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But now…

But now…

Romans 3.21 begins with two very important words: “But now” After the apostle Paul spends three chapters explaining the total (and I mean TOTAL) depravity of all mankind (yes, sadly, ALL), it’s as though God Himself lifts up our burdened head and looks deeply into our hopeless, helpless eyes and says, “BUT NOW… (do you […]
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The Road Through Lamogai

The Road Through Lamogai

A few weeks after arriving in Papua New Guinea, I was asked by one of our regional field leaders, Jan Wols (first name pronounced “yon”) to accompany him trip into a remote village (South Lamogai). He and his family along with another family had been a part of reaching and helping establish a church in […]
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Refined By Fire

Refined By Fire

Summer Happenings We praise the Lord for providing for us to be able to spend six weeks in the U.S. this summer and have some quality time with family and friends. We were also able to get some medical work done, help Simon with some of his adjustments to life back in California, and share […]
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Bo’wal Didn’t Hit Back

Bo’wal Didn’t Hit Back

We had a wonderful but quick time in the U.S. this summer and are thankful to the Lord for the special times we had with family and friends as well as taking care of some medical needs which we aren’t able to do over here in Papua New Guinea. Of course we wish we could […]
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September update

September update

Thank you for praying for Rachel while she worked with translation helpers in the village upriver at the beginning of this month. They worked very hard and finished the first draft of the book of Acts, as well as part of the second draft of Exodus. Now Rachel is getting ready to go downriver on […]
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Singsing for Independance

Singsing for Independance

September 16th was Independence Day here in Papua New Guinea. In 1975, Papua New Guinea gained full independence from Australia, and that day is worth some serious celebrating here in PNG! With very clear ideas about how WE celebrate independence day on our minds, we, along with some other missionaries, ventured a half an hour’s […]
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Lamogai or Bust

Lamogai or Bust

“Bush” is what we call the remote jungle locations that are all over Papua New Guinea. Yesterday, Tom left on his first bush trip for 12 days. It is a very exciting opportunity for him, and he was glad to accept the invitation from one of our Orientation leaders/fellow missionary! The village that Tom and […]
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Rest?

Rest?

Well, we just finished our 4-week Hebrews class, in which we studied the concept of “rest” as mentioned in the epistle. That kind of rest refers to abiding in Christ/living our lives with Him at the center, if you will. by trusting and obeying Him and His Word, as well as living in the confidence […]
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My PNG Cookbook: Kaukau in Coconut Milk

My PNG Cookbook: Kaukau in Coconut Milk

If you want to save money, you eat like the people of PNG do. That’s what we have been trying to do as much of as we can since we moved here to the “land of the unexpected”. 😛 It has been fun for me as the cook in our family to learn about what […]
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