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Another Eventful Trip Down to TMM
The “smoke” that gives the Great Smoky Mountains their name – this is a typical view from our front door. We’re back on the mountain after a two week Christmas break. It was a great time of fellowship with our family, friends, and church family and such a blessing to be home. In what is…
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A day in the life – of Lance
Lance taking his airstrip test in our cabin by headlamp. (with the camera flash) Happy Christmas season! I wanted to get this post out at the end of November – so originally it said “Happy Thanksgiving!” but… obviously that didn’t happen. We celebrated Thanksgiving here on the mountain with Lance’s parents and some of the…
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Transitions
I wrote this a few months ago but didn’t have opportunity to post it. The emotions are still relevant so I wanted to share it with you now. Next month I’ll post about our life here. Thank you for your prayers! Our new home – cabin #13. If it looks like it’s balancing precariously on…
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Actively Waiting and Praying
Kenyan warriors eating tamarinds. As I write each post I am keenly aware that sometime in the future, someone may be reading this as they start their own missionary journey. I remember soaking in posts from other missionaries as we wrestled with the same emotions, doubts, questions and struggles that they had gone through –…
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God is Gracious
We’re here at The Master’s Mission! (TMM) It wasn’t the trip we had planned but we arrived safely and in God’s timing. One of the prayer requests posted last month was for an enclosed trailer to move us down here so I wanted to follow up on that. The week before we needed it, we…
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Getting Ready
It’s hard to believe we are leaving in two weeks for The Master’s Mission training center. Time has flown and we are in the middle of packing and sorting, as we get ready to go. God’s hand has been evident in so many areas as we prepare for the upcoming year, confirming over and over…
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First Post!
Hello! We have talked for so long about maintaining a blog to keep in touch when we’re missionaries, it’s a little surreal to actually start typing one. Much like the rest of this year, it’s still pretty hard for me to wrap my head around all the changes and forward motion after waiting so long…