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 […]

kitchen florist

January 20, 2015

It’s hard to believe that January is already half gone. Didn’t we just celebrate Christmas? While I absolutely adore the rush of the holidays and two rounds of company, I admit that I am glad to have the house to ourselves now. This is the first week since we arrived in Florida that we’ve had […]

decemblur

December 30, 2014

The entire month of December has gone by in such a delicious blur of food, fellowship, family, friendship, and traveling. Between packing up + cleaning our Arizona house, driving 4 days across the country to get to Florida, soaking up our family and friends for the first time in a year, celebrating Christmas, and welcoming […]

a marble rolling pin

December 8, 2014

A couple of weeks ago, one of the ladies here at the center, invited me to her house for an afternoon of bread-making. Growing up in the American culture, I never learned how to make bread. My mom used her breadmaker on special occasions, but it was never something that either of us really learned […]

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 […]