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June 17 Update

June 17 Update

Our team is making great progress on the four primers and four readers which will form the foundation for our literacy program. Once we are done we will be able to prepare the supporting materials such as flash cards and instruction manuals for the teachers. Thanks for praying for us. We have one week to […]
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Literacy

Literacy

Thank you for praying our trip to Manila to attend a three-week literacy workshop. We all arrived safely and are here with two other church planting teams that are also working on developing materials for their language groups. Everyone is working hard. We have just about completed our first week together and have two weeks […]
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What’s that Noise?

What’s that Noise?

If you were to talk to us on the phone right now you might ask, “What’s that noise in the background?  Are there 100 emergency vehicles going by with their sirens going?”  You might say, “Can you turn it off, I can’t hear you?”   That noise is cicadas; thousands of cicadas.  And no, you […]
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A Couple of Visitors

A Couple of Visitors

We had a couple of visitors last week, so let me introduce them. This is Nikko, a very skilled videographer. Our partners, David and Vanessa, will be going on home assignment soon and Nikko very kindly volunteered to come in and make a video for them to use. He is also sharing his work with […]
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Crazy Mother’s Day

Crazy Mother’s Day

When I say that it was a Crazy Mother’s Day, I don’t mean a special day for crazy mothers, or that mothers are crazy. I mean that our first week back in the village has not been normal and that includes Mother’s Day. I just want to be clear about that. We needed to call […]
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Fellowship

Fellowship

We are very privileged to get to work with a terrific group of people. Thank you for praying that our conference would be an encouragement for the missionaries working in Northern Luzon. Everyone arrived safely and we were encouraged to hear how the Gospel message is being shared and responded to in various locations. We […]
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Manila

Manila

Manila is a suitable place for catching jeepneys, seeing people (there are about 30 million), and having leadership meetings (a much smaller group). Thank you for praying for our meetings. They went well. During times when I didn’t have meetings to attend, Heidi and I ran around getting errands done. Some of these were at […]
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Always get a Good Pilot and Tour Guide

Always get a Good Pilot and Tour Guide

Last week, Heidi and I departed from an Isnag basketball court and landed in a harvested Ga’dang cornfield. Note: Don’t try this with an airplane. From where we landed it was only a short walk over to visit our friends, the Talbots and Eastons. Our guide took us on an interesting tour of the village. […]
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Bible Story Books

Bible Story Books

A big thank you to all of you that have prayed for Heidi and her language helpers as they have gone through the process of getting a children’s Bible story book published in Isnag. We are very happy to announce that the books are now in the hands of Isnag children. It is our hope […]
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Late Update

Late Update

I would have sent an update out on Monday, but I was distracted. Actually, I can’t really pin the blame on the kids; there has been a lot going on. I am rushing to get as much translation checked as possible this week because one of my very good language helpers is going out to […]
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