Language Problems

So Far We've Been Spreading Diabetes More Effectively Than the Gospel.

But thank you for your patience with us. Good things take time!

Videos

Video: Ride Along On A Medivac In Papua New Guinea

I got the chance to ride along on a recent medivac out of Chambri Lakes and I made a short video about it. Ride along!

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 Featured

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

Video: 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

Video: 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.

Videos

Video: Colorado Trip: Episode 3

Featuring the world’s largest ball of twine.

Colorado Trip

Video: Colorado Trip: Episode 2

Featuring the St. Louis Arch and not much else.

MTI

Video: Colorado Trip: Episode 1

Featuring the world's largest rocking chair.

What Doesn't Kill You...

Formative Experiences - An Introduction

No matter how formative your experience is becoming, don't celebrate until you get out alive.

Fishing

Fishing, And Other Bad Behaviors

Immediately bait buckets, lead weights, and sharp hooks fly through the air while full grown men throw themselves on something that's slicker than a greased pig.

Alaska

Driving To Work In A Chicken Coop

Imagine sitting inside of a chicken coop as it is shoved through the atmosphere at 65 mph - feathers, dust, noise, shuddering and shaking - you get the idea!

Alaska

Such Is Life In A Traveling Circus

That time we attended a wedding, I shaved my head, and we found ourselves in Alaska.

Teaching Boys to Become Men

Getting Things We Don't Deserve

That time when God provided for our MTI training, Elliot learned to ride a bike, and Adi started a brand new life.

Lectures From My High Horse

Life Isn't About You! An Inspirational Speech

The first step to giving a baccalaureate speech is finding out what baccalaureate means.

Being Sick

Medical Procedures, Feather Pillows, Allergic Reactions, & Wailing!

That time when Adi had an allergic reaction, Janice had gallbladder issues, and I got some cysts removed.

Procrastination

Procrastination & Motivation

Procrastination is merely the process of distilling motivation down to its most ferocious form and then drinking it all in one sitting.

Pets Other Than Children

Taking The Bunny Out For A Casual Sunday Stroll

Bunnies prefer walking under pine trees, logs, thorn bushes, and parked cars which are all very hard places to walk.

Airplane Mechanics

Finally An A&P Mechanic!

This is the culmination of two and half years of working towards the 4,800 hours of experience needed to take the tests.

Airplane Mechanics

My Written Exams Are Done!

General aviation is one part Stone Age and one part NASA. Sometimes we're fretting over .005" tolerance and sometimes we're beating things with a hammer and a block of wood.

What Doesn't Kill You...

My Problems Are Fine

Everyone always has problems in life no matter what. And if I had to pick problems to have, I'd say mine are fine.