Our time here in Papua New Guinea is
coming to a close. This time around. Our exploratory trip has been an
absolutely wonderful experience, all in all. I've loved getting to
know some of the other missionaries with whom we will be working, and
I've loved meeting others of the missionaries here who will not be on
the field by the time that we get here long term. Already I know that
Elizabeth and I are looking forward to coming back for our first full
term. The people here have been super friendly and helpful, and you
can see the excitement in...
Monday, October 29, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
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Flexibility is a virtue. Elizabeth and
I have finally made it back to Madang. Our trip out to the village
was only supposed to be 2 weeks long, but ended up being right around
3 due to some miscommunication. That's alright though, because during
our extra week in the bush we had a ton of awesome experiences, from
spearfishing in a nearby river, to petting a baby owl. During our
time there we helped organize the literacy center, helped clear a
garden plot with one of the families there, played soccer, and helped
with a medical course. We cleaned...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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I'm spending my birthday in the jungle.
And not just the general, “oh, I'm in a nation that has jungles”
type of jungle. I'm in the rainforest. In the bush. The kind of place
where I get to go fishing by cutting up a vine and throwing it in the
water and letting it kill the fish before I stab them with my spear.
That kind of place.
But I expected that. What I didn't
expect was my extra week here. You see, somewhere along the line we
ended up not getting our helicopter ride out of here booked. It was
one of those moments where every body...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
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Today is a national holiday. (Today was
Monday, when I wrote this)
Well, yesterday, really, but as that
was a Sunday, today is the day that everyone gets off work. Yesterday
was the Independence Day of Papua New Guinea. They are celebrating 37
years of independence. So we, as missionaries, decided that we should
celebrate by heading out to Jais Aben! (coincidentally, the office
workers here do that every weekend anyway, but it was my first time!)
Jais is a resort on the coast of Papua
New Guinea, about a 30 minute drive from town. From...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
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I'm in PNG!
And it turns out my wife wasn't at all
exaggerating when she told me we would be living in paradise.
Although I've barely spent a full day here in Madang, I've already
been impressed with the sheer beauty of this country. This is dry
season, when it is sometimes possible for missionaries to run out of
clean water to drink, yet everywhere I look this country appears
green and vibrant to my eyes. Most of our day was spent at the
Pioneer Bible Translator offices here, so I haven't had much time to
see the strong sense of hospitality...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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I'd like to think that I've made some pretty good decisions in my life. One of the best decisions that I've made so far, in my belief, was the decision to become a missionary. It is just so important to me that people be able to learn about God and His love for His creation, and how because of what God has done for us we don't have to live our lives in fear of a supernatural being who is out to get us, but rather we get a God whose goal is to love us, and to save us. Pretty awesome stuff. But one place where I am not so proud of my decisions is...
Monday, January 23, 2012
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Hey everyone! I'd just like to take some time today to let you know about some of the developments in my plans with Pioneer Bible Translators.
During December of this last year, I sat down with my coach and with the wife of the branch head for Papua New Guinea over coffee to try to sort out what needed to happen in regards to our exploratory trip to PNG this year. At the time Elizabeth and I were under a lot of stress to try to get everything worked out so that we could head over seas this February, and at the same time trying to figure out...
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