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Special Edition:  Home Building Fund

Special Edition: Home Building Fund

May 29, 2018

May 29, 2018 Special Edition: Home Building Fund Don’t like talking about money?  Me neither!  But God has given us the blessing of supporters to enable us to do ministry here, and we have to continually rely on Him working through His people to provide for our ministry.  It actually is a blessing because we […]
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So What Should We Do?

So What Should We Do?

May 1, 2018

April 2018 Ty and Wyck made some signs and decorations because they were so happy Daddy was home after an 8 day trip.  Earlier this month, Matt got the opportunity to go along on a “mature church evaluation” trip.  That is where leadership goes and helps evaluate where a church plant is at spiritually.  It […]
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How Teaching Junior High is Preparation for Church Planting

How Teaching Junior High is Preparation for Church Planting

March 30, 2018

Wyck learning how to garden Learning Dependence on God “Thank you, Mrs. Long,” said a student as she left my class.  It was my first day teaching at Numonohi Christian Academy (NCA), the New Tribes school at the mission center near us.  “What was she thanking me for?” I wondered as I gathered up my things […]
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You might be a missionary kid if…

You might be a missionary kid if…

February 24, 2018

We went to go see an old WWII plane in the jungle. You might be a missionary kid if… Your parents pack a suitcase for vacation and you assume that you’re moving. You see fish in a pond at a restaurant and ask if that’s what we’re eating. You are baffled as to why your mom […]
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Big News!

Big News!

January 28, 2018

Our team!!!  Praising the Lord for the Hernandez family, and waiting on Him for one more family to join us. A Year in Papua New Guinea Currently I’m looking out my window and Wyck is running around in the rain, with his arms outstretched to the side, pretending that he’s flying, yelling, “Rain!  Rain!”  A […]
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An Incarnational Christmas

An Incarnational Christmas

December 13, 2017

“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God with us’).” — Matt. 1:23 (Ty and our Christmas tree) Lately any time we see a Christmas movie or Christmas commercial, we feel a little sad.  So,  we’ve started analyzing the messages portrayed to us about Christmas. […]
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Thankful for the Lord’s Wisdom

Thankful for the Lord’s Wisdom

November 27, 2017

“Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; his love endures forever.” -Ps. 118:1 (Wyck working with Daddy) “Mom, can you make me an alligator costume?”  “Can you make me a sword?”  “Can you make me some robot arms?”  “Can you make me some grasshopper wings?” Pretty much every day, I (Karissa) get requests […]
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Time to Celebrate!

Time to Celebrate!

October 25, 2017

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” – 3 John 1:4 (We just had a conference for all the NTM missionaries in the central region of PNG.  Look at all these people who are laboring for the Lord here!) We’ve made our first disciple here in […]
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A word spoken at the right time

A word spoken at the right time

September 27, 2017

“Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken at the right time.” -Prov.25:11 (Ty ready for the Awana program he does with the other missionary kids and local kids) “Before, we were always killing each other and doing all kinds of terrible things.  I thank the Lord that missionaries like you […]
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Birthday Reflections

Birthday Reflections

August 27, 2017

I will turn 30 on Saturday.  Every year on my birthday I read Psalm 90, which has long been my favorite Psalm.  It reminds me of the briefness of life, and encourages me to live each day in light of eternity. Psalm 90:12 says, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a […]
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