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Mountain Life
Josiah celebrated his 8th birthday in May while my sister, Katy, was visiting from where she works in Brazil. We have great news! Micah had another blood test and the results were great! The Dr. said if he was seriously ill there’s no way he would’ve bounced back that high nor that quickly. He continues…
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Our Ministry
I love how the Bible talks about our ministry. “Our ministry” as in your’s and mine. I’ll show you specifically where I’m talking about in a minute, but let me tell you why I’m so excited about how succinctly this is written. People sometimes say to me, “I could never do what you’re doing.” And…
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A Month in the Life of the Boys – February 2015 at TMM
Alex and Micah using their tape measurers as fishing poles to play “fishy” with Daddy. Homeschool at the table, Science Fridays. Homeschool on the floor, math time. Micah got tired during school so his brothers joined him for a rest. Alex, Micah and Josiah made Valentine’s Day boxes for a mini Valentine’s Day party we…
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A Day in the Life – of the Boys
After an initial “How’s it going?” the question we most often get is “How are the boys doing?” Thankfully, despite the first answer sometimes being dire, the second is always “They’re doing great!” The boys love it here on the mountain and with good reason – most weeks include multiple four-wheeler rides and random excursions…
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A Day in the Life – of Ruth
Alex hanging out with the stuff on our steps. We finally have something to share with you about Micah. His blood tests show that his immune system is overwhelmed and his intestines are inflamed. Because of this, his body is attacking most of the food he eats as if it were harmful substances or toxins.…
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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…