Snippets from Germany: Language Matters.

September 22, 2016

“Mama….” Elias looked at me with a face of concentration and determination. After quite a long pause, he, very clearly and very slowly, asked, “Wo gehen wir hin?” John and I started cheering and clapping for our little language learner. After at least 500 times of reminding our boys that that’s the correct way of […]

Ready…Pack…Lets Go

September 22, 2016

We got home from the workshop and had a few last precious days with my dad, before he began his journey home. We didn’t really have much time to dwell on that as we turned around and packed for our next trip. We had some veteran missionaries who were back for a few months, were […]

Trusting God with my health

September 21, 2016

Back in December, my faith was tested. I noticed a lump in my breast and of course freaked out. We live in the middle of nowhere and I will have to wait 8 months to get it checked out. Then about a month later I noticed 1, then 2 spots that looked like more basal […]

A New Home

September 20, 2016

We made it to our new city on Saturday. It was a relief to be done flying and waiting in airports. We are staying in a house rented by another missionary who is on furlough. The day we got here, the power was out all day, and it was pretty hot outside. It was also […]

Tradeoffs: Edibles

September 19, 2016

I figured you might be curious to see how some of our habits have changed over the past 1.5 years. Food is a big area. So I’ll start with edible things in this post. We eat eggs and soaked oatmeal for breakfast. Not much has changed here–that’s still really western. Most people eat fried rice […]

Unto All Nations

September 19, 2016

This is the story of how a new voice, a new language, a new people was added to the chorus worshiping our Lord! “The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never considered a foreigner.” William Cameron Townsend YembiYembi tribe has a new testament in their language […]

Late Summer Fun

September 18, 2016

Don't worry, we're envious of those piles of leaves you get to jump in too...

Rewards

September 18, 2016

The summer Olympics are over. There were many winners and many losers. But there are some who didn’t win a single thing that are real winners in my book. Like Nikki Hamblin from New Zealand and Abbey D’Agostino of the USA who both fell and then took time to help each other up to limp […]

The Kids Program in Pictures

September 18, 2016

They that work, as not working

September 17, 2016

There is little more satisfying than a job well done. Finishing a day of hard work makes me feel like I’ve earned an evening of rest. Conversely, there’s not much worse than an impending deadline to take the joy out of relaxing. The knowledge of homework due on Monday has plagued many a weekend during my school […]