Our Outdoor Education week

March 23, 2015

Thank you for praying for our week of Outdoor Education. This year’s emphasis was “Into the Great”—a Great Follower of a Great God. Monday the students arrived at an ocean adventure park. They were able to see some shows with dolphins and sea lions and a few other shows. They learned about different ocean life […]

Happy New Year

January 16, 2015

Happy New Year to you all! We are looking forward to all that God will do in 2015. We enjoyed a wonderful time with all our daughters. Ashley and Juliana were able to see some of their friends from Faith Academy and we were able to enjoy some of the sites and memories of their […]

An Eventful Second Quarter

December 10, 2014

We are nearing the end of the second quarter of school. Walter has been busy helping teachers and evaluating them as their principal. He has many meetings with students and parents, some have been good and encouraging and some have been difficult. As the middle school principal, Walter is in charge of planning the week […]

Friendships and Retreats

August 31, 2014

Thank you for praying for Walter as he continues transitioning into his new role as middle school principal. It has been fairly smooth, just busy. He spends hours each day replying to emails and in meetings, but he schedules time to be in the halls and lounge to be with staff and students. At the […]

FINAL UPDATE ON TYPHOON HAIYAN & CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

December 17, 2013

Typhoon Haiyan Update (or Typhoon Yolanda, as it was called in the Philippines) I received the following statistics from a friend – The death toll from super typhoon Yolanda is 5,240 with 25,615 people injured, while 1,613 remain missing. Yolanda has affected 9,927,335 people from 11,939 villages in 44 provinces. Yolanda destroyed 530,479 houses and […]

TYPHOON HAIYAN UPDATE

November 20, 2013

Here is the latest update from a New Tribes Mission and even one from our pilot. In Christ, Walt The NTM aviation team in the Philippines was among first responders to the Typhoon Haiyan aftermath. Initially, NTM pilots did aerial surveys to locate the best staging areas for the relief efforts, moved relief workers from […]

O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing

January 28, 2013

A new year has begun and we are beginning a new semester. We enjoyed a break from school as a family and also attended our mission conference. It was wonderful to see our co-workers with New Tribes Mission and what is going on in their various works. It was also a good reminder of why […]

Middle School Mayhem and Surfing

October 28, 2012

First quarter of school was packed with activities and events. Walter attended the staff retreat before school started and the girls had fun with their friends and making new ones. Juliana also attended the high school retreat in mid August. I returned to the Philippines at the end of August after getting Ashley settled into […]

Monsoon in the Philppines

October 28, 2012

Aug.9, 2012 While Kansans are praying for rain, in Manila, they are praying for the rain to let up. Though there is no typhoon in the area, the monsoon rains have been very heavy causing severe flooding in Manila. Many areas are waist to neck deep, causing many to evacuate their homes. People have been on […]

Endings and Beginnings

October 28, 2012

June 2012 As usual, the end of the school year was busy with concerts, banquets and exams. Abby was excited to go to her first banquet with the middle school and was on the senate that was in charge of planning it. Juliana and Ashley attended the junior-senior banquet and Walter and I went along […]