Here is a little video clip a co-worker made for me to share with my home church for their missionary conference. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B71tpwsHSM0TNFFvVzBQTVZDUjg/edit?usp=sharing
Here is the latest from Benjamin and Missy in Amdu “Have you ever been in that awkward situation where there is a language barrier between you and another person? You look at each other and feel helpless especially if you are the one with the pressing need. We have gotten used to this feeling somewhat, […]
March and April saw me in Israel for a few weeks visiting my son Isaac and his wife Camille. I had an amazing time, just being with them and visiting a lot of Israel together, I loved it! Loved the food too and I got to visit Petra, a place I had been interested in […]
January started off in a delightful way for me with the birth of a new grandchild. Here is Andrew James Tobias Hatton, born to Christopher and Mandy on 5th January. He has three big sisters to help look after him. Needless to say we are all delighted. We have started a new semester at ntbi […]
My son Benjamin and his wife Missy and their four children, Judah, Gianna, Tiernan and Silas, have just moved in with the Amdu people. They have been with NTM in training and training others for many years to bring them to this point of beginning a new work of church planting among the Amdu people […]
My son Isaac and his wife Camille spent their vacation from medical school lending a hand in a refugee camp in Africa. I spend time weekly getting to know some of our freshmen, we enjoyed some time outside before the weather turns too cold. I found my co-worker Brandon raking the leaves […]
September saw our son Benjamin and family return to PNG after spending five months with me helping me to adjust and learn to do a lot of things without James. Benjamin has been on a survey with the other guys on their team, they just returned to their wives and kids after a week of grueling […]
To all our dear friends and supporters, here is a hard letter to write. You have been so faithful and supportive of us over these past months and especially in the crisis times when I was calling for help in prayer with James last week. So many wrote back and prayed us through that time. […]
We were getting used to the new normal of chemo when things took a turn for the worse a few weeks ago. I was admitted to hospital with what they discovered was an infection. The infection needed to be treated before I could continue my chemo, so I was discharged from hospital. Lisa was taught […]
I am delighted to say that this week saw me back in the classroom teaching Psalms. I had my good friend Scot Keen help me set up the computer in the classroom and he told me afterwards that just seeing me there was so much the mercy of God. I had to agree for many […]