My New Kitchen

May 13, 2012

haus kuk noun |haus kuk| 1 a house like structure constructed from jungle materials. Usually located right next to your house (where you sleep) or adjoining it. Used for the preparation of food and for eating. A space providing for any amount of social interaction: A type of outdoor living room/den. As I have been learning and continue to […]

Normal.

January 22, 2012

I’m sitting at our table clicking away on my laptop and I just watched two of our neighbors walk by carrying huge branches on their shoulders slung with dozens of coconuts. Yes it’s true, life here is “different.” We’ve shared a lot about the differences of our lives now that we live in a village […]

CONNECTED!

January 21, 2012

This is a FIRST! Yes, it is true -your eyes are scanning over the first blog we have ever posted from our own house in the village! Wow. Technology is absolutely amazing and it is improving at a rapid pace! We have recently experienced the truth of this and are so incredibly thankful for it! […]

Our Tropical “Winter Wonderland”

December 18, 2011

Christmas day is only a week and a half away and Jude has often been found laying on his side under our Christmas tree gazing at his presents repeating to himself in a comforting tone, “Just wait, just wait, just wait”. 😀 The anticipation is growing for our first Christmas celebration in our village! Wow. […]

This Language Isn’t Going to Learn Itself!

December 18, 2011

I have been in official Tigak language & culture study for a little over a month now and I am starting to feel the enormity of the job in front of us. Learning the Tigak language will require us to not only learn thousands of vocabulary words, but also how to arrange those words into […]

Back on the Island

November 8, 2011

We’ve been back in country for over two weeks now and are just now making the time to sit down and write. Its been a bit of a whirlwind, but this seems to be the pace of the life of a missionary. Our travel to PNG was mostly uneventful, although we did run into some […]

Growing Anticipation

September 12, 2011

If we could have known the future we would not have been surprised by the fact that Iris’ paperwork took longer than we originally anticipated. As things stand right now, we will be back in the United States for another four weeks. For certain, the next four weeks will be packed with experiences and opportunities […]

Extreme Home Makeover: Island Edition

August 22, 2011

We have a house. It’s sitting in the middle of a village on a tiny island in the south pacific. From this house we will live and minister to the upwards of 20,000 Tigak people of Papua New Guinea with the hope of helping them discover who Christ is and what He has done for […]

And Then We Were in Oregon

July 29, 2011

Last week was a whirlwind. You know the beginning of the movie Wizard of Oz where Dorothy is hiding in her house as the tornado hits? Then she blacks out and wakes up in a new world unable to recall how she got there? Well, thats what last week was like… except instead of starting […]

PROJECT:HAUS Update

May 29, 2011

One of the largest one time start up needs for any one in our line of ministry is that of building our house. Because of our remote locations, building a simple, yet functional house in a village is a large undertaking, both financially and logistically. So, where are we at with our housing situation? Hopefully […]