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Getting a Good Reception

Getting a Good Reception

Exciting Reception  In our last update, we shared how God was using our team and leadership to give us some new direction; since then, we have been focusing on getting to the “K” people group. You may remember that us guys hiked up into their remote village this past January. Well, after some additional trips […]
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The Fires of Life

The Fires of Life

Isn’t it encouraging that God can use the “fires” of life—the hardships and struggles, to shape us and prepare us?  Only He can turn what is meant for evil into something beautiful and good.  We are trusting and praying that He would do that through the intense drought that is ravaging so much of the […]
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Saying “Yes” Means Saying “No”

Saying “Yes” Means Saying “No”

Fact of life: Saying “Yes” to one opportunity often means saying no to everything else. Background: As many of you know, it’s been a long road and several years of trying to get permission to work among one of the many language groups that are on our island. We’ve tried every approach available to us, […]
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“Simple”

“Simple”

“It was very SIMPLE.” I keep getting the same feedback whenever I teach or preach here: “Simple”. Have you ever heard someone make a comment and you weren’t quite sure if it was a compliment or not? Part of me wants to be offended at this response… and part of me can’t think of a […]
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To Stay or to Go?

To Stay or to Go?

Hello Family & Friends, Thank you for your prayers and support these last few months! We have been putting off writing this update for a while now as we don’t know quite what to say regarding our next steps. However, we need prayer and we deeply value and appreciate your role in our lives and […]
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This Feels Familiar

This Feels Familiar

The Short-n-Sweet: Hi Friends, One step forward… one step back? While a lot has happened over the last few months since returning, we have not had much ‘forward’ movement and find ourselves in the very familiar situation of waiting on God’s direction. But, He has always given clarity at just the right time, every time. […]
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Welcoming Baby Haven Amber

Welcoming Baby Haven Amber

The Short-n-Sweet: Hi Friends, Isn’t it crazy how God’s timing can be so surprising sometimes? And then somehow in His own special way, He works everything out perfectly.  When we came home for ‘Medical Leave’ last October we didn’t expect to be staying for almost a year. . . but God orchestrated the details to […]
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Making Him our Destination

Making Him our Destination

Hi Friends, We are loving the beauty of Spring this time of year. The perfect temperatures and beautiful blossoms feel almost too good to be real. God sure is an amazing artist. I’m also amazed at how God has invited us into a genuine relationship with Him. We just celebrated how He sent His Son […]
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Health Leave Updated

Health Leave Updated

 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  What a sweet time it was remembering that our Savior became like us when He was born on Christmas Day.  In humility He met us in our mess.  He was perfection itself and yet the Father gave Him up to redeem His undeserving children.  Praise God!  We are thankful to have […]
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Health Leave

Health Leave

Hi Friends, We’re just going to cut to the chase with this update and bring you up to speed with our family’s situation. As some of you are already aware, the health issues that I (Tyler) started dealing with in May have not yet improved. It has been a challenging few months of many questions […]
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Living on the “Edge”

Living on the “Edge”

What you’ll find below… Hi Friends,   We are happy to be officially settled into the home/island where we relocated a few months back. Our reason for the move was to be closer to the people we are desiring to reach with the hope of Jesus Christ.  Sadly, we have seen little tangible progress towards […]
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