Tag: New Tribes Mission

Christmas has been one of the hardest seasons for me to balance between our two world.  I don’t know why, but it has been the area where I found it hard to let go of my home world and embrace our host world.  There were so many memories wrapped up in Christmas day that Christmas […]

It has been awhile since I have posted.   That should be an indicator of what the rest of our November was like – incredibly busy.  The craziness started with a week of intensive training in language evaluations.  Then after that week I headed straight to help in the preparation of a 2 week training […]

Here are just a few more pictures from our Guinea trip. This concluded our voyage around the West Africa this fall.  3 countries in 2 months, is enough to make anyone tired!  Each place was so surprisingly different and that was fun to see and experience.  It will, however, be nice to stay in Senegal for […]

God called us to the mission field as a family and so I am convinced that our ministry should happen as a family.  This wasn’t our first time traveling as a family, but it was our first time intentionally trying to involve the kids in the goal of our travels.  Before leaving we talked with […]

It is time for our last trip of the year (or so we think :)).  Our plan is to leave early next week down to Guinea – The country right below Senegal.  All four of us in our wonderful car. So what will the journey look like… 3 day drive to the capital of Guinea. […]

My trip to Liberia was not without adventures, but I am thankful that they were all good adventures.  So here is a little of some of the adventures and experiences I had during the trip. Life there is really simple.  It was a good reminder of how doable simple is.  They have no refrigerator there […]

When I left for Liberia, I was not ready to go.  We had just gotten back to the kids and I had a hard time trying to wrap my head around packing and leaving again.  I was very nervous about traveling on my own.  Joel is the stable one, who handles the adventures and bumps […]

Right now, I am sitting at a Guesthouse in Monrovia waiting for my flight tomorrow, which will bring me back home.  I am so eager to walk off that plane back home.  I am going back to my family who I have dearly missed, but also back to the life and people who have become […]

There is so much I could say, but words couldn’t express it all.  However we were very encouraged by our first trip.  We enjoyed the opportunity to connect with people there.  We feel like we were able to get a better idea of the context where our missionaries are living.  We were able to listen to […]