Tag: New Tribes Mission

Our break from travel was much needed.  We really had a lot that we needed to get caught in on life and ministry in general.  It also gave us a chance to recharge.  Mostly it was also good for the boys have to have us both here for a long stretch of time.  However as […]

Last Monday I went fabric shopping with Joel’s mom and as I was doing that I thought it might be a fun post to share a little of what getting clothes here is like. First of all clothing is very important here.  It is not just important for your own image as it is in […]

The story in the gospel of the widow with her 2 coins has started to come alive to me recently as I have traveled around visiting some of our families.  One of my favorite parts of my ministry and talking with missionary moms.  There are a lot of challenges that missionary moms face.  Sure there […]

We have reached double digits!  Ethan has grown in amazing ways this year.  He has really gotten to a place where he reads scripture and can start applying it to his life and to where I can see him making his faith his own.  He is our game strategist and avid audio book listener.  This […]

Should be simple right?  Now I know DMV’s worldwide are not known for their efficiency, so let’s build in some cushion time for extra long waits and so on.  We are also in a country where any paperwork takes time, so we will add in a cushion for that.  Well over six months later we […]

Our trip to Tanzania was a gift from God.  The leadership in Tanzania had approached us about coming about 6 months ago.  They asked us to come and help them look at the program they have set up for integration – a program we call e2.  They have 4 new families arriving soon and wanted […]

Looking back I feel like Christmas Day for us was a good reminder of all that God has done for us.  As we look ahead to the next year, I wanted to take some time to write down some of the ways God has been at work. The day started off with meal preparations for […]

Because of our travels Christmas really crept up on us this year (posts from our trip to Tanzania will come, but just a little later).  We arrived back to Senegal on the 23rd late in the evening.  However this year was an important year for us as it was the first time since Joel’s parents […]

We leave in a few days on our next trip.  This trip will be taking us down to Tanzania.  The team down there is wanting to look at their program for helping missionaries adapt and enter into life in Tanzania.  We are going down to provide some outsider’s perspective and to share a little for […]