Category: 2010

The literacy students with their certificates. Kolmau’s speech was similar to Anna’s.  He stood before the crowd with a book and a microphone in his hand.  It was the day of the literacy graduation and for the first time in his life he was one of the students.  Speaking into the microphone he admitted that […]

Towalaka What would your reaction be if someone told you that something was becoming fat inside of you?  Would you be offended, scared, happy?  If a nutritionist told you that, you may have to start eating less turkey and pumpkin pie.  If a doctor told you that, you may be scheduled for surgery.  If a […]

Singing with some of the believers at sunset. Dear family and friends, We will be home in the States for Christmas this year…and not just in our dreams!  Since our Christmas with family in America in 2000 prior to coming to Papua New Guinea, we have only been back home for Christmas once.  So, we […]

Lori helping during literacy class “Oh no, September is finished. This isn’t good.  It means the school for reading and writing is going to finish quickly.  It would be good if we could just keep doing more and more school,” sighed one of the literacy students when he realized two of the four months were […]

Our family saying good-bye. Dear friends and family, We want to thank you all for your love and prayers.  We received so many emails from so many of you expressing sympathy and compassion.  Thank you for helping us through the difficult time of our loss.  In retrospect we see so many things that God worked […]

Working on the literacy building. Dear friends and family, Many of you have been wondering how the first literacy class has been going.  We are happy to say that the 16 students continue to be excited and are doing great in the class.  The small school house that we began to build however, has had […]

Blais “I want the Christians in America to know how I came to understand the Gospel so more of them will be missionaries and I want my family to know my testimony so that they will also believe that Jesus died to pay for their sins so that they can be in His family like […]

Something to be rained out Last week the meeting was set up, but at that time there was nothing to meet about.  Since our last update there still had been no resolution to a location for the Patpatar literacy class.  With the class set to start on Monday, August 2nd we went ahead and spread […]

Typically “ungrounded” and free to fly, the girls seize the opportunity to meet a bird. August 2nd is the start of the first Patpatar literacy course.  The curriculum, primers, readers, flashcards, posters, teacher’s manual, and other Patpatar materials are in their final stages of production.  The construction materials for the simple village classroom, desks, and […]