Celebrating as a team

January 9, 2016

This Christmas as we celebrated with the employees from our local community we realized we had so much to be thankful for. We began 2015 with a daily teaching time to present and explain the work that we do here in PNG to the local employees, the work they are a part of as they […]

It’s a good journey to learn the culture and language

January 8, 2016

How are you, all? We are doing great here. Haejung and I are enjoying learning the culture and language. We have three language helpers who are native speakers and have four sessions a week. During the week, we are pretty busy with study. Let me tell you a big mistake which I made a few […]

Tis a new season

January 7, 2016

You never really know what to expect when you celebrate a holiday in a new country, but this season held plenty of unusual experiences, not to mention a handful of blessings along the way. We got to celebrate with some Aussies (including but not limited to exploding bon-bon thingys, delectable food, and strange jargon–love these guys)… Plus, an old friend from […]

What is it like to live in McNeal, AZ…

January 6, 2016

…the headquarters for New Tribes Mission Aviation? Climate Because McNeal is located in the desert land of SE Arizona, many people think that it is a warm climate year-round. Some people wonder about our autumn season. Now that we have lived in McNeal since early July and have seen the transition of the seasons, I […]

Finding A Balance

January 5, 2016

Christmas has been one of the hardest seasons for me to balance between our two world. I don’t know why, but it has been the area where I found it hard to let go of my home world and embrace our host world. There were so many memories wrapped up in Christmas day that Christmas […]

What’s Jackie up to?? ….Debugging the what??

January 4, 2016

What Does Software have to do with tribal missions? Let me tell you a little bit about what I have been doing and maybe that will answer the question for you. I, Jackie, enjoy having a long-term project to work on.

Discipleship is Like A Banana Plant (Not Discipleship is Bananas!)

January 4, 2016

As Christians, we should strive to leave a legacy more like a banana plant, than a banyan tree, and the way that we do that is through discipleship.

Made it Home

January 3, 2016

We’ve been home for a couple weeks now. Our flights went well and we were glad to arrive home. We got here in time to see Alisha’s dad, and he actually improved some after we got home. We were able visit with him quite a bit before he started going downhill again; but the last […]

Cody & Beka Update

January 3, 2016

We have enjoyed so much having Cody and Beka here with us during the holidays. They have stayed this first part of their 4 week break with us and later this week will move over to Beka’s parent’s home to spend time with them for the rest of their time here.

Student Ministry in December

January 2, 2016

Second quarter, the middle school students made hygiene packs as gifts to give out to people during their ministry outreach in December. (These are “shoe boxes” filled with soap, food, etc.) They had a contest between the four barkadas/groups to see who could bring the most. We collected over 1000 hygiene packs! Grade 6 ministered […]