My name is Josh. My family and I live in Wewak, Papua New Guinea where I help maintain three elderly floatplanes. These posts are written from my perspective, the grumpy dad.
Videos
Ride Along On A Medivac In Papua New Guinea
Ride along as Nick and I fly out to Chambri Lakes to pick up a malaria patient and medevac her to Wewak hospital.
Papua New Guinea
My Fate Was To Stand There For An Eternity Wishing I Were Dead.
We move to Wewak, Papua New Guinea to start our first term with Samaritan Aviation.
God Worked Things Out
Rejoice! For Our Visas Were Lost But Have Been Found Again.
An unlikely series of events and a needle-in-a-haystack search helps us find our visas and passports.
Christmas
It Won't Take Long
Traveling is getting easier with each generation, thus losing its ability to shape our character. Maybe this is why our nation is in a moral decline.
Christmas
Cement Blocks In My Emotional Dryer
Christmas tree ornaments are hurled around our house like boulders from an invading army’s catapults.
Stories From My Youth
Then Again, Mom Wasn't An Engineer
Mom could never understand why I put so much effort into making boat models just to light them on fire. Then again, mom wasn’t an engineer.
Cultural Expectations
Acculturating at Mission Training International
I used to think that the only preparation you needed to be a missionary was an appetite for misery and a one way plane ticket.
MTI
Colorado Trip: Episode 5
We finally arrive at MTI but not before visiting some cliff dwellings and driving up a mountain pass while my children give me driving advice.
Traveling With Children
Colorado Trip: Episode 4
We arrive in Colorado, explore the Garden of the Gods, and leave in a hurry because Elliot thinks he has to go potty.