Author: Tim and Andrea Ullum

We wanted to share a short video with you. The video highlights a close friend of ours from the village. As you will see in the video he died late last year. His death was for me was one of the most painful experiences of our last term on the field. This painful experience left […]

Hi Friends we wanted to give an update on what our family is doing while on our home assignment in the States. We have now been on US soil for a little over 2 months. We were able to spend Thanksgiving through the New Year up in Michigan with Andrea’s family. It was a fun […]

Greetings! As a follow-up from our September update we are now into rainy season again! The smoke has cleared and there is plenty of water again. Thanks for many of you who prayed us through that challenging time! The first rain storm we had was welcomed with all of us running in the rain! We’ve […]

Greetings from the Tropical Desert, We’re well into dry season which has turned the bright green jungle into a drab dusty brown. Dry season corresponds with the start of rice planting. Most traditional farmers in this area still use a slash and burn method of planting. This burning of the forest, along with larger plantations […]

The summer months are a time here when there is dryer weather, and actually it turns out to be cooler than normal. It’s also a time when people here make small gardens around their house. Common things you would see in someone’s vegetable garden here in the village are eggplant, meter beans, shallot onions, ginger, […]

Greetings Friends, As summer is upon us, we are feeling our countdown clock beginning. “Countdown to what?” you ask. Every three years or so, we schedule a trip to our home country (America). This scheduled trip is called “furlough” or “home assignment”. Looking back at a picture of our family from three years ago helps […]

Dear Friends, Hello from a very hot place. We’ve been sweating bullets lately and are thankful the rains have returned this week to at least cool it down to 75 in the afternoons. Hope your home is showing signs of spring and warmer weather, especially those in the North thinking the 50’s sounds like a […]

Greetings to our faithful long-time supporters and also to our newly added friends, We are so thankful for each one of you as we see God raising up new followers and supporters and continue to appreciate those of you who have followed us for many years. Our church in Florida had a missions conference this […]

Greetings to our praying and supporting team, We are writing from town and have been out for a little more than a week from our tribe. We’ve greatly enjoyed a week of fellowship at our area conference. The speaker had excellent reminders and teaching on being fully satisfied with our Lord and finding all we […]