Tag: New Tribes Mission

It’s been almost three months now.  Looking back, it’s hard to remember the first few weeks and our general state of overwhelm with a new culture, new surroundings, and new language.  Not that it’s over–not by a long shot!  But we’re getting more comfortable and beginning to figure out the flow of life in this segment […]

Yesterday marked exactly one month since we arrived in Asia Pacific.  In that time, our vision has expanded significantly. During the first few days, we could only grasp information about three feet in front of us.  We noticed things like shiny tile floors, dirty gutters, and flags decorating every street (we arrived around Independence Day). […]

A typical USPS tracking number contains 22 numbers.  I now have a string of those numbers permanently lodged in my memory, since we chose to purchase airline tickets to Asia-Pacific before receiving our passports and visas back in the mail from the embassy.  Call it the newbie jitters, but we were on the edge of our seats for […]

As we near our departure date for Asia-Pacific, we are often asked, “Are you excited to move overseas?”  We usually answer, “Yeah, we’re really looking forward to it!  Can’t wait!” Truth be told, we’re not. We’ve both experienced our fair share of excitement over trips in the past.  I remember high school missions trips and […]

It’s that time of year for us again…moving.  Seems like a monumental task that happens at least twice a year in our lives.  Sometimes we wonder why we even bother unpacking.  Hanging pictures on the wall feels as futile as trying to turn a hotel room into a home for a few days.  Living this way reminds […]

Remember the old Disney movie The Rescuers: Down Under?  There’s a part where the albatross, Wilbur, launches off a high-rise as he takes flight with the two mouse delegates.  During the final stage of Jared’s flight training at NTM Aviation, he had to take off and land on a 900-ft. airstrip (small aircraft typically land on strips from […]

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a three-and-a-half-minute video has to be worth about a million.  Click on the picture below to get a quick visual update on the Kresge family in Arizona. Merry Christmas, everyone!  Our prayer this season is that the love and servanthood of Christ may be displayed among us, […]

Flight follower, that is.  I don’t keep up with Twitter and Pinterest like many of you out there, but I am familiar with the term “follow.”  Getting followers is nice, right?  It’s nice to feel that people value our opinions and are interested in what we’re doing. Having a flight follower isn’t exactly a popularity […]

Just the Facts: For approximately the next nine months of our lives, our family is based at the NTM Aviation headquarters in Arizona.  Here, Jared will undergo missions-specific flight training and contribute to the maintenance team in this final stage of preparation for overseas service.  Carol is learning in a class with other ladies how […]