My Top Ten Transient Life Tips

August 12, 2019

Even though we’re back in West Africa, we’re not at our “permanent” (I wonder how long you have to be somewhere for it to be considered permanent) location yet. Changes aren’t new to us and as we’ve live this transient life of ours, I’ve learned some things that have helped tremendously. So, in no particular […]

Encouragement …

July 31, 2019

Good friends and former students, Bart and Amanda Dinnel, gave us a gift this summer during their break from MTC training! They came to help Jared and the maintenance team with all the summer projects that needed to get done in a short amount of time. With the consolidation of our two schools beginning to […]

Good buy and hello!

July 24, 2019

And just like that, 365 sleeps in South Africa is over…well almost… 5 days to go before we GO! this was our third furlough since we left for PNG in 2007 and it was by far our best one yet!!! I want to mention 4 things that stood out for us as we reflect over […]

Reaching the Top

July 24, 2019

Six months ago, we dug down to build up. As of last Saturday, we reached the highest point with the completion of the roof installation. We are so excited with this milestone. Now that the roof is on the new church building, we have a list of things to do under the roof, beginning with […]

2 Weeks Since Arrival

July 24, 2019

From overseeing a roofing project, to car air-conditioner repairs, to planning an alarm system, to various things in between, Cameron’s been enjoying the jobs he’s being given to do. I, Katy, am helping him as we work on figuring out how we’ll organize the paperwork and communication side of things and brainstorm the best ways […]

Crazy Awesome Summer!

July 19, 2019

This summer has been such a wonderful whirlwind! As we mentioned in our last update, we’ve been on quite the road trip… Missouri to Wisconsin We spent time with friends that we had made through church and work during our time at Bible School. It was such a privilege to reconnect and rekindle relationships after about […]

New Church!

July 19, 2019

We are so excited with the growth in the Tigak church. We left to go to Christina’s graduation in May. At that time the Tigak church building was in shambles. There were lots of holes in the roof which made it difficult when it rained! In just one month they tore down the old building […]

The gospel won

July 19, 2019

A river ran through it, the story of an old missionary reflecting on the past. The river was always a pain to the missionaries working along her banks in the early 80’s but was a source to get us to a tribe where language could be learned, and a church planted among the Bisorio people. […]

Hello from the Philippines

July 19, 2019

Thank you for praying for us. The last month of our home assignment was extremely busy and we are thankful to God for all the help that we had and all that was accomplished. Our trip to the West Coast went very well. We were able to see our daughter, Juliana, and Devin, her husband. […]

I want to read Romans too.

July 18, 2019

Here in Menya we have begun a new literacy class so that the believers can read and write in their own language. It has been exciting to see the commitment of both the new literacy teachers that are training and the students. As subsistence farmers a lot of the peoples day is taken up with […]