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My PNG Cookbook: Garlicy Cream Cheese

My PNG Cookbook: Garlicy Cream Cheese

Cheese here in PNG is one of the most expensive things you can buy in the realm of groceries. It is usually imported from New Zealand and then we pay anywhere from $12-$15 a block. Just to give you an idea of how that breaks down. We have pizza night here in the village with […]
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Therefore Encourage One Another

Therefore Encourage One Another

It’s nice when official business can also be fun, that was the case this past week when we enjoyed having some visitors. Chris & Erin Lujan are a couple who are part of the church planting team among the Siar people here in Papua New Guinea. If you keep close taps on NTM News you […]
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This Language Isn’t Going to Learn Itself!

This Language Isn’t Going to Learn Itself!

I have been in official Tigak language & culture study for a little over a month now and I am starting to feel the enormity of the job in front of us. Learning the Tigak language will require us to not only learn thousands of vocabulary words, but also how to arrange those words into […]
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in their hands!

in their hands!

We had the most wonderful time in Panama for the Kuna leadership conference. It’s always a thrill to be able to reconnect with our Kuna friends, study God’s Word together, sing and hear reports of how God is working in the churches. But the thing that touched our hearts the most was something that they […]
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Turkey Trot

Turkey Trot

Lisa ran  a 5k with two ladies from church You know, sometimes the days go by slowly. Other times we look back and realize how ‘quickly’ our training has been flying by! We know that in the big scheme of things, this time of training at the MTC is such a short chapter, much like […]
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Simbari Thanksgiving

Simbari Thanksgiving

Simbari believers share what they are thankful to God for and what He is teaching them through the book of Ephesians.
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Prayer Support

Prayer Support

(Recap): We would like to steal a few blog entries (probably once a month) to specifically address the SIX main areas of support, any of which you are welcome to be a part of! We would only ask that you prayerfully consider each one, and let us know if there is a specific area you’d […]
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Tigak CLA Kickoff

Tigak CLA Kickoff

We have just finished our official CLA kickoff! CLA stands for Culture & Language Acquisition, and is a technical way of saying culture & language study. Two NTM consultants came out to our island and went over some materials and planning with us, as we embark on the marathon of learning another language (a much, […]
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We Have Power!

We Have Power!

When we left our house in the village last spring, we knew that something had to be done about our power situation when we returned to the island. At the time we were running four thirty year old solar panels into two large truck batteries to supply power to our DC lights & small bed […]
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Back on the Island

Back on the Island

We’ve been back in country for over two weeks now and are just now making the time to sit down and write. Its been a bit of a whirlwind, but this seems to be the pace of the life of a missionary. Our travel to PNG was mostly uneventful, although we did run into some […]
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