Outreaches, They Be Crazy

November 23, 2019

I mentioned off-hand in my last post that we are in the midst of doing Bible-teaching in another village these days. Upon proof-reading that post, Rochelle took the opportunity to encourage me in my writing endeavors: “Seth, you have written three consecutive posts explicitly referencing toilets, but you still haven’t managed to put two sentences together about our […]

Jungle BnB

November 18, 2019

We’re going to be taking a family vacation to Australia next year, so I was poking around the ol’ world-wide web yesterday, checking out a few AirBnB options in the town we’ll be travelling to. This was a first for me. Being extremely behind the times, AirBnB is one of those modern conveniences that […]

The Sacrifices We Make

August 17, 2019

I just had my first hot shower in three months. A little while later, I flushed the toilet, without having to dump water into the bowl with a bucket. I hadn’t done that for one month. Then I made a meal for my kids using bread that we didn’t have to bake ourselves and eggs […]

Missional Misconception #2 – The CALL

July 27, 2019

In a separate post, we delved into some of the confusion surrounding missionary support figures – what they are, what they AREN’T, and how they work. It seemed to get reasonable feedback, so I thought we might try that approach again. Today’s post will follow a similar format, except THIS topic is more emotionally charged than the […]

Missional Misconception #1 (Support Figures)

June 23, 2019

Support. If there was ever a word that was surrounded with misconception and confusion in the missional realm, it is that one. Anyone who has ever worked for a faith-based* mission organization has inevitably had more than their fair share of confusing conversations around this topic. (Example 1) Random Christian: “So, how much money do […]

Don’t Be A Cow

June 1, 2019

As a general rule, I think we tend to take things for granted. We go through each day, utilizing incredibly advanced technologies, interacting with amazingly unique people, and experiencing wondrously special events, and we do it in a ho-hum sort of way, like a cow flicking a fly off its buttocks with its tail. The […]

Snips and Snails and Puppy-dog Tails…

May 28, 2019

Often, I write about specific incidents that I’ve experienced in our overseas “adventure.” Sometimes, I write about broader, more topical subjects. But, mostly, I just whine about petty personal inconveniences as though they are on equal standing with the Kennedy assassination. As this is a family blog though, I thought I’d take a moment to take the focus off ME, […]

Cows + Coffee = Churches

May 24, 2019

Here’s the thing about getting the Gospel into the hands of Unreached People Groups: It’s really difficult and expensive. But here’s the other thing: It’s totally necessary. But here’s the OTHER other thing: We’re living like the inconvenience of the first thing negates the reality of the second thing. And that’s not cool. By my reckoning, our […]

On Wings Like Eagles…

May 8, 2019

I don’t know what we’d do without our helicopter. And I mean that literally. We have no roads to our jungle location. We have no roads to anywhere even CLOSE to our jungle location. Without our helicopter, and the people who maintain it and fly it, I’m not sure we’d be able to work among […]

Bad Tenants

April 28, 2019

We will be heading back into our bush location in a week or two, so I’ve been trying to prepare myself mentally for what will be waiting for us when we get there. We’ve been on Home Assignment in the States for a little over 9 months, and our jungle home hasn’t been lived in […]