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Back from Papua New Guinea!

Back from Papua New Guinea!

Hello everyone! I’m back from an amazing 25-day trip to PNG! If I could describe this trip in one word: Ineffable :    “Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.” But I’ll try my best to walk you through my trip! The guys and I, including Paul- a friend and representative from […]
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Planes, Planes, and…. Planes

Planes, Planes, and…. Planes

ready to fly I believe the total number of flights Noe will have taken on this trip comes to 16! (Or 18? … A LOT) Most recently, he and Jack flew into a tribe that is a “new work” (meaning, the missionaries have just recently moved in and begun learning the culture and language). The […]
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Apinun!

Apinun!

“Apinun!” is a common greeting in Tok Pisin, the national language of Papua New Guinea. I got my own greeting tonight just as we set dinner on the table! Noe was calling from PNG, having just landed from their flight out of the tribe! Noe, soon after arriving in PNG 🙂 Noe said they had […]
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Time to Teach and Learn

Time to Teach and Learn

In just 9 days, Noe will travel to Papua New Guinea! He is very excited, and it has also been an intense couple of weeks as the in-country details get made and changed (repeatedly). Please keep Noe and the other men in prayer as they seek to finalize their plans to best utilize the 25 […]
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Headed Home: Sleepless in Seattle

Headed Home: Sleepless in Seattle

Ready for the 2100 mile trip! At the finish line! 🙂 Well, maybe we’re not sleepless, but definitely lacking some zzzz’s and still functioning in the Central time zone! After a drizzly 8-hour (actually 10 with the 2 hour traffic delay coming into the Cascades!) drive, we arrived safely in Seattle on Monday night in […]
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Headed home: Days 2 & 3: South Dakota to Wyoming; Wyoming to Montana

Headed home: Days 2 & 3: South Dakota to Wyoming; Wyoming to Montana

Checking in once again from the looooooong and winding road 🙂 Yesterday we drove only about 6 hours, from South Dakota to Gillette, Wyoming. We stayed at our ‘favorite’ hotel… it has a fantastic indoor water park which our girls just LOVED last year, and again this year. Any road trip is better with Starbucks, […]
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Headed home: Day 1, Missouri to South Dakota

Headed home: Day 1, Missouri to South Dakota

Well, we made it out of Missouri! Linguistics is over until the Cherokee practicum this fall. We packed, cleaned, and yesterday we moved out of our apartment. It was a little bittersweet… it has been many years since we initially desired to receive NTM’s training. And now (hindsight often feels like the mere blink of […]
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Reflections

Reflections

Well friends, we once again find ourselves becoming surrounded by boxes and packing tape. Although we will go to Oklahoma in the fall, this will be our last ‘move’ until we head overseas. Jocie and one of her favorite friends So as we prepare to leave this most recent ‘home’ of ours, it is only […]
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Reflections

Reflections

Well friends, we once again find ourselves becoming surrounded by boxes and packing tape. Although we will go to Oklahoma in the fall, this will be our last ‘move’ until we head overseas. Jocie and one of her favorite friends So as we prepare to leave this most recent ‘home’ of ours, it is only […]
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Beautiful Dirt

Beautiful Dirt

As you know, the heart of the Lord is that “all would be saved and come to a knowledge of the Truth.” (1 Tim. 2.4) He also left some very simple instructions on how we are to participate in His heart/His ‘mission’: “Go and make disciples of all nations…” (Matt. 28.18-20) This is where John […]
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