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Crazy Grammar!

March 13, 2012

We just started our grammar class last week, and it’s been a lot of fun so far! If that statement sounds impossibly weird to you, keep reading! This class isn’t about English grammar, it’s concerned with tribal grammar…and things work a little bit differently. We’ve been breaking down tribal words and figuring out what each part […]

Field Health Class!

February 28, 2012

Last week we finished up our Field Health class. I’d say it was both informational and practical. And by practical, I mean a little scary, as in Jack and I giving each other shots! Don’t worry, no marital issues came out of the event! We began the course a few weeks ago by simply going […]

Is our God a blackboard God?

February 14, 2012

What comes to your mind when you think about God? Are we ever bored with God? We were challenged today in class with this thought, “Your Christian walk will never rise above your conception of God.” Lael and I went through Bible school, and we learned a lot about God. He is omnipotent, He is […]

It’s a big job, so let’s get to it!

February 14, 2012

One of our instructors showed us his “Sad List” today. It stretched to the back of the auditorium. Each name on the list represents an entire language group filled with people who for the last 2,000 years have died without a chance to hear the gospel in their language. Here’s a paraphrase of what Paul […]

Visitors!

February 14, 2012

Lael and I had the privilege of hosting some good friends last week! Stacey Sagely was my Bible teacher in junior high and high school, and her daughter, Hannah, is a high school senior. They came to tour MTC, because Hannah is planning to attend the New Tribes Bible School in Wisconsin next fall! She […]

Graphic Novel + Bible Stories = Awesomeness!

February 14, 2012

Last week was crazy busy, but a lot of great things happened! Last Friday at The Living Room, the teen hang out Lael and I help run, I led our first Bible study with some of the high school guys! We’ve been hanging out with them since last August, and by the end of the […]

Putting My Degree To Work!

February 14, 2012

Today, I get to start putting my journalism degree to work a little bit. I’ll be editing the 8th edition of Tech Tips for Remote Living, the Tech. Center’s comprehensive manual for how to live in the bush…and survive! I’ll also be working on editing some of their videos, so people from other missions can take the […]

January Kick-off!

February 14, 2012

“Being a missionary is not a sacrifice. Christ made a sacrifice. we have a privilege,” said Lisa Kappeler, a single woman serving on the field of Papua New Guinea. Lisa was our speaker for spring orientation. What a great perspective! Being in training to join the Lord in his passion to reach the unreached truly […]

The Living Room

February 13, 2012

This semester, we have been involved in a teen center called “The Living Room” that provides a safe place for teens to hang out after school and Friday nights. Jack’s been placed in charge of the ministry, and we’ve been developing relationships with these kids over the past few months. At the end of last […]

Linguistics and More!

February 13, 2012

Diving into the study of language this semester was amazing! After several weeks of concentrated phonetics classes we had learned almost every sound the human mouth can produce. We also practiced the phonetic alphabet, so we can write down any sound we hear- which will help us immensely, when we move into a tribe and […]

New year. New Semester!

January 20, 2012

As the moving truck rolled through Roach, MO, we got ready to make Nora her second home in 6 months. She has learned to live life on the road this semester! We have bounced all over the countr(ies) for weddings, a funeral, family time, and vacation. In one short year Nora has experienced about […]