A global virus, two governments, three passports, three visas, five COVID tests, multiple international flights … and a few little people just waiting.Mix it all together and you’ve got a whole bunch of unknowns!As the urgency to make decisions grows, the variables keep changing, and the unknowns seem endless. Here at home It’s been a … More the Unknowns
When we first heard about this new virus starting to spread, we didn’t really pay much attention to it. We were putting all of our energy into learning language in Konomala. We don’t really get much world news out there, so we figured that things would just blow over in no time. Obviously, … More COVID-19 … time to get back home
We’re ‘that guy’ now You know when you see “that guy” at the store, or at church, or anywhere for that matter. He looks a little lost, he sounds like he’s ‘not really from around here’, and he’s not up to speed on the normal stuff that you think, “everybody knows that”. Well … since coming … More A little less chaos now
the Failure Right now I’m waiting at a dirt airstrip 4 hours away from home. In a few minutes our mission’s helicopter will be landing to drop off some solar electric equipment that’s essential for us to stay in Konomala. Two days ago, our solar electric system had a complete failure. When we came home … More URGENT NEED — Electrical Failure
“When it gets hard, what part of the gospel will keep you going?” Through different seasons of life, different glimpses of the gospel have come to the forefront of our minds: Sometimes it’s resting in a finished work, and sometimes it’s striving for the prize in the unfinished work. Sometimes it’s seeing His bigness, and … More 3 months in Konomala
Marav mal! Ba malke? Good afternoon! You all alright? Thanks so much for being patient in hearing from us! We’ve been in Konomala a little over a month now, and we finally have a half-way-working cell signal. It’s not much, but it gives us access to email and texting … slow and minimal access … More Moved in and Starting Language
If you haven’t seen it already, click on the LINK below to see a video of our recent build trip into Konomala. CLICK HERE TO WATCH Build trip #4 From April 24th to May 12th, we had some bonding time down in Konomala … I mean building time. We had 4 guys from our … More April/May – Build Trips #4 and #5
the TEAM The Siar church sent a group of guys and a couple ladies to help. A few of them had carpentry skills, and they all knew how to just plain work. We could never have done it without those guys. We also had a couple other guys come … Dave came from our home … More February/March – Build Trip #3
Thank you so much to all of you who have been praying for us throughout this process. We are so thankful for each of you. Seth and Luke are leaving tomorrow for almost 3 weeks. This will be the biggest build trip yet. We’re hoping that both houses will have roofs, walls, and floors by … More Pray for Build Trip #3
During the last week of January and into February, Luke and I went on our second build trip. We also took our friend Travis, a really skilled carpenter, with us. This was what we hoped to get done: Finish clearing the ground Get necessary timber on location Set posts for both houses Build trusses for … More January – Build Trip #2
