Author: Jonathan and Heidi Bamford

Heidi and I spent last week at our northern Luzon flight center and got to see some great things taking place. On the top of the list is Alex and Cole finishing their formal Tagalog learning. Getting to the point where one can communicate well in another language takes a lot of hard work and […]

This past week we have been in wrap up mode. Thankfully, we had lots of help. Pastor Jon and his son, Kephas, from Westwood Baptist in Olympia, came out for a visit and helped us in many ways. Our pilot also spent a day helping me get some things done that have been on my […]

This past week, our neighbor took the wall off the house and we were surprised to learn that we have been living next door to a pot attic and didn’t even know it. Coming from Washington, you would think I would be quicker to clue in. Our translation consultants, Bob and Jogvan, arrived and we […]

One of our prayer requests last week was that we would be able to get back to the village. Thank you for praying. We made it out a day later than scheduled and were very happy to be home because we had a lot of rocks to float. Not only did we want to do […]

This past week, Heidi and have been at our support center working on reviewing our translation consultant’s comments for Romans and Ephesians, correcting the translation where needed, and then adjusting the back translation to match. It was a happy moment when we got to the end and emailed everything back to the consultants. There is […]

After a few difficult months in town and surgery to repair two broken bones, Aileen has recovered enough to be able to be back in the village. She flew in on the day Heidi and I began our journey to Thailand to attend meetings. Our pilot did a very good job of getting us out […]

Dear Friends, Thank you for praying for us. Our kids are all safely back in the USA and Heidi and I are back in the village. We are glad to be here, even though we only have ten days here before we will be traveling to some meetings in Thailand. One of the reasons we […]

Thank you for your prayers. Our kids arrived safely, and we are really enjoying having them with us. Their flight into Manila was delayed so they arrived in the wee hours of the 26th. We had everyone back to the hotel by 3am. Later that morning, we flew to Northern Luzon. The weather the following […]

Last week the guys finished the first installment of the retaining wall.  The men really worked hard and got a lot done in one week. It is great to see some important projects getting done. The big event of the week was the Christmas program.  It was a very nice program and we were glad […]

You can only see the first 12 inches of termite damage on our co-worker’s house post, but it actually goes up four feet. These nice guys are ready to help fix the problem. Meanwhile, at our house, Heidi is working with these ladies going over a rough draft of the book of Ephesians. It only […]