Praying and Waiting

November 4, 2017

Well, it’s been a rough couple months. Alisha and the kids were gone for 3 weeks in September and when they got back, her breathing problems started. That took a few weeks to resolve, although resolve seems like too strong a word, since the problem has not completely gone away. But we are home now, […]

Anniversaries and Weddings

September 13, 2017

This Saturday, we will have been a whole year. That is significant to us because there haven’t been many times in our married life together that we have lived in one place for a whole year straight. But, this Saturday, Alisha and the kids hop on a plane and fly back to the states for […]

Laughed At

July 2, 2017

Progress can be hard to see here. Even though we’ve been in this city less than a year, there are still periods of time when it feels like nothing is happening and you aren’t learning anything. Eventually, you realize you know more words than you did before. But learning another language doesn’t happen quickly. I […]

May 16, 2017

Recently, I had a chance to take trip to the interior of another island where we have a team working with a church. I tagged along with a consultant who was going to give language evaluations to the members of the team there. I had planned to only stay a couple days, but when it […]

Four Wheels

February 14, 2017

Since our last update, we have gotten into a routine quite a bit more. We are doing language sessions 2-3 times a week, and hope to get up to 4 times pretty soon. But this is the first time we have done language study with a baby in the house. And he doesn’t help. Between […]

Almost Back To Normal

October 30, 2016

First off, we don’t have internet yet (hopefully soon); we just have our cell phones, so our updates have been a little infrequent lately. But we are alive. We found a house to rent and moved in about three weeks ago. We have all our stuff, but we don’t really have any furniture yet, so […]

A New Home

September 20, 2016

We made it to our new city on Saturday. It was a relief to be done flying and waiting in airports. We are staying in a house rented by another missionary who is on furlough. The day we got here, the power was out all day, and it was pretty hot outside. It was also […]

Moving Again

September 5, 2016

Well, this year has gone a lot different than I would have thought last September. Coming back to the States, losing Alisha’s dad, Davis being born seven weeks early… God has His own way of doing things. But now, we are ready to return to the field (as ready as we can be nine days […]

Two Weeks

June 9, 2016

It’s been a little over two weeks since Davis was born and he is doing well. He is up to about 5 lb. 5 oz., so he’s gained about 9 ounces. He is in an open crib and can keep himself warm now. The main thing they are waiting on before sending us home is […]

We Have Our Baby

May 25, 2016

Davis Duane McIlroy was born yesterday, May 24th. He is breathing on his own and doing pretty well for being born at only 33 weeks. We came in to the hospital on Sunday evening because Alisha had swelling and high blood pressure, symptoms of preeclampsia. Although certain meds can help keep blood pressure low, the only […]