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. […]

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July 17, 2019

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News From The Hangar

July 6, 2019

We are smack in the middle of what we call “the lean season” here on the mission field. Many missionaries have returned to their home countries for either their year home assignment (we used to call it furlough) or have left to take a much needed, but shorter break. Those of us who remain, the […]

Embracing the Unexpected – July 2019

July 3, 2019

Interesting Linguistics – June 29

June 29, 2019

Here’s an easier one for you, since I’ve really worked your brains on the last few. Hey, you’re taking my graduate level linguistics classes along with me, so if you’ve been able to think through some of these things, you’re doing great! But here are a few sentences that I’d like you to finish: 1. […]

Interesting Linguistics – June 15

June 15, 2019

Here are some example sentences we looked at in class the other day: A) Dog and Hare made an agreement. B) It was Dog and Hare who made an agreement. C) Once there were a dog and a hare who made an agreement. D) An agreement was made between Dog and Hare. E) Once there […]

What You Can Do

June 14, 2019

“There is a gold mine in [country], but it seems as deep as the centre of the earth; who will venture to explore it?” asked Andrew Fuller. William Carey’s response was, “I will go down, but remember that you must hold the rope.”* Is it possible to reach every unreached language group in our generation? […]

Is He Worthy?

June 11, 2019

If you’ve been around missionaries very long, you’ve probably heard words like ‘transition’, ‘flexibility’, ‘adjustment’, ‘goodbyes’ and ‘change’ as part of their vocabulary. Everyone experiences these things, but it does seem that it is a bit more pronounced for missionaries. Living far from home in a culture that is so extremely different from our own […]

Our Hearts Rejoice …

June 10, 2019

How wonderful it is to spend time with family! Holly and the grandkids were able to come for a short visit in early June. We did not “do” anything special except spend time together. Doing things like going to the park and eating freeze pops on the back porch in the afternoon became an ordinary […]