Three Tigak Hymns

December 29, 2012

Paul in his letter to the Colossians instructs the believers to “Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” (Col. 3:13) One of our Tigak Bible teachers out here named Paska has […]

1st N.I.P. Believers Conference!

November 25, 2012

I love “firsts.” As the mother of young children I get to experience them all the time and there is nothing quite so wonderful as being able to be there for something happening that has never happened before! I get to stand back, watch it and rejoice! We have just been able to be a […]

Mommy’s Day Out

November 18, 2012

Being a missionary as a wife and the mother of two young children is a handful. There are definitely limits to what I can be involved in here in terms of how much I can be out with the people, how long I am out and where I can go. In spite of these limitations […]

Your Questions Answered, Pt. 1

October 29, 2012

Recently we posted on facebook that we would be answering any questions YOU have about our lives over here in Papua New Guinea. As a result, we received many great questions and are excited to present to you Part 1 of Your Questions Answered! We both answered most questions, so to distinguish, my (Tom’s) answers […]

A Very Good Place to Start

August 31, 2012

Maria was right. The beginning is a very good place to start. “Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do” were the first musical notes the Vontrap family children needed to master to become the talented group of singers they would later become. In the classic film The Sound of Music, Maria knew that before […]

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 […]

Vacaville Venture

September 4, 2011

My heart is smiling as I sit down to write this blog. It is amazing how being in the body of Christ can knit you together with people you have never even met; how you can sit down and speak face to face with a person for the first time and truly connect, be blessed […]

Snippets of Life

February 17, 2011

Here are an assortment of random stories of things that have happened to us while we have been living here in Tigak. Hopefully you will enjoy getting a feel for life here in the tribe through them. Canoe Trips Tom has been able to take two short canoe trips with one of his new friends, […]

Our Daily Schedule

February 17, 2011

It’s about 8:00am and the scorching tropical sun is lighting up the banana tree’s I can see out our window. The village is still pretty quite right now and the only noise I can here is the annoying hum of our generator as it powers our fridge, charges our laptops and allows me to enjoy […]