Embarassed by Culture

All of our training said this day would come. The day of days, the day when as a missionary I would inevitably make a big culture mistake and I would be embarrassed by it. I have made tiny mistakes here and there but nothing to be too embarrassed about. In fact, last week I was…

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Thankful for being “Dry-ish”

It has been raining here for the past 48 hours almost nonstop. This morning I woke up and I heard the rain pounding on our zinc roof. My mind quickly went to the village and thought of those villagers who are missing all or part of their roofs. I said a familiar prayer, “Lord, thank…

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On a Lighter Note

Our blog posts have been so heavy lately that I decided to post some cute things that Evangeline is saying right now, Enjoy! -Every time she bumps into something she asks herself “Are you okay?” and then she follows up with “Yes, I okay.” -“I want to hold you.” -When she is earnest about being…

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Restore Us Lord

Are missionaries, or ministry workers for that matter, allowed to be depressed? I think at one point in my life I thought that missionaries were all fulfilling their God-given dream and if something bad happened they said, “The joy of the Lord is my strength”, bucked up, and moved on. I know better now. Certainly…

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A thousand words

Here’s some pictures of the condition of the mission base before cleanup started. The Belizean guys at the base have been working hard and we’re nearly ready to host the team coming on Saturday. Still have plenty to do before they arrive this weekend, but the guys really deserve a lot of credit for a…

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State of the Village/Mission

I got this letter from Kenny, our pastor, today. I’ll just post it here unchanged: Hey Everyone. Here is an update of all the damage that the hurricane did to the village. The first half of the hurricane took down about 20% of the trees in the village and it also took out a couple…

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The Devastation of Hurricane Richard

We are safe, however, took a hard personal hit from the storm. Here is what happened: Village: Roofs were torn off houses and a couple of houses are destroyed. We will need a couple of teams to come down and rebuild these houses. The base: Everything is soaked! We have a busted window in the…

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Another storm and we are evacuating

Tropical storm Richard is heading right to us. The wind speeds right now are at 70mph but are expected to be at least 85mph by the time it makes landfall, that means we are facing a category 1 hurricane. Our apartment in Belize City is the bottom floor of a three story house. Every time…

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The Birth Story

I’m so overwhelmed by the events of the past few days! Overwhelmed with happiness and God’s graciousness. Thank you all for your prayers throughout my whole pregnancy and the day of the birth of baby Ellis. Here is the story: I woke early that morning, around 4:30, knowing that I would be meeting a bundle…

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