our first doctor’s appointment, and it’s official: a new Crabtree will be arriving this October! Aside from needing a little more rest, Lael’s been feeling pretty good. Thanks for all your prayers!
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Learning to think tribal…

Learning to think tribal…

For a girl who was raised in America, I’ve always thought of myself as someone who could think outside my American box. I’m not one of those sheep who’ve just been completely influenced by their culture. I’m not that moldable am I? Wrong. Baa! Just call me a sheep! I am so Western/American, it’s not […]
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