Language Barriers

February 2, 2016

Cultural obstacles are formidable barriers, yet the Word of God is powerful to transform the mind of man and teach him God’s way. We know that. We experience that in our own life, when God’s Word cuts to the heart of our own American cultural barriers and shows us how much higher His Way is […]

Life Happens

February 2, 2016

We truly desire to apply ourselves and learn the language. But Life happens! Both the predictable and unpredictable challenges of life take up time that we would like to spend immersing our minds in language and culture. I, Danica, spend a good part of everyday teaching Cali and Karina, who are in 3rd and 1st […]

False Motives and Materialism

February 2, 2016

Does it surprise you to know that materialism is just as alive and well here in the jungle as it is back in America’s suburbs? The heart of man does not get better the farther you get from civilization. While our priority is to learn the language and teach the Word of God—because only the […]

Ourselves

February 2, 2016

It is not only outside circumstances or hardness in other people’s hearts that can present a barrier to ministry. Hardness in our own hearts can tie our hands and make us ineffective, too. In fact, this may be the greatest obstacle of all. Pride, disunity, fear, prayerlessness, lack of self-discipline,…these are only a few of […]

On the March

February 2, 2016

We are on the March again, making preparations for our return to Papua New Guinea. As we consider our last month in the USA our hearts are filled with gratitude and expectation as well as sadness.

Commitment

February 2, 2016

“… I walked here today to tell you all these things the Lord has been showing me these past few days. The Lord has brought you all to Wantakia to do His work, and you must finish it. Even if disaster comes upon you, you must continue to do the Lord’s work.” My wife and […]

It’s raining in Dinangat!

February 2, 2016

Today we will talk about the weather :), about the youth and about a move. Thank you so much for your prayers! God gave us a lot of rain in the last few weeks. We can now use our little hydro-power system again and have enough power; also the people’s gardens are looking great again […]

Tribal Visit: Las Moras

January 31, 2016

In our November update, we shared our plans to begin visiting church plant locations here in Mexico. This is something that we’ve looked forward to greatly, working hard in Spanish that we might be ready to start work in one such location! Our first visit came in mid-December, permitting us a week with the missionary […]

Whacked out GPS

January 30, 2016

For some unknown reason the GPS on my phone has a mind of its own. Numerous times while traveling an Interstate it instructs me to exit in the middle of nowhere only to tell me to get back on the highway I just got off. I don’t get it. Maybe it just wanted me to […]

Cultural Barriers

January 30, 2016

The concepts of sin and reconciliation provide an example of cultural barriers that can hinder the growth of an indigenous church to maturity. The best we can understand at this point, as learners in this culture, it appears that an offense is only that—an offense. It becomes an offense when you are caught—at that moment, […]