Trip #2

May 1, 2017

For this trip, we all went. Even Finn. It would have been a bit of a stretch without him, but with him, it was quite the ordeal. I can’t blame him, he’s 21ish months old. He really didn’t know what was going on, and he probably though we’d moved to another planet. First thing I’d […]

Trip #1

May 1, 2017

It was weird to not have a small person clinging to me or asking me for something every few minutes, but Payton and I agreed that my first trip to the jungle should be toddler-free. I’m so glad it was. It gave me the ability to focus and observe rather than chase and manage Finn. […]

5 Reasons for Not Posting Lately

April 16, 2017

It’s been a while since I’ve even laid my fingers on the keyboard to post a blog. I’ve barely had time to return emails too! I’m half torn with guilt over not keeping you all updated and half content because it means life has been full lately. Here are a few reasons for why we […]

Tradeoffs: Edibles

September 19, 2016

I figured you might be curious to see how some of our habits have changed over the past 1.5 years. Food is a big area. So I’ll start with edible things in this post. We eat eggs and soaked oatmeal for breakfast. Not much has changed here–that’s still really western. Most people eat fried rice […]

Tradeoffs: Minimizing Chaos

September 13, 2016

Here’s a look at how our daily habits and mindsets have started to change as we’re navigating language study and lots of moving: Transitions are by nature hard. You kind of have to go back into “survival mode” and do only the necessary things.…sickness, lack of sleep, and emergencies often force us to take care […]

Tradeoffs: A Thankful Heart

September 12, 2016

A couple of months ago I kinda fell apart. I felt spiritually drained, malnourished to say the least. We had been in Sulawesi maybe a month. Lots of transition. Lots of chaos. I just came to this point where I was a mess. Whatever I’d not taken care of in my heart for months on […]

First Few Weeks

July 1, 2016

We’ve discovered that rain on dust turns into steamy mud… to be honest, steamy mud is not quite as refreshing as an afternoon Colorado thunderstorm, but it is much better than drought! We arrived in our new city just in time for a refreshing break in a lengthy stretch of drought. We expected no rain, but instead […]

A Family Week

April 25, 2016

My family braved the double digit flights hours, transits in strange lands, and airplane food to come and see us for a week. To me this was an unbelievable feat since my dad is always balancing preaching and running the safe and lock shops, which makes for very little down time. But they made it, and […]

I Forgot Where You Were

April 24, 2016

You’re not alone. It’s easy to forget what in the world we are doing or where in the world we are. I don’t blame anyone, this journey began almost 9 years ago and we moved countless times. Here’s a timeline if it helps. 2007 – We met at Glen Eyrie in Colorado – missions […]

A Day Like Today

April 20, 2016

Sometimes you have days like this: You start losing the 3 week battle with the tiny ants and are mostly just glad they’re not crawling on your skin at the moment, so you let them have at the puddle of sweet tea on the counter. This also means you’ve spent considerable time hiding food on top […]