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Learning to limbo turns out can be quite entertaining! Nothing to brighten jungle life or deepen friendships like a little laughter! 😉

“She’s a handful!” for sure describes this little trouble-maker in school. Her mother is doing great learning to read and write despite the challenges. My favorite comment from mom to baby this week was: “What do you have in your mouth? Praying mantis poop?” Just a day in the life. J

“Is it a lie or not?” is a common expression amongst the Nagi who are often deceiving one another. They have been impressed by the contrast of who God is and how is WRITTEN Word never changes and never lies. “But the word of the Lord endureth for ever.” (1 Peter 1:25a)

As we were out getting firewood, Yumnib was excited to talk. “Look at these trees!!! God He created all these trees, this dirt, this sky. Everything we see God made it really good for us. He did that for us because He wanted to be with us. God’s thinking was only good. But Adam & […]

In different languages, using examples can be a challenge: -being hunted like a hawk after prey -being surrounded by enemies like a pack of wild dogs The Nagi believe that people can take the shape of birds and animals, particularly when wanting to do sorcery on another individual. Using the example just like this, the […]

The Nagi get boils fairly often. Which maybe explains why they have a lot of boil superstitions: – Never say where someone else has a boil, or you will get one there – If you do get a boil, call it something besides a boil & then it won’t get big – When sick, be […]

“YOU catch it for me, I don’t want to get bit!” my little buddy says. Not exactly “music to my ears” but I didn’t want to see her lose out on a scrumptious spider snack just because I couldn’t take on the little arachnid. Thankfully, the ending was very happily ever after… except for poor […]

Counting things with the Nagi means starting with your right pinky finger and counting up including your neck, ears, eyes, nose and then working your way back down to your other pinky finger. The Nagi usually just say “lots” before they even get to their second eye though. 🙂 Which means that most numbers in […]

For Nagi friends living in the jungle…the machete is often their “best friend” and most prized possession. But it is also often the source of many injuries and scars. We learn to dread those sort of machete moments! Our little friend slipped on a log out in the garden and fell on her machete. It […]