Tag: New Tribes Mission

One of the most important parts of these workshops we do, is the opportunity we have to gather our kids together.  Missionary kids don’t have many opportunities to have something created just for them.  Most of what they participate in life they are trying to adjust to and are the outsider in.  Although it is […]

Before we get to our Literacy workshop, I wanted to share about an event that took place while my parents were here.  We decided to host a party at our mission to thank our host families.  It was the first time that we had done an event of the like that was solely for that […]

Summer break started for us with a visit from my parents and nephews, Jared and Isaac.  It was beyond exciting!  It was my parents second time here, but it was the first time for Jared and Isaac.  It was fun to see our home through eyes of youth visiting for the first time.  They were […]

 

It has been almost 2 months since my last post.  I had so many good intentions to sit down and write, but the summer just flew by.  It is hard to believe that it is at an end!  It was a great summer, but one of the busiest we have had. This summer brought us […]

A few weeks ago after putting Ethan and Tyler to bed, I got called back into the room by Ethan.  He had been up the night before unable to sleep and now he was afraid that tonight would be the same.  I told him the best thing he could do was not worry about it […]

As we prepare for our trip next week, I was realizing that travel is becoming a normal part of life and ministry for us.  Our travels bring us all over West Africa and sometimes even beyond that.  There are some who might wonder why we so often “hit the road” and “take to the skies”. […]

Mother’s day is celebrated the last week in May here.  Joel always likes it because he gets a warning from the American Mother’s Day reminding him to prepare.  This past Mother’s day was unexpectedly a blessing to me.  Usually on Mother’s day the women of our church head out to a village to meet with […]