Fixing Broken Stuff

May 23, 2010

Lori assisting Sierra on a recent hike to a village. You ever had one of those weeks? You know, the kind where nothing seems to go right. The kind of week that by the end you are not surprised by another breakdown. That has been the kind of week we have had. Lightning played with […]

Resurrection

April 2, 2010

Our first believers’ baptism. Today, Good Friday, we celebrated the death, burial, and resurrection of our Savior. It was extra exciting because we had our first believers’ baptism. We met together at about 9:00 this morning and most stayed until about 4:00 in the afternoon. The first hour we sang, prayed, and I taught about […]

Parrots

March 21, 2010

Parrots! You know the colorful, mimicking birds, that everyone who sees it in the pet store asks if it wants a cracker. The intelligent pet, the picture of paradise, the parrot. Well, opinions do differ.

Madonna

March 3, 2010

[singlepic id=1 w=320 h=240 float=none] Madonna being adopted into the clan by Tika with a traditional necklace. Many of you are familiar with our teammates directly involved in the Patpatar work: Butch and Tammy Kunzer and their family (who are currently in the States) and Madonna Yates. We had met Madonna, an Australia lady, during […]

“I don’t want to be a part”

February 21, 2010

Avalon sandwiched between two twin girls. Here at our place the kids play and feel secure. “I want to say a thank you to God.” One of the Patpatar Christians told me as we sat in the hut and the darkness of night began to hide our faces. He continued, “If I hadn’t heard the […]

“Tale of Two Weeks”

February 21, 2010

New Guinea News 16 December 2009 Tale of Two Weeks Aaron and the Patpatar men in a session at the workshop. Warnings, false accusations, being yelled at, a break-in and theft…and all that the week of Thanksgiving. By the end of the week we were wondering what new difficulty would greet us the next day. […]

PatPatar Praise

February 21, 2010

New Guinea News 21 August 2009 Patpatar Praise Buruno is nearly blind but still praises his Savior. Tahut sakit God ta no num harmarsai. U ga tule Jisas ma ga maat u tagu Ma ga kul bakut ira nugu magingin sakena. Pai ta ira nugu gingilaan. Pai ta ira nugu bilbilai. Ma pai tiga linge […]

“Within the Borders”

February 21, 2010

New Guinea News 7 November 2009 Within the Borders Lori doing literacy work with the Patpatar Last time we wrote to all of you out there, we told you about the work that was being done beyond the borders. We thought that it may be good to let you know about the work within the […]

Chance to pray more…Quick Update

January 14, 2010

I know many of you have been praying for the meeting here in Patpatar this morning and wanted to know how it went. Thank you for that…we need the prayers. However, instead of being at the meeting, I was going throughout the village trying to find the leaders to update them. This morning early one […]

The Tale of This Week

January 11, 2010

Christmas with the believers (notice the heavy winter coats?) From the bits of news we get from the States, it sounds as if it has been a cold start to the new year. Here, in the other hemisphere we can’t get cool enough. But despite the heat we had a good time as a family […]