A Portrait of Humility: Matt Dodd
Matt Dodd… Just hearing his name makes me think of a Christ following, joyful, happy, energetic, spontaneous, mildly crazy individual. Maybe it’s because of that time we finished hiking out from a survey and he randomly ran into the ocean to play in the waves. Maybe it was the time he went back to Madang on a ship to get more supplies after I had thrown up around 20 times. Maybe it was his smile when we all endured the crazy flights to PNG. Regardless, there are plenty of memories that solidify those traits into the name Matt Dodd. I have known Matt for around 7 years. When...
Read MoreThings that provoke to temptation
Information is not experience There is always a difference between information, and knowledge gained through experience. A mother reading about giving birth does not have the same perspective as the mother, who is holding her newborn daughter. Knowing if you studied enough for an exam is always made clear when it is complete. In life, we continually experience this truth: Information is not experience. Before we came to Papua New Guinea we had read about it, talked about it and met with people who had lived there. We cooked food that was different. We shopped at grocery stores that...
Read MoreLearning a lost art: Sentence Diagramming
Why Sentence Diagram? I read a good book recently, “Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog” by Kitty Burns Florey. The book is a well written, witty history on the birth and progressive refinement of sentence diagramming. I think she sums up how most feel about sentence diagramming in the opening pages, 1″Diagramming sentences is one of those lost skills, like darning socks or playing the sackbut, that no ones seems to miss.” My first exposure to sentence diagramming that I remember was at Grace Bible Church in 2011. I’m sure my third grade elementary school...
Read MoreLehman Furlough 2017
Furlough: October 2017 – July 2018 To say our blog and website have been neglected would be an understatement. This is my first post in the last five months… Rest assured, we are alive and well in Madang. Lord willing the topic of furlough will be a good way to break the silence. I remember setting foot in Madang. It was December 6th 2014. Our family was tired, excited and ready to get to work. The idea of furlough was so far in the distance. Thankfully, we had plenty to do before furlough and praise the Lord we have been busy… Well, like all things in life the...
Read MoreResting and working in Madang
It has been a busy couple of weeks since we got back from the visit with the Canns in Mareroro. Knox got sick the day we left and I got sick just two days after him. In fact, the first week back in Madang was one of the most unproductive we have had in a lot time. It was very discouraging but showed us we needed to add “resting” to the calendar. Praise the Lord he is sovereign over such circumstances and we are called to be faithful in the midst of them. After that tiring week the following week was very productive. The kids wanted to shoot the bow and arrows in the...
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