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This… Is… It!

This… Is… It!

Christmas Day, with Grandma Roe Yes, that is my parents’ “favorite” one-liner, spoken by _________ on the reality TV show ________ (do you know?). It’s time for a flashback, folks! Some of you have been following us throughout our four years of training. Many of you have known us LONG before. And others of you […]
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“Next Year In ___?”

“Next Year In ___?”

“Don’t forget about their parents!”, our speaker encouraged everyone last night at our Christmas dinner, “A Tribal Bound Christmas”. He continued on, mentioning our parents (and families, friends) will have some lonely times ahead as we experience the separation. We are sure soaking up moments here with our families, celebrating birthdays and special days (holidays). […]
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One More Race

One More Race

Yesterday I (Lisa) ran my third Turkey Trot 5k! It was a blast! Turkey Trot 2011 (my first) Turkey Trot 2013 Turkey Trot 2012 This was also my last Turkey Trot for quite some time, since we’ll be in PNG next year, Lord-willing. I may have to find a new tradition on Thanksgiving morning… or […]
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Into the West: Arrival Day!

Into the West: Arrival Day!

enjoying friends from southern Oregon 🙂 We arrived in Seattle on Sunday evening, tired, but very thankful and nostalgic… we thought back on our road trips- We’ve made 8 cross-country road trips in the last 4 years. That is +/- 16,800 miles! We’ve had a total of 0 accidents, 0 breakdowns, 1 trip to Les […]
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Into the West: Day 2-4: Utah to Oregon

Into the West: Day 2-4: Utah to Oregon

Finally, the amazing sights and smells of the beautiful PNW! As we left the (stinky) Salt Lake City area, the sun peeked over the hills (do they call those ‘mountains’? Not sure… hehe). After we all recovered from our “great” (?) salt lake-induced nausea (oh my!), we had an uneventful drive across the salt flats, […]
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Into the West: Day 1: Colorado to Utah

Into the West: Day 1: Colorado to Utah

On Tuesday we drove up into the beautiful Rocky Mountains! We had a good, full two weeks in Colorado, enjoying relatives, seeing friends and making new friends, and worshiping our Lord with them at their churches. I also completed my preliminary Cherokee Linguistic write-up. Oh and by preliminary, I mean PREEEEEE-liminary. 🙂 I’m thankful for the […]
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Rocky Road

Rocky Road

If only it was THIS simple! Here we are now, settling in for 3 weeks at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It’s beautiful and peaceful here, and we’re enjoying fellowship with some special Colorado relatives and friends. Phonemics and Grammar (!!) We are spending this time here so that I can do my linguistic […]
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We are all spilling the bowl of milk.

We are all spilling the bowl of milk.

…and other such silly sentences that we would (hopefully) never say. 🙂 But the title of this blog entry is an actual sentence we learned in Cherokee. Why?! We have spent a good portion of our language sessions learning verbs (yes, action words). We learned the verb “spill”. Except there is no way to say […]
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"Oh-see-yoh" from Oklahoma!

"Oh-see-yoh" from Oklahoma!

Now you have learned how to say “hello” in the Cherokee language! How to write it? Different story. 🙂 We didn’t write as many blogs about our road trip from Seattle to Oklahoma, mostly because we planned to surprise visit some friends in Missouri as a little fun detour before heading down to OK. The […]
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Off to Ooooooooooo…klahoma ~ Day 1

Off to Ooooooooooo…klahoma ~ Day 1

the girls enjoying time with their Tia Celia and cousins Day 1 is slightly deceiving as we did spend a few days in eastern Washington with Noe’s sister and family. We really enjoyed our time there, reconnecting and enjoying the BEAUTIFUL scenery 🙂 The girls had a blast with their cousin as well. (majesty) the […]
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