Reaching the Ethnos?
God has given us a great challenge to join with Him in reaching the unreached Ethnos of the world for His glory. What a great privilege it has been to share this challenge with youth in the Philippines.
Ten More Sacks of Rice
During a recent language helping session when I told my language helper "I've got a lot of rice to eat still." (see previous blog entry), he responded jokingly (or not), "Oo nga e', siguro sampung sako." Yes, that's right, maybe ten sacks.
I’ve Got A Lot of Rice to Eat Still
No, I’m not trying to gain weight. Actually, this is a Tagalog idiom I learned recently. The context in which I first heard this was with regard to Sheila’s mathematics from her tutor. “Marami pa siyang Kakaining bigas.” (She has a lot of rice to eat still.) I understood the words but I had no […]
New Year, New Opportunities!
Dear Praying Partners, Another year has come to an end and another year has begun. As we look to the Lord in 2011 we are both excited and curious about what the future holds. A new year with new opportunities. A preliminary look at National Culture & Language Acquisition says I should be finished by the […]
Another Christmas in the Philippines
Surviving Christmas Away from Loved Ones!
Gearing Up for the Storm Among the Gadang
The latest opportunity the Lord has brought our way was a chance for me to visit the Gadang (pronounced: Got Dung) village in northern Luzon where Chuck Talbot and family along with their partner Christina Canap are currently working. Unfortunately the circumstances surrounding this visit were not the greatest as we had received word that […]
Re-Visiting the Southern Isnag
Once again Jonathan Banford invited me along to re-visit the southern Isnag. It’s been a few months now since the two single missionary ladies have left the village and so Jonathan wanted to get in to take care of some needs in the clinic, arrange for future translation checks & get some rice distributed. Unlike […]
Investing Time Among the I’wak
Geoff & Christine Harada along with their four children are on their second term now among the I’wak. They returned to the Philippines last July after an extended furlough in Canada to attend to Christine’s health as she battled breast cancer. Praise the Lord that she has made a full recovery but she still is […]
Fifteen Years of Life & Ministry
On April 16th, my wife and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary. To celebrate, we took a short break from language study and took a trip from Manila to Palawan where our ministry with NTM began back in the early part of 2003. Beyond enjoying a quiet weekend getaway, this trip was also very special […]
A Vision for the Isnag
We wanted to say thank-you to all of you that have prayed specifically for our recent visit with the southern Isnag located in the mountains of northern Philippines. Some hightlights from this six day visit includes being treated to a demonstration of tribal dance and song as organized by missionary Robbi Padernal, viewing the Jesus […]