Family Experiences

12
Apr
Elliot Has A Birthday Party

Elliot Has A Birthday Party

Elliot turned six today. He’s pretty excited about it. I was pushed into an existential crisis, just like last time he had a birthday.
4 min read
01
Dec
Tribal canoes and two Cessna floatplanes

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.
14 min read
09
Sep
Video: Ride Along On A Visit To The Haus Sik

Video: Ride Along On A Visit To The Haus Sik

After we fly patients in, we all take turns going and visiting them. Come with our family on a trip to the local "Haus Sik."
1 min read
13
Aug
Death Warmed Over is Better Than Death Served Cold, But It's Still Worrisome.

Death Warmed Over is Better Than Death Served Cold, But It's Still Worrisome.

Janice picks up some strange tropical disease and Adi gets stitches which causes me to muse about suffering and its effects.
9 min read
03
Apr
Rejoice! For Our Visas Were Lost But Have Been Found Again.

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.
7 min read
27
Dec
"It Won't Take Long."

"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.
9 min read
23
Nov
Acculturating at Mission Training International

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.
11 min read
11
Nov
Video: Colorado Trip: Episode 5

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.
23
Oct
Video: Colorado Trip: Episode 2

Video: Colorado Trip: Episode 2

Featuring the St. Louis Arch and not much else.
12
Sep
Kodiak Boat Harbor, Alaska

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.
13 min read