Dengue fever
There is not much that can be done to treat dengue. It is a virus and so we can only treat the symptoms.
Culture Conflicts
Javanese people wind up hosting the greatest number of visitors in their homes when they are sick, grieving, or recovering from childbirth.
Soy beans and Donkeys
Language learning is an adventure some days, a chore some days, and just plain hard work every day.
Dorm Visit
It was a treat having Esther’s and Simon’s whole dorm come for a visit during Easter. They were here for five days and helped us with some work on the airstrip as well as some other jobs that needed done. They also enjoyed a picnic at the swimming hole and a longer hike to another village. It […]
Airstrip Open Again – Drafting Acts
Spring Break At The O.K. (Ogg Kid) Corral Esther and Simon have come home for Spring Break and here is a picture of us all together that was just taken today. We look forward to some family time. Airstrip Open Again! Notice the airplane in the picture! – After about 4 months with our airstrip […]
Airstrip Work Progress
Airstrip Work Team Making Progress Last week a team of 8 from Grace Baptist Church in Santa Clarita, California arrived and have been helping us with airstrip repairs. So far we have had pretty good weather although there were a couple days where rain made us quit early in the afternoon. The “quarry” where we […]
Old Testament Translation Check
Old Testament Translation check We are very happy to report that our Old Testament scripture portions that we have been translating into the Simbari language have now been checked. The portions checked included much of Genesis and Exodus. Also included were many other verses including Messianic prophesies and also the book of Jonah. […]
October 2005 – Via Helicopter
Airstrip Closed – Access To Tribe Via Helicopter As we let you know in our last update our airstrip has been closed due to the poor surface condition. We returned to the tribe last week via helicopter. The helicopter is a lot more expensive to use than the airplane so we hope it doesn’t last too long. The Simbaris have started some work […]
August 2005 Fish Tales
Fish Tales After our Sunday meeting some of the believers started to tell us very excitedly about how people have been catching fish in the rivers lately. Occasionally we have heard talk of some little tiny fish being caught down the valley in the big river but in all the years we’ve been here […]
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