As I begin to write this long overdue blog, it is 6am and I am holding a sleeping baby. Silas has been clingy and up early as he is teething and he has not made it easy on Tyler and I. this process along with other little challenges, struggles and joys has made the last two months feel a bit overwelming and fast. So many wonderful, special moments of family time and relationship building happened in these last months but we also faced a lot of sickness, tiredness and a sense

It feels a bit hard to believe, but it's already been a year since Aleah and I left the States. It feels as though yesterday we were living in Wisconsin. But at the same time, we find ourselves asking, "How has it only been a year? So much has happened!" And really, so much has— this year was not only marked with a big move across the world, but also with the birth of our second son, and our integration into our church life and ministry happened far faster and greater than we

Writing these blogs has become a great time to reflect over the past month and as I sit to write our first post of 2026, I find myself not only thinking about the past month but also revisiting the ups and downs of the past year. There was much that happened in 2025 - new baby, new friends, new home, new way of living - and through it all the Lord remained faithful. We have learned and grown in many ways this year. One year ago today - January 11th - we were stepping off a pl