Dear AWA Family, We went home to South Africa for our annual furlough and plan to travel back to Guyana in February. Thank you for your prayers and financial support. We trust the Lord will be close to each of you as we continue into this New Year... Click to continue reading full report. [...]
After a long journey we arrived at our new home in Sagpangan, Palawan. It began November 27th with a one-hour drive from Tammie’s home (our daughter) in Manchester, TN to the airport in Nashville... Click to continue reading full report Visit Donate Page Visit Missionary Page [...]
Stateside News, Our transition time in the States was extended as we waited for the arrival of Monique’s Philippine passport. Our work in the Philippines will have less interruptions if we don’t have to leave the country every three months until we get our missionary visas... Click to read full report [...]
Dear AWA Family and Friends, The weather in Alaska has been not as cold as usual and snow was late in coming. Our first permanent (a relative term) snow arrived during the first week of November. We now have about 8 inches on the ground with more to arrive tomorrow and more every few [...]
Dear Family and Friends, If there is one word to describe the Pathfinder Airplane (N81708), it would have to be “Teamwork”! At Oshkosh in 1999, the Pathfinders helped to raise money, and helped work to get the yellow plane ready for its first service in the jungle of Guyana, South America... Click to read [...]
When it rains, it pours, but when the rains stop in the dry season, they STOP. We can go months and months and never see a drop of rain. Once-rushing streams dry up. Green grasses, so lush and full of life turn brown and crispy, inedible to livestock. The earth dries up, it is [...]
Training is key for survival in harsh conditions. That is why Linda and I take advantage of what training we can for living in this area. Recently, FEMA had a special training event for Disaster Mass Care operations. It was held in Palmer, Alaska, which is North East of Anchorage and is part of [...]
Bruce and I have moved many times in our life. This time, it is different. How can we say goodbye to a community or a village we have been a part of for over four years? We have made this community in Guyana our home. The people have become our friends, our neighbors, and [...]
The last five weeks have been a whirlwind, but we know God is in control. Our original plan was to complete our AWA commitment which ends on May 31, 2020. Then on June 21, 2019, Ric Swaningson, AWA’s president, asked Bruce to take on the AWA Philippines Project, and Monique to remain as the [...]
In Alaska, at these high latitudes, summer is short, beautiful, and intensive. In what is called “the interior” of the state at our base in Fairbanks Alaska, this summer has been exceedingly warm and sunny with high temperatures in the 70s, and a few days reaching into the low 80s. The significant downside has [...]
