Alimpu’s Baptism (From November of 2008)

December 19, 2015

Sitting in the darkness of the smoke filled tribal hut, I shifted positions, trying to get more comfortable on the woven bamboo floor. The only light in the jungle hut was from the smoldering fire in the center of the floor, but even that was suppressed by a thick blanket of smoke trying to […]

growth

November 17, 2015

It feels like I am so behind on my blogging. I can’t write fast enough to keep up with the many goings on of life in PNG. I have completed my training as the medical clinic receptionist, and am now checked off to work by myself. I ask the nurses and doctors a lot of […]

Going to the Fence

February 9, 2014

“Going to the fence” is the phrase our team uses for “answering the door” or “seeing-why-someone-is-standing-by-the-gate-screaming-your-name-for-the-last-three-minutes-while-you-try-to-finish-brushing-your-teeth.” There are lots of reasons for going to the fence but I thought I’d share some from the last few weeks. Ladies came to visit (love this one!) Men came to borrow the shovel…and the pick…and a measuring tape…and […]

Beginning again

January 20, 2012

How many times does God bring us back to what feels like beginning again? You think you’ve learned a lesson and then God brings you back to a new scenario and you find you need to learn the same lesson over again. Or maybe you think you’ve messed up your life too much for God […]

Graduated & MPD

January 20, 2012

Photo: (From Left to Right) Piper, Julianna, Mae and Luke graduating from Ethnos360 Missionary Training Center (April 8th, 2023)