Author: Jonathan and Heidi Bamford

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 […]

Wet Season is here along with dark and rainy nights, so when the dogs start barking like mad and you see lots of flashlights heading up the path, it can only mean one thing; Christmas carolers. As they go from house to house, they are collecting donations of glutenous rice (used for making desserts), coconuts, […]

Nine days ago, Heidi and I brought a little girl and her family out to town so that the girl could have surgery to repair a ruptured eardrum that hasn’t healed naturally. We were hoping that the surgery would take place soon after we arrived, but the doctor had to postpone it, so it didn’t […]

Time is flying by. I spent last week concentrating on writing Bible lessons. We are currently working our way through the lives of David and Saul and there are a lot of good life lessons for us to learn along the way. Heidi finished up her content check of Romans and Vicky, with her group, […]

Heidi and I have been out of the village for a week and, Lord willing, will be on our way home tomorrow. Our week out in town started with a need for us to visit Michael and Garet Gatawa (pictured above) who are running a great ministry called the Ifugao Project. God is using the […]

Every once and a while I mention that I’m working on the recording draft.  Last time I did that, someone asked if I distribute the recordings.  It occurred to me that I should give a bit of explanation.  My translation process involves many steps and the recording draft is the third step.  The purpose is […]

The past month has been very quiet in the village. The people have been out harvesting their fields and we have been using this quiet season to concentrate on translation and preparing Bible study lessons. This past week, quiet season ended. Many people have finished their harvesting and we had visitors arrive. Ronalyn Stevens, in […]

It has been another busy week of harvesting for our neighbors. Some of them have finished their fields and some are still working hard to get their harvest in before it is destroyed by rainy weather. Once the bundles are dry, they are put in the ‘kalub’- a temporary shelter that the family often lives […]

The rice fields that were verdant green a few weeks ago are turning golden yellow. Everyone is busy harvesting their fields.  Everyone is thankful that the weather is perfect for harvesting. The Isnag harvest rice from the mountainsides using a small tool that fits in the palm of their hand and cut they the ripe […]

We had a good time out at town, but are glad to be back in the village and getting back in the “swing of things” as they say. We arrived back to a village in mourning. Just before we left the village, we visited Aunty Gou at her house and she was doing well at […]