Thank you for supporting the AmduStrong campaign. This is a great way for you to show your enthusiasm about what God is doing in Amdu and your support for Benjamin and Missy Hatton and their family as they head back to Papua New Guinea.
A couple of days ago, I shared a post on Facebook and Instagram talking about a recent “funk” I was in and am now out of (praise Jesus!). I also shared that I’m going to America in March with Josh when he goes for his training!! This is such an answer to our prayers, and […]
It impressed me how two girls, one a national Colombian and another our Guahibo co-translator’s daughter, when they met for the first time in our house the other day, there were no barriers, tho neither could speak each other’s language! They went right to playing together and enjoying their time together. Oh, if we […]
Dear Praying Friends, Coffee anyone? Our Isnag neighbors are beginning to make this year’s rice fields and they are also busy harvesting and drying coffee. An impressive lizard made an appearance outside my office window last week. I ran out with the camera and took several shots before realizing that I didn’t have a memory […]
“Give us something to cry about!” is a common line we hear from our Amdu friends on the eve of a long separation. It seems to be the customary practice to give some of your belongings to your family and friends as a memory while you are gone.
Four years old seems so grown-up to me. That’s the age when they start learning real things… like reading and counting and chores. That’s the age when you can have an actual, meaningful conversation with them that revolves around more than just food and toys. Judah turned 4 last month, and in the busyness of road-trippin’, […]
New Arrivals We welcomed a new family to the field, which means getting their apartment ready. This begins with moving the family currently living in their apartment, the apartment that we use for our new arrivals usually for the first 6 months they are here. So we first had to find a host church and […]
Where there once was green, lush grass, there is now bare, dry land. The village wells that once were filled are now dry and abandoned. Everywhere we look, we see the evidence that we need rain. Even though the rains ceased about four months ago, the flowers still bloom. However, their beauty is quickly covered […]
When we first started going to our church here, I started going up to Sunday School with my boys. I went with them because I wanted to help them integrate into our church and I knew they would be most comfortable with me around. It also provided that added advantage that the teaching was at […]