Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Holiness

September 12, 2011

A few years ago I was riding down to Pennsylvania with our soon-to-be youth pastor and some of the youths from our high school ministry for a rafting trip. Most of the drive was spent listening to music that I’d never heard of and talking about sports I’ve never had any interest in playing. Sometime […]

Got Food?

June 23, 2011

As you can imagine, living on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean takes some getting used to. Many simple things that we don’t think twice about having or getting in the States, take much preparation to ensure we have on our island. When we run out of sugar or flour there is […]

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 […]

Prayer: Fruit from the Root

November 23, 2010

A few years ago our home church in Michigan had a guest speaker come out and put on a seminar on the topic of prayer. This guest speaker was considered to have some wisdom on the subject and for an entire weekend our church came together to learn about prayer; the need for prayer in […]

Lamogai or Bust

September 18, 2010

“Bush” is what we call the remote jungle locations that are all over Papua New Guinea. Yesterday, Tom left on his first bush trip for 12 days. It is a very exciting opportunity for him, and he was glad to accept the invitation from one of our Orientation leaders/fellow missionary! The village that Tom and […]

Our God is a Missionary God

April 28, 2010

I remember when Beth & I were in Bible school, I became frustrated at how much Missions was “pushed” on us. It seemed like every chapel we were challenged in, every class we sat in, every conversation we found ourselves in centered on the topic of worldwide missions. It was frustrating for me to say […]

Stop that Ship!

March 26, 2010

With all the trips to the store and packing it feels like we are leaving and not just our stuff! Considering how stressful and exhausting it has been to get all our things ready to ship, I am very grateful to have the next three months to prepare ourselves! Last weekend we had our much […]

How Beautiful Are The… Shoes?

February 16, 2010

Things are pretty crazy these days as we continue to tackle paperwork (poor Tom) and begin to dive into the complicated task of packing. As you may imagine, when you are moving to an island half way around the world there are things you would need. Add to this the fact that this island is […]

Some Trip Reflections

February 10, 2010

You know how you go through life making plans and always thinking to yourself that they will work out just how you thought? And then they don’t… at all? 🙂 Well, that is what we think of our trip. Now don’t get us wrong, this was not a bad thing-it was just a surprise. The […]