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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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Moi Teach More than 100

Moi Teach More than 100

Last week, Moi Bible teachers finished the third week of evangelistic Bible teaching to more than 100 Mois in South Asia. So far, missionary Rich Brown and eight Moi teachers have taught 27 lessons from the Creation story to the birth of Moses. Early in teaching those hearing the lessons wanted the missionaries to teach […]
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Mi Lainim Tok Pisin

Mi Lainim Tok Pisin

Our full time job these days is “National Culture and Language Acquisition.” I know, it’s a mouthful. Basically we are learning the language and culture. 🙂 This job is a big one. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed with how much we have to learn but most of the time it is exciting. It means we get […]
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Special Delivery!

Special Delivery!

My heart almost hit my throat when I saw the massive truck approaching. I flew down our stairs to see the thing that Tom and I (and many others) had been dying to see for months and months. Our CONTAINER! Praise the Lord- our stuff made it! After being packed into a 40 foot shipping […]
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I’m here at MTC!

I’m here at MTC!

Well, I’ve now been in Missouri at the Missionary Training Center (MTC) for just over a week.  It’s been a week of: -heat (the hottest I think it got was 99, but a few days have been beautiful) -orientation (we’ve had orientation all this week, learning, among other things, the meaning of things like e-linc, […]
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A Whole New World

A Whole New World

Just six days after arriving in Papua New Guinea, we are starting to feel settled in our new home. Its definitely different than living in the United States! For those of you who are curious about our current living situation, we made this blog just for you to answer some of the common questions we […]
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