Role-ing Along

February 18, 2024

Over ten years ago, our family stayed with Amy’s parents while raising support for ministry in Mexico. I had always enjoyed Rob, my father-in-law – but after living in the same house for several months, I found his love of pun-making was unexpectedly coming out in my own speech patterns. God’s Word repeatedly points out […]

The Ling Thing

January 13, 2013

One phonemic write-up:40 pages. One grammar write-up:61 pages. Seven weeks in Tahlequah, OK.Three weeks in Roach, MO. One laptop stolen.One laptop returned.One additional week in Newport, WA. 4+ years of stateside NTM training… finished! With the long-delayed conclusion of my linguistics practicum, Amy and I are now done with NTM’s USA-based training program. Almost our […]

Unfinished Business

January 6, 2013

For the Husband family, Christmastime came and went happily. We rejoiced as we celebrated the hope we have in Christ, given to us by God over two thousand years ago. And, rather than just returning to ‘normal life’, we hope to see “…the joy of Christmastide / within our hearts this year abide.” Jesus’ birth […]

Roach, MO to Spring Arbor, MI

November 21, 2012

Trip so far: 41hr 11min, 2854.4 mi Monday: 10:10am CST to 11:50pm EST Although we had more to do in Missouri than we’d imagined, our time at the Missionary Training Center had to – and finally did! – come to an end. We shared impossible farewells with friends we’ve grown to love dearly over the […]

Return of the Stolen Laptop!

November 7, 2012

Amy and I found ourselves in shock Monday night, trying to wrap our minds around everything that had just happened. Sitting on the couch beside us was my stolen laptop – along with all of the peripherals that had been taken with it. Although the computer had at one point been completely taken apart, the […]

Laptop Stolen; Write-Up Gone!

October 29, 2012

It took me a minute to realize what had happened. I walked into my work space early Saturday morning, ready for a 12-hour workday that would wrap up my Cherokee linguistics write-up. After shutting the door behind me I carefully set my coffee cup on the table, then threw my jacket over the chair in […]

Almost there…

October 21, 2012

With nine weeks of Cherokee study complete, that means there is only one more to go! How has so much time flown by?

Back in the Groove

October 14, 2012

It’s only been five months since I (Jordan) analyzed my last linguistics problem… and while in some ways it seems like it’s been forever, for the most part everything is coming back quickly! The first of three write-up weeks is over, and 7.5-hour workdays in a quiet classroom have been very profitable. I estimate that […]

Tahlequah, OK to Roach, MO

October 7, 2012

Trip so far: 31hr 09min, 2189.7 mi Friday: 1:20pm CST to 5:47pm CST Seven weeks down, three to go! Our final language session with Jerry ended at 1:00pm on Friday, and we immediately piled into the car with Missouri in our sights. Our final week of Cherokee live-language study went wonderfully, revealing most of the […]

5… 4… 3… 2… 1…

October 2, 2012

Let the last minute planning sessions commence! Have we recorded enough Cherokee stories to use in grammar analysis? How are we doing on double-checking all those nouns for written accuracy? Are we fairly confident we’ve collected enough material on what makes questions different from commands? And do any of us have the slightest clue what […]