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Many times our life and ministry are filled with chaos. We came back from our last trip planning to have a month break from travel. Then we get word that we could no longer get visas to Guinea in Senegal as their system was being changed and it was unsure when it would be up […]

Covid tests have added a new layer of adventure to our trips as we need a test before leaving each country we visit. I thought I would give you a picture of what that process is like. This what we went through just 2 days ago in a country that will be left unnamed. So […]

Monday we went to give condolences to a lady from our church who had lost her father. She shared about her father, who was one of the first believers among their people group and definitely the first in their village. She shared about his life. After believing he was initially rejected by the people of […]

Last month we kicked off our travel with a trip to the south part of Senegal. It had been close to a year since our last trip out to any of our village contexts. I left first on the trip to meet with the teams and help them with their language learning. It was so […]

Here is a small picture of daily life as we get back into things… Back to normal life includes getting back into the habit of cooking from scratch, filtering water, watching our water tank levels, sweeping up dust constantly and all the fun tasks life brings. The boys are back a school in person, which […]

2 weeks ago we boarded a plane to return to Senegal. There were many unknowns of how travel would be during this pandemic, but God was gracious. Everything went smoothly from our COVID tests, to the our check in person, to all of our bags arriving safe and sound. It was as smooth of a […]

Our furlough has not quite gone as planned, but we have enjoyed the time here connecting with people in any way we can. Yet one aspect that has been challenging was making sure aspects of our ministry carried on in our absence. A lot of our plans for that fell through as travel was so […]

Over the past months, one thing that has been difficult was knowing what would happen with our return to the US this summer for furlough. At first we felt, “surely by then things will be open up”. Then as the time wore on and things kept changing in the wrong direction, the certainty dwindled. I […]

I never got a chance to tell you about the last trips we were able to take before things shut down. So here is a snap shot on those last few trips. Joel took our first trip of the year to Liberia. Our next trip was to Guinea. There we were visiting a team who […]

Behind us there is an empty lot where they have begun construction. We have had a front row seat to watch the action as they began with clearing the land and then laying out the plan for the foundation. It has been fun to see the whole process develop in front of us almost like […]