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BIG NEWS! For 8 days only, starting TODAY (Monday the 24th), we are running a T-shirt Campaign for our homeschool helper who is coming in just 2.5 weeks! ALL proceeds will go toward Mackenzie’s remaining expenses. This awesome Tigak T-shirt has additional benefits: It will look great on YOU (and your family members),  It will […]

This last month has been a different focus for us.  We were blessed to have two men from two of our sending churches come out for three weeks and help fix up our house! As the house has been standing for 15 years in a tropical climate, it was happy to receive some TLC. Some […]

We are chugging along at learning the Tigak language and culture! We’re sure some of you have seen yourself or someone you know in some of the pictures we’ve used to help us learn words and phrases in the language. It’s sure fun to involve you! Our language helpers seem to be getting a kick […]

Well friends, the day has finally come! After 15 years (give/take) of anticipating being involved in church planting and Bible translation, we have joined a church planting work! Last Sunday, 2-22-15, after MUCH prayer, thought, and seeking counsel, we decided to join the Tigak work. We are incredibly thrilled! (And many other emotions…) We knew […]

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If you were stranded on a remote tropical island, what 3 things would you want to have with you? No I am not answering the question. 🙂 But we do have 3 things to update you on, 2 of which we would ask your prayer for! The small body of believers here on this island has […]

Merry Christmas! The sound of coconut branches breaking as a coconut plunges with a huge “BANG!” to the ground reminds us of branches snapping from the sheer weight of snow. This may not sound to you like “sounds of winter”… but it’s about as close as we can get here*! *Here = a tiny island off […]