Are They Pirates Or Idiots?
We move into the nicest house within 30,000 square miles, Janice names a baby, and we go on a fishing trip and hook a French sailboat.
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
We Survived Our Bush Orientation
Every new Samaritan Aviation family goes through a “Bush Orientation” which sounds like a formal
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.
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.
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.
Speaking Funny
Language learning is shifting from memorizing vocabulary to the next step: Embarrassing oneself.
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.
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.