Bible Stories with Hoax VI
Want to start at the beginning? Click here. Here’s what we covered: Jesus’ Actions – I read Hoax a number of passages to demonstrate the following things about Jesus: He taught with authority. He cast out demons. He healed the sick. He forgave sins. He had power over the natural world. Jesus’ Teaching – I read a number of passages to demonstrate the following things about what Jesus taught: He preached repentance. He raised the standard of the...
Baby Belly
My belly is growing super fast this go ’round. I guess that’s what happens with number four. But I’m feeling good, and I don’t mind looking pregnant instead of pudgy! We were hoping to find out at our last appointment what we are having, but weren’t able to. Thankfully, we get to have an ultrasound at every appointment here, so we’ll try again next month. And the appointment is set for my birthday (May 24th), so I might get a...
A few of our favorite things
Lucy loves Little House on the Prairie. She loves to pretend that she is either Mary or Laura. She calls me Ma, her Daddy Pa and Everett Jack (that’s the name of the dog). So imagine her delight when we found these hats at a yard sale on the other mission base close by. “Laura” sporting her day bonnet and her sleeping hat Everett loves shoes. He loves to put on any shoes he sees lying around, no matter whose they are. He loves to get his shoes and...
Buk Baibel
The Buk Baibel is PNG’s pidgin translation of the Bible. For those of you who know what a Bible snob I am, you’ll understand what I mean when I say it is less than adequate–mostly because of the inadequacy of pidgin, a trade language with a very limited vocabulary. Nonetheless, for many people here in PNG, it is the only Bible available. The standard version is the green one in the picture above. I bought the black one recently because I thought it would...
Bible Stories with Hoax Part V
Want to start at the beginning? Click here. It had been a while since Hoax and I were able to sit down and talk about the Bible because he spent two weeks in the hospital with Ginalyn waiting for blood to arrive. They left the hospital after these two weeks without a blood transfusion and were told to check back in another two weeks to see if the equipment had arrived so that Hoax and his brothers could donate blood for Ginalyn. When Hoax and I finally sat down...
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