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The New Testament was written in Ancient Greek. In order to understand the original autographs and the subtleties of meaning by the original authors of the New Testament, an understanding of the language used at that time is tremendously helpful. Before Nathan came to Christ, he studied 7 years of Linguistics (M.Sc.) and language assessment.Continue reading “It’s all Greek to me…”

Fear Moving to another Country. Leaving a rewarding career. Being far away from family and friends . . . our children. Financial insecurity. Facing critics and judgement. There are a lot of uncertainties ahead of us, a lot of ‘what-if’s, a lot of fears. We discuss these fears almost every day.  Of course, what we wantContinue reading “God is in Control”

Nathan has been diligently studying for his Greek course these last couple weeks. He likes to remind me that as a 50 year old – he has been in cognitive decline for the last 25 years. But he is thankful for his linguistics training as it seems to have helped him overcome his cognitive deficit!Continue reading “The LORD is our Provider”

Its a quiet and peaceful morning as we enjoy an unexpected day off due to heavy snowfall and poor road conditions. Snow, other than a light dusting, is fairly uncommon here on Vancouver Island – especially the 14 plus inches we have in our yard this morning. It is beautiful and it has afforded usContinue reading “A Snowy Day Update”

Its been almost a week since we decided to make the move to Los Angeles this summer. Since then, the number one question has been, “Are the kids coming with you?” So, we thought we would take a minute to answer this important question more clearly. We have 5 amazing kids ranging in age fromContinue reading “Question of the week!”

We were grateful for the invitation for Nathan to preach this Sunday at Squamish Baptist. Nathan preached on 2 Corinthians 10:1-6 “Rules of Engagement”. My soldier engaging the enemy of error with the divine power of Gods word. It was a wonderful time of fellowship with dear friends.

Step one is stating our intent for Nathan to begin on campus studies beginning this fall. The decision is made. Now its time to send the email to TMS and start letting people know. Family, friends, acquaintances, employers… Its simple to execute, but also so hard at the same time. Pray for us.