Past Adventures
We spent 7 years living in Papua New Guinea working with a religious non-profit. Five of those years were spent deep in a jungle swamp, living among a remote, isolated tribal group. These are some of the posts that we wrote from that context!
Still Alive
We are not dead. I know, it may have APPEARED like we had fallen off the face of the earth three months ago, when we began an unplanned, near-complete-cessation of public communications, but we DID NOT. No, the reasons for our silence were much less dramatic....
(Not) Everything You Need To Know About COVID-19
Well, I’ve got some bad news for you, and there’s just no good way to sugarcoat it: COVID-19. It’s kind of a big deal. Due to the policies, procedures, and preferences of the powers that be, I can’t necessarily share with you all the sundry details that you might be...
Rats!
One of our pilots over here just informed me that while they were back in the States on their home assignment they had the following exchange with a stranger: Stranger: “You guys work in Papua New Guinea? I read a blog from a missionary over there sometimes! He’s with...
Outreaches, They Be Crazy
I mentioned off-hand in my last post that we are in the midst of doing Bible-teaching in another village these days. Upon proof-reading that post, Rochelle took the opportunity to encourage me in my writing endeavors: “Seth, you have written three consecutive posts...
Jungle BnB
We’re going to be taking a family vacation to Australia next year, so I was poking around the ol’ world-wide web yesterday, checking out a few AirBnB options in the town we’ll be travelling to. This was a first for me. Being extremely behind the times, AirBnB is one...
Ain’t No Party Like a Callahan Party
[So, here’s the deal: I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago, but, due to the pitiful protestations of the last ragged vestiges of my feeble pride, I never published it. Since then, however, my pride seems to have given up any hope of reclaiming its former glory*,...
The Sacrifices We Make
I just had my first hot shower in three months. A little while later, I flushed the toilet, without having to dump water into the bowl with a bucket. I hadn’t done that for one month. Then I made a meal for my kids using bread that we didn’t have to bake ourselves and...
Missional Misconception #2 – The CALL
In a separate post, we delved into some of the confusion surrounding missionary support figures – what they are, what they AREN’T, and how they work. It seemed to get reasonable feedback, so I thought we might try that approach again. Today’s post will follow a...
The Feet of Those Who Bring Good News…
I’ll bet that God has a good, hearty laugh. One of those laughs that starts way down deep, near one’s diaphragm, and comes out like a joyful bellow. The kind of laugh that fills a room and welcomes more laughter from others close at hand. I guess some people...