A Virtual Check…

September 21, 2020

We would appreciate your prayers this week as Ned attempts something that he has never done before. He is going to have a virtual translation check! It looks like there will not be any flights available for him to get to Papua New Guinea for the rest of this year. The only route to PNG […]

What Grandfather told us…

September 21, 2020

Dag-ay was a dear friend and one of our best translation assistants. She passed away several years ago. Her story was published in Ethnos360 magazine February 1 2010. My Grandfather was a powerful witchdoctor in the jungle-covered mountains of northern Mindanao. He told us, “We have told you never to allow foreigners into our community […]

Warning! Don’t Read That Revelation Book!

September 21, 2020

When we were getting ready to translate the book of Revelation, we were studying the book and getting very excited about working through it. However, our Lusi mother tongue helpers didn’t have the same reaction. They told us like this. “The religion we used to be in forbade us from reading that book. They said, […]

It’s a…

September 19, 2020

Update on baby #2, current support level and what we've been up to.

Thankfulness

September 18, 2020

-Treats from Lae -Good Friends -Joy in the Faces of our Kids as they Learn -Beauty of Creation -God’s Promises -Skype with Family -Berries & Granola & Chocolate -Wisdom to Operate a Water System -Completion of the new Guesthouse porch -and Ability to run a Guesthouse to Minister to Others… these are some of the […]

Culture Shock vs. Culture Stress

September 17, 2020

Many of you have probably heard of culture shock, but how many of you have heard of culture stress? At this point, 6 months since the start of the toilet paper shortage in the US due to coronavirus, I think you may be able to easily see and understand the difference. First of all, 6 […]

Language Evaluation Results

September 15, 2020

Hello everyone, Thank you so much for your prayers for our language and culture evaluation. They went as well as any test/ evaluation can go. We were nervous but the Lord allowed us to show what we can do in the language. We apologize for taking so long to share the results. I created a […]

if Ponciano could do it…

September 14, 2020

Several years ago we worked with teams in the Philippines to write literacy curriculums in the languages spoken in their villages. Recently we received an update and a few literacy questions from one of the teams. They have taught the first literacy classes and have several graduates. One of these is an older man named Ponciano. […]

September 14, 2020

Birth of a church… That team of missionaries we’ve been telling you about all summer long have witnessed the birth of the church among the Wantakia people of Papua New Guinea. The teaching finally reached the story of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. Many people embraced the gospel on that day but the story doesn’t […]

Mountain Rice

September 14, 2020

If you were to visit us in the village this week, you might ask, where are all the people? They are in their fields harvesting rice. This is what harvesting upland rice looks like for our neighbors. The process they use is slow and labor intensive. With a blade they hold in their hand, they […]