Transitions, Additions and The Spread of the Gospel

June 10, 2016

Wow! A lot sure has happened since our last update went out. If you haven’t already heard – we’re expecting baby number 4 at the end of November! We also officially finished our national language study! On April 8th we had our final evaluation and were given the go ahead to pursue finding the people […]

Our new “normal”

December 18, 2015

Learning to live overseas in a third world country is entirely about adjusting; we adjusted to hearing a different language constantly spoken, adjusted to seeing a different way of life revolve around us, we had to adjust to the fact that things we normally did were now considered abnormal or wrong. That first year+ was the hardest […]

A Glimpse of Hope

August 18, 2015

Sitting out on the back porch with Awayo was one of the most encouraging days of my life. Awayo is an outspoken believer whose life has been drastically changed by the Word of God. He looks like any other villager wearing just a simple gourd, a string bag and a few bead necklaces. There was nothing […]

Adjusting to our new homeland

June 15, 2015

*** 6 months ago I was holding a 9 weeks old baby boy about to board a flight yet again to Asia Pacific. It’s now been 6 months since we moved here and praise the Lord we’re still here and pressing on. We’ve been keeping very busy with language study trying to put in 40 […]

March Update 2015

March 25, 2015

We’ve now been living for 3 months in the country we hope to one day call our home. It’s been a whirlwind of experiences, frustrations and adjustments. It’s hard to explain our life here as each day is quite different. Culture comes literally knocking at our door every day. There are always new experiences to learn from and attempt […]

A day in our life…

February 4, 2015

The process of language learning we are in is really fun (in my opinion). We’re currently at a point in our language ability that we can understand quite a bit. Enough to get around somewhat comfortably. We can now pinpoint the word(s) in a sentence or phrase we don’t know and ask for them to rephrase it. I still […]

Papua, our New Home!

January 31, 2015

It’s been just over a month since we moved our family to the island of Papua. We are finally to the island where we have been hoping to have our long-term ministry! Currently we are living in a small city. It is here we will be finishing up our national language and culture study. We are […]

Welcoming Clayton Daniel Weeks

November 19, 2014

What a blessing the Lord has given to us! Our son Clayton Daniel was born on October 19, weighing 8lbs 15oz. Big boy! We’re so thankful for him and the girls love him to pieces! It’s been nearly 4 months in the States which means we’re packing up and doing all our last minute things […]

September 2014

September 19, 2014

Wow, we’ve been in the states for almost two months now and our baby boy is due in just 3 weeks! Time sure is flying. I wanted to thank you all for your prayers as we packed up our home in Central Java, shipped our stuff to Papua and made our long trip back to […]

Can’t believe it’s already been 1 year!

May 5, 2014

It’s been one year now for us serving in Asia Pacific learning the national language. It’s been a challenging experience adjusting, but the Lord has been so good to us providing all we need and finding our joy and peace in Him. Since our visas were good for one year, we had to exit the […]