Our first week or so in Papua New Guinea

March 4, 2017

Wow! What a week! Or well uh, two weeks now. Part of us feels like we just stepped (stumbled, tripped, fell..) out of the plane yesterday while part of us feels like we’ve been here some time already. For those who don’t know, we got to fly in one of NTMA’s (New Tribes Mission Aviation) […]

Family

March 25, 2016

Veteran missionaries have repeatedly told us that “Partnership devlopment is a time where the Lord teaches you many of the things you’ll need for the mission field.” And, well, they’re right. March’s blog theme, the 2nd generation, is exactly the push for me to share one of those lessons that I’ve been wanting to share […]

Family in the Mountains

February 24, 2016

Last week our family was privileged to spend time with a special group of people from among one of Mexico’s indigenous groups living their lives in the beautiful Mexican mountains, the most special thing about them being that they are our brothers and sisters in Christ. You can drive for hours across seemingly endless mountain […]

Into the Mountains

March 18, 2015

I just got back the day before yesterday from a trip down south and up into the mountains of Chihuahua. This was my first visit since being here in Mexico to one of our works among one of Mexico’s least reached people groups. (We called these trips “bush trips” in PNG) A group of guys- Matt, Jordan, […]

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 […]

Above & Beyond

September 9, 2014

I want to begin this blog by saying thank you to everyone who has prayed for my trip out to pack up our house and say goodbye to the Tigak church. My trip out there went very well, far better than I could have hoped or imagined. Our prayers were answered, though the trip was […]

Pirate Princess Makeover

October 13, 2013

Iris has a new look. It’s not one we would have chosen but it has happened. It is the look that is one step involved in many steps to come that will hopefully fix her beautiful little eyes! Because of that, we like this look. ;D Iris and my time in Port Moresby (PNG’s capitol […]

Making a Speargun

August 9, 2013

I went spearfishing with a friend and after several attempts at shooting fish underwater, I realized that I would need my own speargun to practice with. Another friend thought it was a good idea and said he would help me. This was good because in hindsight there was no way I would have been able […]

Sludge & Solar

May 17, 2013

It just couldn’t wait. For about five months our drains were not draining properly, our washer would spin out and water would come pouring off our porch like a waterfall leaving drenched wood and a lake of bubbles under the house, any time any amount of water over half a gallon would try to drain, […]

Angasik Lavu

March 29, 2013

Angasik Lavu means “big help” in Tigak and is what we are looking forward to receiving in July of this year! Mid-July is my sister-in-law Debi (Tom’s sister) and her husband Russell will be making the oh-so-long treck here to our world in PNG to offer us this very wonderful thing: BIG HELP! We are […]