Category: MTC

Jungle Power!

Jungle Power!

We are in waaaaay over our heads. All this talk of inverters, battery banks, volts, and grounding is very new to us. I cannot imagine what we’d do in the jungle without the many years of study and experiments that went into making the Missionary Technology course in which we’re currently immersed–maybe a better word […]
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Trip Highlights

Trip Highlights

Here are a few pictures from our Christmas trip! I’ll admit, after being around wildfires during our summer in Colorado, the thought of having a burn pile still made me a little nervous! It was still beautiful though. We found an old accordion in the house and gave it a try. I wish I had […]
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El Fin

El Fin

Church Planting 1 (CP1) is finished! We’re 1/3 of the way to being trained church-planters…well, it doesn’t feel like we’ve even made a dent in the immensity of that task, but we are progressing, albeit slowly. Payton enjoyed that all of the classes seemed to fit together into one big picture. Learning Styles – appreciating […]
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Strange Things

Strange Things

Yes, there is a perfectly good reason why I have paper taped to my nose, and you get a gold star if you can tell me why… Yep, I’m making sure that my [p], [t], and [k] aren’t aspirated–no puffs of air! Not everyone in Phonetics tapes paper to their face, mostly, I just thought […]
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Around Campus

Around Campus

Outside: The trees have all turned and it’s a joy to walk around with the scent of leaves in the air and campfires burning. Fishing has been a dud in the past few weeks—too much warm weather, I’m told. Bring on the cold! I want to stock the freezer with white bass before heavy winter.  […]
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MTC – Our First Few Days

MTC – Our First Few Days

All of our earthly possessions arrived Thursday night via our friends the Millers and Cizdziels, for which we were utterly thankful! We were excited to know that our use of camping sporks was almost over. It was great to see familiar faces again and enjoy catching up. We explored the campus and met new people. They […]
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Roach, Missouri

Roach, Missouri

We wrapped things up in Colorado Springs, …enjoying time with friends (Bird Dog, Putt-Putt, and Coldstone!) …picked all the produce we could from the garden (tomatoes, snap peas, lettuce, zucchini) …had a picnic by the creek …had our last yerba mate drinks in Manitou (so many good memories) …and finished up Payton’s softball season We […]
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