Weddings, Babies and Funerals

January 29, 2018

It seems that in most cultures these are some of the normal large events of life. Things are no different here, but we just have a larger circle with which we can participate in these large life events. So it seems like there is always one of the other happening around us. Within first 2 […]

The Fog Is Lifting

January 8, 2018

We arrived in Senegal one week ago into the new airport that was supposed to open 5 years ago, but finally made had its inauguration a month ago. Jet lag hit us harder than I remember from the past. Thankfully we had built in a week of adjusting before major stuff began. We needed it! […]

A Huge Thank You

December 11, 2017

Our furlough has come and gone and now we are wrapping up and preparing to return home. When we look back over the past few months we have been exceptionally blessed. Here are some of the ways God looked out for us… Joel was able baptize Ethan with the Pastor who baptized him when he […]

We Made It

July 10, 2017

June was a whirlwind! We left Senegal on June 7th and landed in Missouri the next day. We stopped there to pick up a car from a company that leases vehicles to missionaries on furlough. We then began our drive. We stopped along the way to see family, friends and supporters in different locations. Then […]

Our Life at a Glance: Growing Up in Senegal

May 31, 2017

Our kids have the amazing opportunity of growing up in Senegal. It is true that there are challenges they face with the constant transitions and good byes. They are part of many worlds and cultures and yet not fully part of any. However we love celebrating with them some of the fun parts of life. […]

Our Life at a Glance: Community and Church

May 24, 2017

CHURCH With all the other aspects of our ministry and travels we have limited time here in our own community and church, but the moments we have we consider precious. Our church here has become part of our home and our family. We love the opportunity to be involved in body life here and the […]

Our Life at a Glance: Travel for Training

May 18, 2017

The second main reason we travel is to participate in training seminars. Our goal, as a field, for our church planters is to limit the amount of time they are forced to come out of the village. So we try to have different personnel from our field participate in training sessions that they can then […]

Our Life at a Glance: Travel to Our Village Works

May 10, 2017

A majority of our travel is visiting people out in our village works. We work on the field of West Africa which means that we have people in 5 different countries and we are working among 17 different people groups. Because our field is spread out so much and some of the groups we work […]

Our Life at a Glance: Dakar

May 3, 2017

When we are not traveling to our village works, a normal week for us includes a trip to Dakar, the capital of Senegal. We usually go in on Tuesday, stay the night and then come back home on Wednesday. We intentionally do this over the boys long day at school, which is Tuesday, so that […]

Furlough…Ready or not Here We Come!

April 26, 2017

Yep it is that time again. We are heading back to Portland in July. Our first term we felt like it took forever until our furlough came, but this time around we can’t believe that it is already here. We look forward to stepping through the wardrobe into our other world, but we aren’t as […]