25 Years in Missions
It was on January 9, 1989 that I first arrived in the Philippines. This marked the beginning of 10 years of service as a missionary in the Philippines. Continue reading 25 Years in Missions
It was on January 9, 1989 that I first arrived in the Philippines. This marked the beginning of 10 years of service as a missionary in the Philippines. Continue reading 25 Years in Missions
Much of our time we have spent in Kavieng managing the guest house. We are grateful to have George and … Continue reading New Stove
It was not long after we returned to PNG that we were attending the next NITI. It was good to be back again with the group. Everyone was happy to see us after missing us as we were away on furlough. Continue reading NITI 13
How quickly our time has passed as while we were on furlough. During our eight months home we spent time traveling all over visiting our family… Continue reading Return to Papua New Guinea
Right after I finished classes at GIAL we rented a car and drove to Albany, NY. We were able to spend 10 days in the area visiting churches and friends that have been supporting us over the years. It was so good to see so many, but was sorry that we were not able to catch up with everyone that we wanted to. Continue reading Another Road Trip
July we just finished a very full and busy eight months in the U.S.A. It seems that when ever possible we were traveling one place or another. November we arrived in Dallas from our short vacation in Australia. After just three days we were on our way to Orlando to visit at the Wycliffe USA office. It was so good to see friends that after so many years. We rented a car to visit Gertrude’s sister in Tampa. Continue reading Furlough 2012
In February I returned to the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL). It felt good to be back. This time I took, Discourse Analysis and Translation Theory & Principles. Both classes were very challenging… Continue reading Time in Dallas
On November 1, we flew to Cairns, Australia, to start our furlough with a week’s vacation. This is a tourist spot in Australia closet to PNG. Continue reading Vacation in Australia
October 12, 2011 was the start of NITI 11. This was different for me to be there without Gertrude. She did not have plans to teach a literacy class this time… Continue reading NITI 11
For the longest time Gertrude has been training to a number of ladies in the village to teach an adult literacy class. At long last they started a class the every Wednesday morning as part of the Ladies fellowship weekly meeting Continue reading Adult Literacy Class