Posts Tagged ‘news’

Hello and Goodbye: Maryland

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

We’ve been in Baltimore, Maryland for three days now and are having a great missions conference with a church here. Each night this week we are standing at a table in the back of the auditorium answering questions about our ministry and passing out materials we have made. The people we’ve met have wonderful questions and make us feel right at home here.

This is just the first stop on a very long route that will take us from Michigan to Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, and Arizona before we head back to Michigan for the winter. Please pray for safety in travel and for our meetings. We desire to be clear, helpful, and informative during this time and we always seek to be a blessing to those we visit. We will be posting pictures in the next few days of our time here.

Thailand

Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Thailand: the land of smiles

Thailand: the land of smiles

If you haven’t heard by now then let me be the first to tell you: Sharon and I are now headed toward Thailand. We recently discovered that NTM will no longer be expanding the field of Cambodia under the current arrangement, leaving us with a tough decision: to pursue Cambodia with another mission or choose another field.  After talking with our home churches, seeking wise council, and meeting with missionaries from Thailand we decided to begin pursuing ministry in Southeast Asia via Thailand.

Thailand is a natural choice for many reasons including its close proximity to Cambodia. Thai culture is similar in many ways to Cambodian culture and the minority people groups within the country are numerous.

It’s been great to see how the body of Christ has come around us to help us make this decision and support us during this time. Continue to pray for us as we sort through the implications of this change and seek to keep all of you up to date with the latest!

What is Linguistics?

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Tomorrow we head to Missouri and then Oklahoma, where Sharon will analyze the Cherokee language through data gathered with a language helper. She will spend two months gathering data and analyzing it, then about three weeks writing a hefty paper about what she did. She explains the process and the specifics here:

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfwbvr29_2078kgpkbf6