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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Three cheers for a creative blog title! 🙂 We are in Seattle, having a lovely Christmas break. We’re so thankful for the opportunity to visit family, friends, and churches. Our training is wonderful, but we were definitely ready for this month of refreshment. Rather than post a Support blog this month, we wanted to just […]
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Our Tropical “Winter Wonderland”

Our Tropical “Winter Wonderland”

Christmas day is only a week and a half away and Jude has often been found laying on his side under our Christmas tree gazing at his presents repeating to himself in a comforting tone, “Just wait, just wait, just wait”. 😀 The anticipation is growing for our first Christmas celebration in our village! Wow. […]
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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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