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Quick Update: Eastern Washington

Quick Update: Eastern Washington

Just over a week ago, our family arrived safely in Washington State after nearly a week’s travel up from Chihuahua. As John and Maria (Amy’s sister) Van Wormer are moving back Stateside from Mexico, we had the privilege of helping by bringing some of their belongings with us. It’s wonderful to be with our friends […]
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Giving Thanks With all our Hearts

Giving Thanks With all our Hearts

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. Psalms 9:1 Thankful we get to serve church planters through aviation. Sometimes we can get so caught up in the daily activities of preparing to leave for Papua New Guinea that we lose sight of the reason we […]
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Being Farsighted

Being Farsighted

 “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” -2 Cor. 4:18 “Right now, lots of missionaries left, and some of you had to stay, but when God comes, you’ll all get to leave.”  This is what a […]
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You can’t take the host out of Honebein

You can’t take the host out of Honebein

Dear friends,                      Thank you for praying for us.  We just wanted to write a quick update on our prayer request that were sent in our last newsletter but we needed to write a blog post because our newsletter is needed for other things.  We have seen many answers to prayer in the past few […]
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Reaching for Jesus

Reaching for Jesus

As many of you know, we are back in Michigan, and during the month of May we have enjoyed . . . . . . the cool spring weather . . . . . . the beauty of the Upper Peninsula . . . . . . Luke and Jonathan reuniting with friends . . […]
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Simbari Bible Publishing Completed

Simbari Bible Publishing Completed

Praise God, the printing of the Simbari Bible is now complete! We have received copies of the finished Bibles and inspected them. They are very high quality and they turned out even better than we thought they would. The main shipment for Papua New Guinea will depart the Netherlands in about a week and should […]
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Desperate for Community (Whether you Know it or Not)

Desperate for Community (Whether you Know it or Not)

 “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.  A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” -Ecc.4:12 Could you imagine not having a single insurance policy or a single dollar in a savings account?  Well, that’s the situation for most people here in PNG.  So what if a terrible life crisis comes up?  What […]
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Sown along the path?

Sown along the path?

The missionary work among the Koreguaje has received a lot of attention from different evangelical denominations. There are churches with indigenous pastors, there are social projects and even a new literacy program. The New Testament has already been translated and can be read from the cell phone and obtained in audio. 
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Another Good-bye …

Another Good-bye …

Congratulations to the graduating students of Spring 2023! This year we graduated four young ladies from my evangelism girl’s group and four MK’s from Paraguay.  The four from Paraguay, are actually grandchildren of former co-workers!  Needless to say, it was pretty exciting for us because we were also able to reconnect with those co-workers from […]
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