Happy Birthday

October 30, 2013

It’s her birthday today! My wife is 35. I won’t be taking her out for a fancy birthday dinner though. I won’t be giving her a gift. In fact, I won’t even get to see her. Thousands of miles stretch between us while I am at meetings this week in Thailand for church planting and she is back in Papua […]

A Hike, A Helicopter, and A Hiccup

September 15, 2013

After several hours in the pickup we reached the northern tip of the island. From there we bounced along in a small fiberglass boat with a 40HP outboard motor for two hours with sprays of saltwater acting as a rhythmic timer counting off each wave. Finally we reached dry ground. Dry ground is figurative, for […]

Heavy Rain and Light Burden

July 25, 2013

Aaron had left the village ahead of me to head home with the 3 older girls. As I walked in the rain down the dirt road holding Briella and an umbrella, I sensed someone behind me on the road. I turned to see who it was, and it was one of the ladies that comes […]

The Journey

June 14, 2013

One more flight! After a total of 32 hours on an airplane and time spent in 6 different airports we have arrived in Papua New Guinea! We arrived just in time to take part in the annual conference here in the islands region with fellow missionaries. It was a great time to get plugged […]

What is going on?

April 14, 2013

“What is going on in the tribe and what are you guys up to?” That is a question we have been asked a bit lately and we wanted to give you all the answer. Occasionally we get updates in regard to the Bible teaching that is continuing in the tribe while we are absent. Here is […]

Monday’s Message

April 2, 2013

It took awhile for the news of the resurrection to get to the Patpatar, a couple thousand years actually. But when it reached them, how did they react? The power and the results of the resurrection of our Lord would eventually be understood by the early Christians, yet that Sunday when the angel said, “He […]

Holding a Book

March 22, 2013

When we first started the literacy classes in Patpatar one of the students that attended was a young man who had a wife and several young children. He was a hard worker but quiet and reserved. His struggle with what might be anemia often causes him to be bed ridden on a mat in his […]