Two-sided Communication

September 11, 2023

Continued reflections on Missionary/Member Care as the role of the Church . . . if you didn’t read my last newsletter, the opening thoughts are here. When your church sends missionaries you’re sending them into a spiritual battle and they need you to be in the background cheering them on and praying for them. They need affirmation when […]

Sweet Summer Slide Show

August 6, 2023

While I was home, I had the opportunity to do a video interview for my church about my ministry and why missionary care is important. So I sat down to reflect . . . I was reminded of the incident that really grabbed ahold of me as far as the need for Missionary Care. I was […]

Keep the Unity

March 12, 2022

Originally published February 28, 2022 Ever since I can remember studying God’s Word, I’ve loved Ephesians 4, but studying it more in depth and with a group of ladies over the past few weeks has given it even more meaning. I tend to think of unity as something that happens when we work hard to […]

Invested Lives

March 15, 2020

If you’ve followed my email newsletter (I send them about once a month. If you’re not getting them and would like to, let me know) you may remember that I’m doing a Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) study through Acts. Every few chapters it veers off to another book of the Bible— this week it was […]

What things would you miss the most?

February 8, 2020

Besides family and friends the best things about being in the States were: 1. Christian radio and new music 2. The Apple Store and their ability to fix the problems I’ve been having with my computer for the past 11 months by sending it away for all of 3 days. 3. The Cozy Cottage, of […]

The Journey We’re All On

January 28, 2020

(Originally written on December 16, 2020.) I know it’s hard to believe, but I’m having a bit of difficulty determining what to write in this, my last email newsletter of my first year in Papua New Guinea. As I traveled today, I was working on clearing out some of the photos on my phone (it […]

Just one job!

August 20, 2019

So on my recent trip to Australia on break with dear friends from home, we drove along the coast with breathtaking views around every curve (see video clip) and my friend who was driving on the left-hand side of the road/right-hand side of the car, told a funny story about how when you’re the driver, […]

Becoming Yumi

May 23, 2019

Originally shared April 8, 2019 So when you learn a new language one of the first things you learn about is how they use pronouns. In Pidgin there are different words for ‘we’ based on how many people you’re talking about and who is included in the ‘we.’ For instance, if it’s me and you, […]

You Want Me to Do What?

March 11, 2019

Yes, Summer, you must do what we do, you have to kill a chicken. And in my head I think, “No I don’t.” (Read with the attitude and entitlement of a 4-year-old talking back to a parent). I wrestled with this for the 24 hours before I was meant to kill the chicken. Why am […]

Forward Steps

December 11, 2018

So in my last post I talked about God’s Global Purpose for Israel in the Old Testament. This time let’s look at the last instructions Jesus gave His disciples in the New Testament- The Great Commission: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the […]