our hearts turn “home” to Latin America

October 5, 2021

News from Panama This month our hearts turn toward “home” and Latin America. We want to share a precious update on some dear friends in Panama from the village where we lived for many years. A couple of weeks ago Edelfonso with a group of believers traveled to different Kuna communities sharing about Christ and […]

In the village

February 16, 2019

Isaiah 40:31… those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. Arrival: Greetings from our mountain village home in the Philippines! We arrived in the country three and a half weeks ago. God […]

We’re back in the Philippines

April 27, 2018

Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be […]

The Village in Pictures

November 17, 2017

Even though we live in town right now, we’ve been able to make multiple visits to the village our co-workers (Susie and Jen) have just moved into! We’re thankful that their houses were finished in time for Jen to spend a couple of weeks in the village before returning to the States for […]

four more…

September 8, 2016

4 more weeks & 4 more languages! Greetings from the Philippines. We are more than half done with our around-the-world trip and praising God for His faithfulness every step of the way. We spent a month in Senegal where we held a literacy workshop for the field and then worked with 3 languages, writing literacy […]

Exploring Missionary Burnout, Pt. 1

May 15, 2016

According to the Webster’s dictionary, burnout is “exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration”. Burnout among missionaries is real and it is also one reason for why some missionaries leave the field. Sometimes burnout itself is actually the main reason behind why someone leaves the […]

Above & Beyond

September 9, 2014

I want to begin this blog by saying thank you to everyone who has prayed for my trip out to pack up our house and say goodbye to the Tigak church. My trip out there went very well, far better than I could have hoped or imagined. Our prayers were answered, though the trip was […]

Jeff the Boar

January 15, 2014

It was just over a year ago, last October, that we acquired our baby Wild Boar. I had gotten a fence made in the meantime, as one of the requirements in our village to look after pigs is to have a fence. (Even so, I am pretty sure that we are the only ones who […]

Tigak Island Fun Facts

December 23, 2013

A while back, we shared some fun facts about our tiny island in the south pacific via our twitter account- The Carlton Fam @ThatAllMayKnow, and now we want to share them with you! You can check out our latest tweets by following us on twitter or by taking a glance at the sidebar of our […]

2013 N.I.P. Believers Conference

December 15, 2013

Sitting where I am right now, freezing cold in Michigan with snow falling outside, it is very strange to think about where we were less than a month ago. We were in Papua New Guinea sweating our faces off crammed in to a van along with some of our Tigak brothers and sisters on a […]