Post-Panama News

New life for our old car

chaz — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:00:59 +0000

Remember our silver Hyundai Galloper in Panama? Many of you contributed to our fund to buy that car 9 years ago. We had to sell it, of course, when we left Panama to move back to the US. We chose to sell it to another missionary family in New Tribes Mission. They . . . → Read More: New life for our old car

Life in a new country

chaz — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:03:19 +0000

So, here we are, adjusting to life in a new country. No, we haven’t moved to yet another country without telling you. We have simply come back to our home country to live. I say “home country”, because it is “home” to me and to Chaz, but not necessarily to Laura (or Danny . . . → Read More: Life in a new country

Helga’s new job

chaz — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:50:24 +0000

Here, in her own words, is Helga’s description of her new position with Wycliffe.

I am excited to announce to you that I have accepted a new position with Wycliffe Bible Translators. For the 10 years in Panama, there was not a Wycliffe-related job for me to do, as Chaz and Doug were doing the actual . . . → Read More: Helga’s new job

“Throwing” words around

chaz — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:16:36 +0000

Chaz writes: When we still lived in Colombia, one day we took some Emberas to a nearby upstream from the city. I took advantage of the occasion to learn some new words. I picked up a rock and tossed it high over the river and asked one of the men what I had done with . . . → Read More: “Throwing” words around

Helga’s mother and grandmother

chaz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:02:56 +0000

Here they are a few years ago:

They died one day apart from each other, on August 31 and September 1, 2009. Please go to our photo gallery (link at right) to see 2 photo albums in their memory, under the . . . → Read More: Helga’s mother and grandmother

Tomas

chaz — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:41:23 +0000

At each Wednesday evening prayer meeting I attended at the Piriati Embera church, a request always went up for a certain Tomas, who was in ill health. I finally met Tomas a couple of months ago. It turned out he was an older brother of Cornelio and Bienvenido, who have both worked on the Bible translation . . . → Read More: Tomas

The Embera final revision committee

chaz — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:47:49 +0000

Here are some brief sketches of the members of the Final Revision Committee for the Northern Embera Schripture translation project, along with their pictures.

Cornelio is 42 years old. He has an education degree and is the best editor we have on the committee. He has been a serious Christian for about four years. He . . . → Read More: The Embera final revision committee

A trip up the Chagres River

chaz — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:29:37 +0000

This past Saturday Chaz and Helga went up the Chagres River as tour helpers with a group of local photographers. They were with Panama Photo Workshops, run by a friend of ours named Tito Herrera. He asked Chaz to help organize this photo tour to an Embera community, so it was arranged to travel . . . → Read More: A trip up the Chagres River

He did it!

chaz — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:23:36 +0000

Danny has graduated from high school! We were so happy to have all the grandparents and also Kirsten to help us celebrate.

Here they are 3 years ago at . . . → Read More: He did it!

Embera church Holy Week conference

chaz — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:04:01 +0000

During Holy Week, Chaz had the privilege of attending the annual conference of the Embera church. This year the meetings were held in Lajas Blancas, an Embera community in the Darien province in eastern Panama. There were about 300 people from eight churches attending. There were sessions each morning and evening, with plenty . . . → Read More: Embera church Holy Week conference