Family in the Mountains

February 24, 2016

Last week our family was privileged to spend time with a special group of people from among one of Mexico’s indigenous groups living their lives in the beautiful Mexican mountains, the most special thing about them being that they are our brothers and sisters in Christ. You can drive for hours across seemingly endless mountain […]

Classroom on the Road (Pt. 3)

August 26, 2015

The last day of our trip was one that simply did not have enough hours in it! Most of us had pressing reasons to need to be back in the city by that night and as we considered all our options of things to do and the time it would take to do them (especially with […]

Drinking from the “Español” Fire Hose

February 7, 2015

“Stem changers,” “cognates,” “infinitives,” “base verbs,” “dichos,” “conjugations” & “pure vowels?” Does hearing those words get your language learning energy flowing? Those terms along with countless others have become a part of our daily lives now that our brains have been thrust into the world of Spanish language study. Our daily language classes feel mostly […]

Across the Border & Beyond

December 6, 2014

We thought we would just share some pictures in this blog of our trip across the border and down into Mexico. I will offer a little bit of explanation here and there but we mostly want you to enjoy the pictures. Heading up and over the mountains from El Paso to get to the Border […]

What’s in a Name?

December 6, 2014

It’s obvious to just about anyone who thinks about it for a few seconds that when you leave the United States and transplant yourself into a new country & culture, a lot about what you know is about to change. What may not be so quickly obvious is that even what the people in this […]

Amazing Provision & Whirlwind Goodbyes

November 24, 2014

For many months it seemed like we might never actually be moving on to our next place of ministry down in Mexico. In spite of diligent efforts on our part to make the many preparations, communicate with our “senders” and others, the fact was: without the Lord’s miraculous provision of our needs to go to […]

Sporting a Man-Basket

February 16, 2014

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 […]

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 […]

Pirate Princess

June 22, 2013

“What’s wrong with Iris’ eyes? Is she cross-eyed?” The question came from the sweet little daughter of a fellow missionary, squinting up into the sun at Iris as I held her. Her innocent little question was not the first time I had heard it and only echoed what we ourselves had been wondering about Iris […]

My PNG Cookbook: Crunchy Cabbage Salad

February 26, 2012

Lettuce is a bit hard to come by here in the islands of PNG. I suppose those lovely crisp green leaves are not too fond of scorching sun and hot sand. When we are able to buy lettuce it is a far cry from what awaits you in a grocery stores fridge. Once I realized […]