Tag: New Tribes Mission

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

We weren’t expecting a baby until July, but last night, Alisha had high blood pressure and a lot of swelling, so we came in to the hospital, and she does have preeclampsia. Her blood pressure is high enough that the doctors want to induce her now. She is 33 weeks along, and although that is […]

It doesn’t seem like there’s a lot to write about, since we are here in the states. But we have been visiting our supporting churches and continuing to help Alisha’s mom at home. Even though I am anxious to get back to AP, it is good for us to be here now. I will be […]

A lot has happened for us in the last few months. Some good, some bad, some things that we didn’t expect. God has worked out everything for us in a that we probably wouldn’t have chosen, but from our perspective now, the timing seems perfect. We have been in Washington now for about a month […]

For those of you who don’t know, Alisha’s dad passed away two weeks ago. I apologize for the delay in letting everyone know, but I just haven’t had a chance to post an update til now. It seems that he died peacefully in his sleep. We got to see him before he died, and when […]