Cross Cultural Embarrassment

Last night I walked down to Plaza Vea to pick up a couple of “school supplies” for Caleb. I usually do the “after dark” walking when something is needed. The needed item last night- “panty medias”- yep, panty hose (apparently for some school craft for Caleb’s class.

Never having bought hose in any country, I was [...]

You already knew the Answer

When I posted a poll about whether or not we should get two beagle puppies instead of one, how many already knew what the final result would be?  As you may have guessed, we have decided to get two puppies!  Max and his brother will both come to live with us once we’re into our [...]

Christ and Culture

One of the questions that a missionary (and a Christian for that matter) must ask himself regularly is “how am I relating my faith in Christ to the culture around me?”  This question is more complicated for me now as a missionary in a major city where I can choose to live “like a american” [...]

Max has a brother

In light of yesterday’s announcement that Max Steagle will be joining our family in our new house, I thought I’d ask you all a question.  Before we decided on which breed of dog to get, the boys Jenny asked about whether it would be better to get two puppies rather than one as they would [...]

Another Boy

Once we get into our new house we’re going to be getting a puppy.  We’ve already “reserved” him and we’ll get him after we move.  He is a beagle and the boys are really excited.  Caleb has already named him.
When Jenny told Caleb that we were getting a dog, she said we’d have to give [...]

How you can pray for our work

I am often asked what prayer needs we have.  As a result, I thought I’d post today a few ways that you can pray for us as we are getting our ministry started here in Lima.

pray for our continued transition into Lima.  We still await moving into our house and have a good many things [...]

New Pictures

I just uploaded some new pictures to our dropshots page.  You can view them here.

Another Quick Update

One day in the future I look for to posting something personal with a title other than something about “quick” and “update”.  But today is not that day .

The boys are still doing well at school.  Caleb didn’t cry while being dropped off today at school for the first time since the first day [...]

REAP: Your church can be involved!

Here’s what it says on the REAPSouth website:

There are thousands of indigenous peoples throughout South America who are either un-reached or have no viable access to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  To get the gospel message to them in the most effective way, the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention has developed and implemented [...]

Why we need REAP?

REAP?  Rapid Entry, Advance Plan.  But what is that?
I suppose the best way to explain REAP as a strategy is to begin with why it is needed.  Getting a missionary to the field is no easy task.  Within the IMB, career missionaries must have seminary education.  That takes time and money.  The “process” of application [...]