erin’s essential list of things to bring to a new kitchen

May 12, 2015

Just wanted to drop a quick note saying thank you for your response to my last blog post. Thank you for your emails telling me your stories, your heartache, your joy… for sharing that you “get it” or honestly that you don’t. I actually feel quite tongue-tied and blog-shy now, as I’ve started, finished, and […]

Let’s Go Home

February 7, 2015

For a long time (about a year) in the life of our family we have not been able to say we were going “home.” First it was, “We are going back to Grampa and Grammas house”, then it was “Time to go back to Uncle Russ & Aunt Debi’s house,” then there were assorted hotels […]

Desert Roadtrip

August 26, 2014

Hi! We have finally made it to our destination in Arizona, and I finally found some time to squeeze out a blog post. I feel like I have so much to say! We landed in America a week and a half ago, and have been going full-tilt since then! A lovely family from our Wisconsin […]

Home

July 29, 2014

I feel like I have so many things that I want to say, but don’t know how to, so I just haven’t. It’s not quite like writers’ block, it’s more of… do I really want to share? I’ve always been honest here, this little corner of the internet that I call my own is a […]

Why in the World?

February 21, 2014

We are very grateful for Tom to have had the opportunity and privilege to preach on missions at our home church, Grace Point Evangelical Free Church in Adrian, Michigan. The topic was “Why in the World?” touching on the Biblical basis of missions and why we have chosen to do what we are doing with […]

Jeff the Boar

January 15, 2014

It was just over a year ago, last October, that we acquired our baby Wild Boar. I had gotten a fence made in the meantime, as one of the requirements in our village to look after pigs is to have a fence. (Even so, I am pretty sure that we are the only ones who […]

Tigak Island Fun Facts

December 23, 2013

A while back, we shared some fun facts about our tiny island in the south pacific via our twitter account- The Carlton Fam @ThatAllMayKnow, and now we want to share them with you! You can check out our latest tweets by following us on twitter or by taking a glance at the sidebar of our […]

Nathan & Abby

October 29, 2012

In just over two weeks, on November 14th, Beth’s younger sister Abby and her husband Nathan will be MOVING to Asia Pacific! We are so excited for them and feel like just yesterday we were leaving the comfort and security of our home country to head into the unknown of moving to another country. It […]

Great(er) Expectations

April 24, 2012

Beth and I enjoyed some small talk with our premarital counselors Todd & Ruth Ann. We were still a couple of months away from our wedding, and each session of premarital counseling brought us closer and closer to the big day. We had asked them to do our counseling since we had observed their marriage […]

Normal.

January 22, 2012

I’m sitting at our table clicking away on my laptop and I just watched two of our neighbors walk by carrying huge branches on their shoulders slung with dozens of coconuts. Yes it’s true, life here is “different.” We’ve shared a lot about the differences of our lives now that we live in a village […]