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!
Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails…
Often, I write about specific incidents that I’ve experienced in our overseas “adventure.” Sometimes, I write about broader, more topical subjects. But, mostly, I just whine about petty personal inconveniences as though they are on equal standing with the Kennedy...
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...
A Simile of Sorts
[EDITOR’S NOTE: None of what you are about to read is intended as “fat shaming.” It is simply the retelling of a story that was communicated to me via a reliable source. Each reader is responsible for their own emotional response to the content. For my part, I’m just...
Beat(en) Cop
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post has nothing to do with our work overseas. It DOES have a lot to do with our website though, as my desire for a platform to share this story on was the impetus behind starting our own website. Thanks, Dad! My Dad was a State Trooper for 28...
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...
Growing Pains
I’ll be going into town tomorrow to buy some supplies to take into the bush with me. Mostly, I’ll be picking up gardening supplies, I think. I had asked a couple of my Iski friends to look after my garden for me while I was gone, so there would be vegetables waiting...
Bad Tenants
We will be heading back into our bush location in a week or two, so I’ve been trying to prepare myself mentally for what will be waiting for us when we get there. We’ve been on Home Assignment in the States for a little over 9 months, and our jungle home hasn’t been...
Laws of Nature
You might recall from your high school days a little thing called the “Second Law of Thermodynamics.” The term was coined by Thomas Edison. Or, perhaps Sir Isaac Newton, after he finished inventing gravity. History (or, at least my memory) is a little fuzzy on its...
The Truth of the Matter
I wrote a separate post earlier broaching the topic of transparency among believers, and how I think it is a necessary part of a healthy Christian life to be honest with one another about where we are in our spiritual journeys. Basically, that whole post was a set-up...