January Prayer Update

January 18, 2016

Some things to be praying for- Rejoice the finance team got the end of year close out done of the accounts this week! Pray for North Cotes College (NNC) as the numbers for next year’s students are well down at this stage, Pray for us as we try to bring up Grace in a way […]

January Praise and Prayer

January 17, 2016

Praise: Safety on the road in spite of what could have been a serious accident. Phase 1 of our new solar system The growing interest in the Dom New Testament New requests from family groups for teaching The Literacy students that we have Pray: Safety on the road for us and our fellow missionaries For […]

twin kodiaks

January 16, 2016

It’s been a whirlwind of routine (is that a thing?) since we finished with Christmas and started back to work. But the exciting stuff is happening at the hangar! Two of our pilots have left for their Kodiak training in Spokane, Washington (at Spokane Turbine Center). When they return in a few weeks, they’ll begin […]

Who we are, what we do, and why we do it

January 16, 2016

2015 Year in Review

January 16, 2016

With 2016 already well underway I’m overdue for our annual summary of the previous year. It seems, like every year, that 2015 flew by. In early 2015 we decided that it would be good if we could take our next home assignment before the end of 2015 so we could get our eldest son, Elijah […]

Selling Oneself to Others

January 16, 2016

I was recently asked if we get tired of trying to sell ourselves. I thought it a funny question but hadn’t really thought of going to churches, meeting with friends and writing letters and blogs as trying to sell ourselves. But as the weeks have gone on and I’ve put off writing on the blog […]

Ostman Update…

January 15, 2016

Hebrews 4:12(NKJV) For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. OUR (UN) CHRISTMAS Since Christmas has come and gone and we’re […]

Karis MRI results, Current and future ministry!

January 14, 2016

Hi friends, please find the short version of prayer and praise below. For those who want more detail, the stories and pictures are below. Praise: Praise God for good results from Karis’s recent cardio MRI in November. Praise God for energy and health to teach and disciple here at […]

A New Kind of Strange

January 12, 2016

Living in a new culture and climate is all about adjustment, flexing and bending with the current. There’s the life-changing adjustments that happen every once in a long while, but mostly life is made up of subtle, minuscule changes over time. It’s fun to look back and see what has become normal after 9 months. For […]

little BIG gift

January 11, 2016

Did you have any, “big things come in little packages,” gifts this year? Those are some of my favorite kind of gifts. Sometimes those little (in size) gifts are connected to something much bigger. Like wrapping a small box that contain keys to a car, or an engagement ring, or wrapping a sonogram picture that shows you are […]