erin’s expectations

June 30, 2015

This is the week y’all! The week of packing, hugging, cleaning, hugging, tears, hugging, suitcases, hugging, carry-ons, and hugging. We leave for Papua New Guinea this week. I’ve been encouraged not to pack any expectations in my suitcase; to leave them all on this side of airport security, and not bring any with me. It […]

spiritual gift: packing

June 26, 2015

My husband is a packer. No, you don’t understand. He is a packer. It’s his spiritual gift or something. Whenever we move – which has been a lot in our 4 years of marriage – I don’t pack, it’s neither something I enjoy, nor my spiritual gift or super power. I clean and pile things […]

senioritis

June 18, 2015

I’m calling the last week and a half “missionary senioritis.” It’s been ups and downs. Lots of feeling caught in-between two worlds. Home and not home. Almost there, but still here; yet not quite here either, because we’re almost there. It’s enough to make your head spin and your heart ache with confusion. And just […]

lead me

June 2, 2015

We are coming into the last four weeks (ish) before we get on a plane and fly to Papua New Guinea to begin the next phase of our lives. This is the phase that nobody really talks about – maybe because they’re too busy to pause long enough to – but mostly because it’s hard. […]

kodiak #3

May 28, 2015

God’s timing is absolutely amazing and perfect every single time… I don’t know why it’s so hard to remember that. Yesterday we were given the green light to announce that New Tribes Mission Aviation has purchased Kodiak #3 for the flight program in PNG! This is a project that has been in the works for […]

partners

May 21, 2015

Most of you know that since we finished Bible school last year we’ve been doing partnership development as our full-time stateside ministry. This looks like a lot of writing emails, a lot of phone calls to set up meetings, a lot of cups of coffee, a lot of driving, a lot of sharing, and a […]

erin’s essential list of things to bring to a new kitchen

May 12, 2015

Just wanted to drop a quick note saying thank you for your response to my last blog post. Thank you for your emails telling me your stories, your heartache, your joy… for sharing that you “get it” or honestly that you don’t. I actually feel quite tongue-tied and blog-shy now, as I’ve started, finished, and […]

strangers

May 4, 2015

I’ve been toying with the idea of sharing this, as I’m not totally sure it will be received well, but here it goes… Being a missionary means being a stranger at home. What I mean is… there comes a point as a missionary where you become a stranger in your home town, or church, or […]

post office: check!

May 1, 2015

Thursday night I picked Josh up at the airport – the first time he’s been home since the 15th of April – and Friday morning we hit the ground running once more. Our job is never finished, it seems. The next step in our process right now is collecting and filing the paperwork for our […]

aviation adventures

April 28, 2015

the missionary aviation tent that we (and 7 other mission organizations!) called home for the week by Josh Verdonck What a whirlwind week it’s been! I mentioned in my last post that April has been a busy, busy month for us… and that was only halfway through the month! Since then there’s been an airshow, […]