hi guys! so it’s been awhile huh? sorry to have left you for a bit! we’ve been busy around here lately on June 17th-June 19th i went on a trip with Dad to a city that is about 12 hrs. by boat from Santarém and 2 1/2 hrs. by plane. we took Pr. Nilton (a […]
Hello everyone! My name is Derek Steffen and I recently got to spend time with Matt, Janelle, Mariah, Jaelah, Luke, and Sierra in Brazil, so they asked me to write a short account of my experience. For a little background about myself, I am originally from Alto, Michigan and I count myself very blessed that […]
hello friends!! it’s been a little so on March 23-29, we had the HONOR of having my BFF & her family come here to visit us! we only had 6 days together but they were super-packed, full-of-fun, laughing-all-the-time days. the best kind, right?!?! and, ok, there were some not-so-good moments because we’re all sinners, right? […]
hello friends! it’s been a little while! so this post is about a trip we just took. we went to the town we might move to (and some other towns as well) to ‘check it out’ & see if it’s where God wants us, etc. U. Scott & Auntie Aldine (a missionary couple that we […]
dear friends, so you may be thinking, ‘ummmm, Jaelah? it’s New Year’s Eve today, why is the title 2016?’ and my answer, dear friends, is because i wanted to write a post about just that. about 2016. here is an excerpt from Jan. 1st, 2016, in my journal: ”this past year (2015) went by so […]
friends, i have no words. many, many topics, but no words. life has been busy lately. really busy. our schedule is quite full…. but, it’s the holidays so…what to expect i guess?!? hahaha yet, even in these super busy times, i have been trying to find time to sit. to get off my phone and […]
this cross we’ve been given. it is different than yours. it is difficult. meeting new people & then having to move on, because God is calling us somewhere else. we recently learned from mom & dad that there is a region to the southwest/west of us […]
hey everybody! Jaelah here since this blog lives on silence for months-a post or two-silence for months etc., i thought i would do a post about what we have been doing lately. see some pics below Mariah took some pics of us 3 younger […]
Hi everybody!! I’m back with another boat trip….lol. we left last thurs. morning, got up at 4:30AM to leave at 5AM, but didn’t leave till 7AM i believe. we got there about 9:30 or so and kinda started our things up right away so we would take advantage of the time. (since we were going […]
So one thing we’ve become fairly well acquainted with over the past month is pulga-de-pé, or bicho-de-pé (one translation I saw said these were jiggers, but I’m not sure). It is a small black worm that burrows into the skin and lays eggs. Not painful at first, but as it grows it can become quite […]