They Are Coming Back!!!

October 28, 2016

Next week Joel’s parents come back and we can’t wait! Four months without them makes us appreciate them even more. I know some think we are crazy, but we LOVE living together with them. This living set up is not for all, but through living together, I have come to appreciate the community living that […]

Walter’s Eye Surgery

October 26, 2016

Walter was not able to have his eye surgery on Tuesday, but the doctor was able to squeeze him in on Wednesday morning. Walter spent the night in the hospital to rest his eye and be prepared for surgery. He went into surgery at 8 am Wednesday morning and left surgery/recovery room at 12 noon. I […]

Thailand & Canada

October 26, 2016

Thanks so much for praying with us and all the encouraging words as we made the long trip to Africa and the Philippines! We are so thankful for the 8 teams that we were able to work with and the literacy materials that were written for these languages. We are now getting ready for our […]

Where Skunks Should not Tread!

October 25, 2016

Part of our missionary training was living for six weeks in a “home” we made of poles covered with dark and clear plastic. Kitchen cupboards, benches, and beds were all made of poles and twine. Think glorified camping. For the most part, it was actually a fun and uneventful part of our training. For the […]

We’re Packing

October 25, 2016

In just over a month (it makes me want to scream just typing that) we will be leaving Papua New Guinea and heading back to the US for our year of home assignment. After praying and talking with our leadership, it became clear that a slightly early home assignment was necessary. We originally decided […]

October 25, 2016

Michael recently had the opportunity to travel to Southeast Asia. He soon came to see it as the land of rice. Rice isn’t something new, he grew up in Colombia with plenty of rice. In other parts of South America, Mozambique and Tanzania (where he and his family currently serve) there were plenty of opportunities […]

Will this paper get me to heaven?

October 23, 2016

Last month our two most recent literacy school graduates received their graduation certificate and a copy of the New Testament books we’ve gotten printed so far. After receiving their certificates, Siwi was asked to say something. He got up and held up his graduation certificate and asked, “Will this paper get me to heaven?” Then […]

busy work

October 22, 2016

What an interesting couple of months it has been! I can’t even believe it’s been that long since I blogged, because it has been so busy that time has seriously just flown by! Let me try and summarize: August It seems like we all had medevac on the brain; there was something like 1 a […]

Answered Prayer!

October 20, 2016

It’s been two weeks since Hurricane Matthew threatened to bring hurricane-strength winds inland. And it was really looking like it could happen. Thankfully, Hurricane Matthew changed course slightly as the night progressed with the eye of the storm traveling off the coast. That meant that rather than hurricane-strength winds, we only experienced high winds. There […]

Why would we be sad?

October 18, 2016

Why would we be sad…. The other day I was jogging on the airstrip, and three little girls joined me. As I was huffing and puffing to keep up, Adopo (far left) says, “Keoi (Moi language doesn’t have r’s or l’s so my name sounds a bit different here), do you realize all three of […]