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This past week, Rebekah found herself literally up against the wall and several inches off the ground.  As seen in this picture, her friends duct-taped her to the wall.  Rebekah wasn’t the only one having a little bit of fun.  Abigail enjoyed the slide and the very cool (meaning cold) pool.  Luke just liked seeing […]

We have recently entered the world of pet ownership. We have had multiple reasons in the past for not owning pets, many of which still apply. However, when we returned to our house in the village after our year in the States, our house now had resident dogs – a mother and her two puppies. […]

One of the national sports of the Philippines is basketball.  For this reason, just about every village in the Philippines has a basketball court.  However, the main purpose of a basketball court is not to play basketball, but to dry rice.  The village we live in is no exception. This year, one of Rebekah’s school […]

About two weeks ago, we experienced a very wet day as a typhoon was making itself known here in the Philippines.  This type of day makes you want to grab a book and hide under a blanket, even here near the equator.  However, Stephen thought this might be a good day to find one of […]

As many of you know, Stephen is now back to full-time language study with the desire to see it completed.  Progress is not seen in leaps or bounds but by words, phrases, and so on.  Some days are hard, very hard.  But other days, days when Stephen is able to be out with people, doing […]

Take a look at this picture.  It is actually a clip of a bigger picture.  By looking at the clip only, can you guess what the picture is?  After looking at this clip and making a guess, scroll down to see the whole picture and explanation. If you guessed a foot, you are on the […]

“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.”  No, it’s not going to snow anytime soon here in the Philippines.  However, the stores in the Philippines are already stocking their shelves with Christmas decorations.  Some of you might ask, “Do the Filipinos celebrate Christmas on December 25?”  The answer is, “yes”.  However, here in the […]

This week, we had the privilege of having a mini-conference with all of the missionaries on the Island of Palawan.  After a year of being away, this was a really great opportunity for us to catch up with everyone at once.  Fellow missionaries from another island came to do a children’s program, so our children […]

On July 31, Rebekah and Stephen loaded up our vehicle and made the three-hour journey into our village.  For the next 6 days, Rebekah, Stephen, and eight men in our village attacked our home.  Our desire was to prepare our home for our family’s return and to especially clean it for Luke’s health.  We wanted […]

A few weeks ago, I, Stephen, was sitting next to Jonathan on our “short” 15 ½ hour leg of our flight from L.A.  I was talking to Jonathan and trying to prepare him for our return to the Philippines, trying to explain that we were returning so that we can tell the Agutaynens about Jesus.  […]