Coconut Culture

June 20, 2012

Its tempting to look at our time in language and culture study as mainly about getting the Tigak language. Culture study seems less tangible and less impressive than speaking a new language. However, we firmly believe that language should be learned in the context of culture, therefore, our language & culture study among the Tigak […]

CONNECTED!

January 21, 2012

This is a FIRST! Yes, it is true -your eyes are scanning over the first blog we have ever posted from our own house in the village! Wow. Technology is absolutely amazing and it is improving at a rapid pace! We have recently experienced the truth of this and are so incredibly thankful for it! […]

Growing Anticipation

September 12, 2011

If we could have known the future we would not have been surprised by the fact that Iris’ paperwork took longer than we originally anticipated. As things stand right now, we will be back in the United States for another four weeks. For certain, the next four weeks will be packed with experiences and opportunities […]

Extreme Home Makeover: Island Edition

August 22, 2011

We have a house. It’s sitting in the middle of a village on a tiny island in the south pacific. From this house we will live and minister to the upwards of 20,000 Tigak people of Papua New Guinea with the hope of helping them discover who Christ is and what He has done for […]

Mileage to Missouri

May 11, 2011

About a month ago, we contacted our home church in Adrian, MI with a need to borrow someone’s car for a short trip we were thinking of making down to Missouri, upon our return to America. A few people offered their car’s to us, but one couple in our church really wanted to rent a […]

Hut Sweet Hut?

January 10, 2011

One of the most interesting differences between the lives of Americans and lives of the people of Papua New Guinea is that of the homes we live in. In this particular blog we want to give you a deeper insight into the home of a typical Papua New Guinean in general. This topic has proved […]

Tickets Purchased

July 28, 2010

It is done. The tickets are bought…We will be moving to Papua New Guinea on 8.9.10! PHEW! It is shocking how complicated buying tickets to get you to the other side of the world can be! Add the fact that we are trying to pinch pennies & traveling with a one year old and it […]

??? Days to Departure

July 1, 2010

According to the official countdown, we have only eighteen days to go until our estimated departure date for Papua New Guinea. Wow. Even though we are scheduled to depart in a little over two weeks, there are still two hurdles that we are facing to reach our goals for departure. Waiting on Visas– One of the […]

Afraid to Go?

June 10, 2010

Many people have asked us if we are scared to move overseas. I suppose there are a lot of ways we could answer this question. Sure, there are times we get a bit queasy at the thought of all we will face, extreme heat, threat of disease, discouragement and so on. Inevitably though, when we […]

Feasting On The “Meat” Of God’s Word

May 21, 2010

One of the old customs among the Simbari is that they would stay up all night chanting their gratitude to the spirits as they anticipated an upcoming feast which included meat. You see, their diet consists mostly of vegetables and tuber foods, so eating meat is a rare treat for them and one they greatly […]