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One Place to the Next

One Place to the Next

I heard their question and I can’t wait to answer it! That’s how I feel every time I’m interacting with someone who has approached us at the back of a church as we stand next to our display table covered in all kinds of things from our beloved home and place of ministry- Papua New […]
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Why in the World?

Why in the World?

We are very grateful for Tom to have had the opportunity and privilege to preach on missions at our home church, Grace Point Evangelical Free Church in Adrian, Michigan. The topic was “Why in the World?” touching on the Biblical basis of missions and why we have chosen to do what we are doing with […]
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Sporting a Man-Basket

Sporting a Man-Basket

Having a man-basket back in Papua New Guinea has grown on me. At first, I felt stupid. Now I feel silly without it, carrying around all my stuff in my hands and pockets?! What was I thinking? The woven basket, called a “tapa” in Tigak is a main accessory for people in our area of […]
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Tricked Ya!

Tricked Ya!

Our co worker Aimee LOVES surprises.  She just loves them.  Because I love her, it has been a dream of mine for quite some time to give her what she would love, a mega surprise!  God is so sweet to me.  He gives me things I do not deserve and really brings things together in […]
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Siblings Reunited

Siblings Reunited

My siblings and I have an interesting situation because of the fact that we are all missionaries, or at least planning on being missionaries. If Tom and I were the only family working overseas that would one thing. We would be gone for years on end without seeing my family and that would be hard. […]
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Jeff the Boar

Jeff the Boar

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 […]
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Tigak Island Fun Facts

Tigak Island Fun Facts

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 […]
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2013 N.I.P. Believers Conference

2013 N.I.P. Believers Conference

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 […]
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All Princess & No More Pirate

All Princess & No More Pirate

I can’t believe it’s over! That’s what keeps hitting me: Iris’s surgery is DONE. It’s over, it’s past, she’s healing, her eyes are looking straight and working together. And all this before we have even been on the ground in the States for two weeks! This is simply amazing and such a HUGE praise in […]
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