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On Sunday my friend asked me to help her with an illustration as she was teaching the Sunday school lesson to the kids about the flood and the ark that God had Noah build.  (Here in the city there are churches and a good number of believers, even though we are not far from where […]

Yes The end of April/beginning of May I was in the UK for some linguistics meetings with Ethnos360.  (While there I also got to get some rest and some quiet time to work.)  Also while there, I got to share with the students at Ethnos360’s training center in the UK about my ministry, what God is doing […]

Do you remember the messed-up English sentence that was the title of my last blog post?  It was to show you the challenge we were facing at our vowel party in Senegal and to ask for your prayers.  Now I am here to say thank you for your prayers and that Iʼm safely back home! […]

Can you read the messed-up English sentence above and understand it?  Do you know what I’m trying to say there?  I think we can all agree that it has problems.  Now imagine if your whole Bible was written like that – it would give very little motivation to try to decipher it, wouldn’t it? I’m […]

So how did we go about making our literacy primers (learn-to-read books) and readers (reading practice books after each level)?  One letter at a time.  We started by picking 3 letters, and then we had to write at least 3 sentences only using those letters.  After that, we’d add one letter at time, writing more […]

There’s an old saying that says that we are to “make hay while the sun shines.”  It reminds me of the verse that says, “As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.” (John 9:4).  Since in all things a […]

(No, there is no picture to go with this post – be glad!) I noticed that my shower drain was backing up badly all of a sudden, which usually means that there is hair in it. But when I got a stick (we use fancy tools here) and tried to get the hair out, it […]

What have I been up to since I last wrote?  Here are a few of the highlights: — Earlier this month I got to go to a wedding of My People where they had their traditional dancing.  It often takes place in the middle of the night, with a bit in afternoons, in the village.  […]

I have a neighbor here who wants to try to get a job in Canada. One of the steps is to have a certain website give the official equivalent of her degree, and since the website is in English she asked for my help. And what should have been an easy process reminded me again […]

I very much enjoyed summer in the US this year – lots of getting together with people, boating, frozen custard, seeing family and friends, etc.  My time there seemed very short, but I’m grateful for the time I did have.  Thanks for taking the time to get together and get caught up for those I […]