Paper Plates, Please

April 28, 2013

We love sharing meals. There is just something about it that makes you feel like family. Sometimes, it’s BYOL (bring your own lunch), other times it’s a potluck, and sometimes you just have to bring your own bowl! Honestly, this wasn’t really the norm for us before. Usually, in a city, everyone lives too far […]

Checking Vitals

March 11, 2013

Field Health Class! The purpose of this course was to help prepare us to take care of our own health (medical work with tribal people is a whole other ballgame). There is a 2 week course that we could possibly take in North Carolina that would teach us suturing, IVs, bone-setting and more, but that’s […]

Jungle Power!

February 3, 2013

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 […]

Trip Highlights

January 14, 2013

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 […]

Summer Fun

July 24, 2012

Even though we have been on quite a sharp learning curve this summer, Payton and I have been able to enjoy all sorts of things. I’ve learned that “fun” can mean something different with each phase of life and can find many forms. Here are some of the things we’ve enjoyed. During “Car Week”, we […]

Spring Time

April 19, 2012

It has been quite fast-paced around NTBI as us seniors approach our trip to Wayumi, a NTM camp in Jersey Shore, PA and then graduation not long afterward.We had a great spring break in North Carolina. Check out our last blog with all of the pictures. I was inspired to sew after the trip, thanks […]

Falling Asleep While Reading

March 7, 2012

Well, that’s what I was doing when I decided it was time to update the blog, falling asleep that is. Our Revelation textbook just couldn’t keep my brain connected after a night of not-so-good sleep and a very busy day. I attribute the lack of sleep to my late game of futsol and the adrenaline […]

Taxes, Necks, and Potato Sacks

February 15, 2012

Winter is the perfect time for crafty things–I mean the paper and fabric kind, not the sneaky kind. Well, I’m sure winter holds plenty of room for deception, but I prefer hauling out the sewing machine or the folder with all the magazine cutouts. Although, I did have to haul out the folder with all […]

Over the Break

January 7, 2012

Christmas break was a flurry of friends, family and festivities. We let the blog and updates go during the break. We were blessed to spend 2 ½ weeks in California, and still have a bit of time left to prepare before the semester. By the grace of God neither of us got sick during the […]

Never too busy to be clutzy

October 27, 2011

Yikes! It’s almost been a month since our last post! We’ve both been busy–specifically, I’ve been clutzy. Payton called it my personal “Series of Unfortunate Events.” Since last time we posted, I’ve exploded a pyrex dish and broke a glass–in the same day, mind you–, set off the smoke alarm 2x and then actually burn […]