Effective Language Questions & 1 Corinthians 1:21
What you ask will not always produce the answer that you are looking for. We have been learning to take care of “How” we ask. Imagine walking up to a person that you had not met from another culture and asking “who is your mom?”. The person would give their answer and you would assume that you received the correct answer. Unknown to you in their culture “mom” is used for aunts, grandmothers, and birth moms – bummer, you did not ask correctly. Instead you would ask “who gave birth to you?”.We are still in the middle of Culture &...
Read MoreCulture, Language Acquisition & Job 9
We have moved to a larger and more involved training module: Culture and Language Acquisition In this class we were asked to read an article about bonding with a new culture then talk about it. The article had many points worth considering when entering a new culture, and the need to immerse yourself with the people. There were some concerns with the articles conclusions but overall it made us think on how we would approach this in the field.Part of this module was testing our ability to learn a new language by immersion. Joey Tartaglia took us through a language learning exercise...
Read MoreTime Management & Matthew 27
We recently finished a module in missions training on Time Management. It was a fun class and there was much that I found already implemented in my life. There was however, helpful insight into the self managing life that we will have when oversees. With my current employer I have someone that I directly report to “daily”, this will not be the case in PNG.This thought has given much consideration to organizing even the smallest things now so we are prepared when we are there. I moved all my notes to Evernote and started setting realistic re-occurring goals (like posting to...
Read MorePreparing to go to Papua New Guniea
When would we be leaving?We are currently aiming at the early part of 2014 as a date to leave. There is a long list of things that need to be done before we can go and depending on when that list is complete it could delay or speed up the date. Items that need to be finished before we leave: Finish missions training, equipping through the elders at Grace Bible, raising initial sending costs, and raising monthly support costs.Where would be be living?The town that we would live in is Madang Town. It is a small costal town on the Northeastern side of the island of Papua New Guinea, you can...
Read MoreHow we got here
Lorie and I had an initial interest in missions in 2008. We were living in Anthem, AZ at the time. We looked at New Tribes Mission but found the there were qualifications that we did not meet: Debt, owning a home, as well as not having a college education. I made initial contact with a close missionary friend (Hal and Beth Hansen) in Thailand and we traded some e-mails regarding our interest. After considering that we had areas of disqualification we felt that this was a closed door.In 2010 Hal Hansen was back in the states. We had him over for dinner and I spent the majority of the...
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