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26
Jun
I Know What's Wrong With My Faucet, But What's Wrong With My Feet?

I Know What's Wrong With My Faucet, But What's Wrong With My Feet?

I have a revelation about feet while walking to the hardware store to look for a new faucet.
9 min read
06
Jun
Missionary family in Wewak, Papua New Guinea.

Speaking Funny

Language learning is shifting from memorizing vocabulary to the next step: Embarrassing oneself.
3 min read
21
May
Missionary family Wewak, Papua New Guinea.

So Far We've Been Spreading Diabetes More Effectively Than the Gospel.

But thank you for your patience with us. Good things take time!
16 min read
14
May
Cockpit of mission aviation floatplane flying above Chambri Lakes in Papua New Guinea

Video: Ride Along On A Medivac In Papua New Guinea

I got the chance to ride along on a recent medivac out of Chambri Lakes and I made a short video about it. Ride along!
1 min read
13
Apr
A new missionary family arrives in Papua New Guinea.

My Fate Was To Stand There For An Eternity Wishing I Were Dead.

We move to Wewak, Papua New Guinea to start our first term with Samaritan Aviation.
11 min read
03
Apr
Rejoice! For Our Visas Were Lost But Have Been Found Again.

Rejoice! For Our Visas Were Lost But Have Been Found Again.

An unlikely series of events and a needle-in-a-haystack search helps us find our visas and passports.
7 min read
27
Dec
"It Won't Take Long."

"It Won't Take Long."

Traveling is getting easier with each generation, thus losing its ability to shape our character. Maybe this is why our nation is in a moral decline.
9 min read
10
Dec
Cement Blocks In My Emotional Dryer

Cement Blocks In My Emotional Dryer

Christmas tree ornaments are hurled around our house like boulders from an invading army’s catapults.
8 min read
26
Nov
Then Again, Mom Wasn't An Engineer

Then Again, Mom Wasn't An Engineer

Mom could never understand why I put so much effort into making boat models just to light them on fire. Then again, mom wasn’t an engineer.
6 min read
23
Nov
Acculturating at Mission Training International

Acculturating at Mission Training International

I used to think that the only preparation you needed to be a missionary was an appetite for misery and a one way plane ticket.
11 min read