A Blurry Dash Towards The End Times
"I came to the mission field to change the world but so far the only thing that has changed is myself." - Anton, Russian philosopher
Cultural Expectations
We Survived Our Bush Orientation →
Every new Samaritan Aviation family goes through a “Bush Orientation” which sounds like a formal thing, but it’s not.
Cultural Expectations
Dumping Money Into A Slot Machine And Hoping. →
AirNiugini has many fine qualities as an airline but the thing it does best is lower your expectations.
Cultural Expectations
Simple Solutions Versus Wild Ambition →
Mechanics without pilot licenses are a bit like penguins. We’re basically flightless birds. This is why we don’t care much about the weather. Pilots do.
Potholes
I Know What's Wrong With My Faucet, But What's Wrong With My Feet? →
I have a revelation about feet while walking to the hardware store to look for a new faucet.
Cultural Expectations
Speaking Funny →
Language learning is shifting from memorizing vocabulary to the next step: Embarrassing oneself.
Cultural Expectations
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.
Papua New Guinea
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.
Cultural Expectations