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 […]

Good Gifts and Juggling Knives

September 19, 2016

September, 2014. A tiny, isolated village on Southern Palawan. A young single father torn by love, cultural pressures of shame and responsibility, and a desire to do what was best for his young son. Church planters who had opened their hearts to this little boy, and with his father’s blessing begun the tedious, years-long process of […]

Of Course He Isn’t Safe

August 9, 2016

As a missionary, we get asked some weird questions, especially while on furlough. And we get asked a lot of the same questions. Common ones include- “So, don’t you just love it there?” Is it like being on vacation all the time?” (ha!) “How many people have you led to Christ?” And probably one of […]

When Your Kids Are Grieving

July 4, 2016

Over the past couple of weeks, we have experienced something new with our kids. Grief. Not just crying over someone they missed but deep grieving over the losses they have experienced in their few short years of living in this fallen world. I was totally unprepared and have felt utterly helpless. Two weeks ago, we […]

It’s Here!

May 26, 2016

Almost exactly a month ago, we submitted our application for registration, and we fully expected It to be released a week ago, so Brian and I drove to the city last week and spent three days prepping the helicopter for it’s test flight, and packing all of our tools and support equipment and shipping it […]

Down to the wire

May 19, 2016

The clock is ticking and we’re running out of time on paperwork. One year ago today, we began disassembling and overhauling this helicopter, preparing it for service in the Philippines. It is exciting and humbling to see what the Lord has done in only one year! Now though, we are down to the wire. There […]