Tag: MTC

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 […]

…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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Grammar. Is. Important. It matters the way words are constructed. Like the example below: It also matters the way sentences are put together and what order the words are placed, such as the examples below: “Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg address while traveling from Washington to Gettysburg on the back of an envelope.” “Two Sisters […]

I did, and it was delicious! Did you understand the question in the subject line? It is amazing to consider the often ‘quirky’ spelling and speaking of our language, including our slang terms, such as the way we say: “dʒit” “instead of ‘did you eat’. The Linguistics course consists roughly of 2 main ‘elements’: Phonemics […]

Enjoy a laugh from this short clip from Singin’ in the Rain: Now imagine we have recently moved in among a people group and we are learning language. We have just observed these two ladies saying what seem to be the same words, but using different sounds to say them (they each said their “t” […]

According to Naya, mommy and daddy were Graduators last Friday, the 21st! Candid photo from Graduation! We had a lovely graduation ceremony at the MTC, and both of us received a Bachelors of Intercultural Ministries! We are SO thankful to each individual and church who has stood beside us and walked with us through love […]

It’s count-down time, folks! 4 WEEKS LEFT of classes here at the MTC! (We will graduate, become members of NTM, and Lisa will take Linguistics next semester.) WHAT OUR TRAINING HAS NOT DONE FOR US: It has not given us all the answers. It has not given us full Biblical knowledge. It has not eliminated […]

Imagine hanging up the phone like this: “Good bye! I’ll talk to you again in a few months.”  We had a mini 2-week ‘taste’ of this:  Practical Skills/Simple Living class, during which we cut ourselves off from modern conveniences . Making flour tortillas with daddy We practiced ‘supply buying’- ordering our food for the next […]