Heading Home

May 11, 2019

The goodbyes have begun. It never gets easier, even though after ten years we know what to expect. By this weekend we’ll be in Manila fighting jet lag, while our senses adjust once again to the heat, humidity, smells and noise. Our brains will slowly begin shifting back to functioning in Tagalog, and remembering all […]

2018 Year in Review

January 25, 2019

As a family, we like to take some time in January to reflect on the previous year, remember all that God has done, and ask Him for His priorities for us in the coming year. We wanted to share some of these memories with you in a month-by-month format. You can also check out the […]

No Greater Love

January 25, 2019

One of our greatest joys these past few years has been the privilege of serving the indigenous church as they continue to spread the gospel to their own people, and sometimes even across language barriers. Their passion for Christ, and willingness to sacrifice to make him known regularly challenges our own faith and commitment. Monsing […]

Just a Door

January 22, 2019

In 2015, as we were launching head-first into a God-sized project – transitioning our flight program to a turbine helicopter instead of a Cessna bush plane, we found ourselves facing a wild array of emotions. Crazy excitement at what this tool would mean for our church planters, mixed with some fear and trembling – what […]

An Angel in Flip-Flops

January 22, 2019

Gray clouds drifted overhead, and misty rain soaked my hat and dripped off of the brim. I struggled to keep the blueprints dry while reading dimensions, measuring, and driving stakes to mark the corners of the hangar, helipad and driveway. After two years of searching and waiting, we finally had 2.5 acres of land to […]

A New Journey

October 11, 2018

Since our flight program on Palawan closed in 2014, God has grown and stretched us in some unexpected ways. Much like Isaiah, before we came to the Philippines, we told the Lord: “Here we are, send us.” Little did we know where that commitment would take us. At the same time that the Palawan flight […]

2017 _ Year in Review

February 21, 2018

January Back to the Drawing Board After 10 months of negotiations, construction clearance applications, meetings, and more paperwork, and despite a favorable vote from the public, our request for permission to build a helipad on the land we had found was ultimately denied. While January and early February was a discouraging time, the Lord deepened […]

When It Doesn’t FEEL Like Christmas

December 25, 2017

Over the past few weeks, as we have been getting ready for Christmas, several times I have thought and my kids have said, “It doesn’t feel like Christmas.” And it got me thinking- what is it that makes it FEEL like Christmas? I asked my kids this and we all talked about it and this […]

Street Dancing

May 3, 2017

A few weeks ago, our town celebrated Kaamulan, an annual fiesta commemorating the alliance of the seven major tribal groups represented in our region. The highlight of the six-week long fiesta is a day of street dancing in which different teams compete by recounting historical legends in dance and song. It was fascinating to hear […]

2016 – A grateful look back

January 19, 2017

January Home to the Philippines After almost 8 months in Arizona refurbishing a helicopter and getting trained as a commercial helicopter pilot, 2016 kicked off for us with a homecoming back to the Philippines. After a couple of weeks in Manila renewing our visas, we traveled straight to Mindanao, the island that would become our new […]