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Every Sunday is Different

Every Sunday is Different

Update for the First Week of October 2016 Every Sunday has a routine; things that normally happen.  But every Sunday also has an element of surprise: a dog fight during singing or a child falling off of a bench or some other random event to keep us wondering what will happen next.  Yesterday was not […]
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Update for the Last Week of September 2016

Update for the Last Week of September 2016

Two weeks ago we arrived back in the village and it has been a busy two weeks. Right off the bat we had a visit from four of our church planting consultants: Jared, Danny, Barrie, and Alan. They spent a few days meeting with our team and planning strategies for helping the church here grow […]
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Going Green

Going Green

Going green has become very popular and I’m all for it. Especially after a couple of weeks in a big grey city. This past week Heidi and I traveled from Manila to northern Luzon. We had a lot to do to prepare for returning to the village, but when we were invited to a Saturday […]
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Big Cities

Big Cities

I don’t know why, but no matter where you go there are lots of people in big cities. Go figure. Manila is no exception. Heidi have spent the past week here and, besides working on the tasks we came here to do, we have had a few opportunities to get out on the streets and […]
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This Year’s Flexibility Award

This Year’s Flexibility Award

This year’s flexibility award must surely go to Brian and Brooke Johnson. For a couple of months, Heidi and I have been planning on taking the newest batch of NTM missionaries on a trip to Corregidor Island. But, when the day of departure finally came, two of the couples were sick and had to cancel. […]
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Friends and Advisors

Friends and Advisors

Last week, Heidi and I ended up in town a week earlier than we had planned. We hadn’t been here long before we received a text from our friends, Trevor and Norma Douglas with World Team Mission asking us to come and visit them in their ministry location among the Ifugao people. We were leaning […]
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Cutting Corners Etc.

Cutting Corners Etc.

Most folks these days just don’t look at their house with a critical eye. If they did, they might notice that it is a bit too tall or would be better positioned on the property a few feet one way or the other, or maybe even oriented in a different direction. I don’t want to […]
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Gambalayan: What does it mean?

Gambalayan: What does it mean?

In between working on translation and Bible lessons, I’ve been updating my dictionary of Isnag words.  Working on the dictionary is a good way for me to review vocabulary I don’t often use and having a dictionary proves very useful when translating. Here is a test of your Isnag vocabulary knowledge: gambalayan? A. A food […]
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Is water the theme again? Update for the first week of August 2016

Is water the theme again? Update for the first week of August 2016

Today we are experiencing one of our first tropical storms of the season and the rain is bucketing down. The parking lot hasn’t been filled with umbrellas for quite a while. Even though it was raining we had good attendance at our Sunday service. I was humbled by the fact that some of the ladies […]
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Visitors from Down Under

Visitors from Down Under

When Heidi and I first arrived in the Philippines in 1994, we were soon joined by the Johanson family and over the years we enjoyed playing the role of uncle and aunt to their kids. Rachel, in the center of the picture, is the same age as our son, Charles, and she spent a lot […]
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