Cows + Coffee = Churches

Cows + Coffee = Churches

Here’s the thing about sending missionaries to Unreached People Groups and supporting them: It’s really difficult and expensive. But here’s the other thing: It’s totally necessary. But here’s the OTHER other thing: We’re living like the inconvenience of the first...
On Wings Like Eagles…

On Wings Like Eagles…

I don’t know what we’d do without our helicopter. And I mean that literally. We have no roads to our jungle location. We have no roads to anywhere even CLOSE to our jungle location. Without our helicopter, and the people who maintain it and fly it, I’m not sure we’d...
Party Poopers

Party Poopers

The other day, we had a bit of a shindig in our village, celebrating the graduation of our first Iski literacy class. It was a fun time. The people did mini-dramas depicting different Iski historical moments, they had singing groups perform songs they had written...
When It Rains, It Pours

When It Rains, It Pours

Normally, I try to keep things more or less upbeat on our little blog. You know, a little sarcasm here, a little tongue-in-cheek comment there, maybe a short anecdote, centered around one of my countless ineptitudes. Sometimes though, stuff comes up in this work that...
First Day of School

First Day of School

We had the first Iski-language literacy class the other day! The school day started out like you might expect, everyone smiling and excited, all the students dressed in their best clothes, and the entire population of our village lined up in the “town square” to shake...
A Noticeable Contrast

A Noticeable Contrast

Comparing life in the bush with life back in one’s home country is generally an unwise and unhelpful thing to do. The comparison will always be biased towards the culture and living situation of your home, and it can sometimes cause one to feel a slight amount of...