Medical Check-Up

May 13, 2018

This is a short update to let you know that we are headed to Singapore this week for a check-up for Alisha. It’s been almost 7 months since we went there and got the original diagnosis of asthma. Alisha has had some ups and downs since then, and at this point, we are still unsure […]

A Return

March 24, 2018

We’ve decided to go ahead and move back to the city I mentioned in my last email in a few months. It will be for a minimum of 18-24 months and possibly permanent, but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. I will lay out some of the factors we considered in making […]

Decisions

March 17, 2018

This is just a quick update to let you know we have a big decision to make this week. We have been living here in our current city for a year and half, continuing our language study and planning on serving in this region long-term. But recently, the opportunity came up to do something different. […]

Up And Then Down Again

January 27, 2018

Last month was a good month, but this month has not been quite as good for Alisha. She still struggles with her breathing issues some, but the hardest thing for her is that she feels tired all the time. There has been some improvement overall since she started her meds in October, but not as […]

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 […]