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June 1994 Co-Worker Presents Gospel

June 15, 1994

Dear Friends, There is so much to tell you since our last letter. Thank you for praying for the Simbari. We know God has been working here. Presentation Of The Gospel Our co-worker Dennis Best has just completed teaching in the Simbari language beginning in the Old Testament and continuing right up through the life […]

April 1994 Back in PNG

April 19, 1994

Dear Friends, It sure is good to be home again after five months of living out of a suitcase! We so enjoyed our time with family and also with many friends. It was good but we were ready to return because God has a big job for us here in PAPUA NEW GUINEA, more specifically […]

Nov 1993 – Back in California

November 1, 1993

Dear Praying Friends, Greetings from San Diego! Yes, for about a month we have been here in California. We heard via ham radio that Shari’s sister, Joleen Marino, had relapsed with leukemia. (She has Acute Myelogenous Leukemia and had been in remission for about a year.) We heard that her health was deteriorating quickly and […]

July 1993 – Life In Simbari

July 13, 1993

Thank you for praying for our family and ministry here in P.N.G. We praise God for your part in reaching the uttermost parts. Acts 1:8

October 1992 Housebuilding in the Village

October 8, 1992

Building A Home In The Jungle!?! Why?…To be ambassadors to the Simbari people, To learn their language, To teach and translate God’s Word, To be servants. We praise the Lord for the strength He gave during all the hardships of building; for safety; and for our nearly completed house. We also thank the Lord for […]

Feb 1992 Moving into Simbari

February 19, 1992

Since we last wrote to you a lot has happened! Completed our trade language studies and orientation. Moved out to the SIMBARI tribe (our permanent allocation). Celebrated our first jungle Christmas in P.N.G. Have begun preparations for building our new homes and for a 1992 summer SUMMIT team. Who are the SIMBARI people? In the […]

October 1991 Greetings From Papua New Guinea

October 4, 1991

Greetings From Papua New Guinea! We arrived here in the highlands of P.N.G. on June 10, 1991. Praise the Lord for: Four years of excellent missionary training Your prayers and gifts to support our ministry God bringing us to Papua New Guinea to serve Him and also for our new son: Simon Gordon Ogg Born: […]

April 1991 Packing Up For Papua New Guinea

April 25, 1991

Visas! We just received our visas in the mail yesterday after only 5 weeks! Praise the Lord! Still needed is our plane tickets and to finish packing our belongings for shipping. Thank you for praying. God’s Provision: Our thanks to those of you have stood with us in prayer and in giving financially. Our promised […]

March 1991 Enroute To PNG & Expecting Baby

March 20, 1991

Another Baby! Yes, the Giver of Life is giving us another child. The expected date of arrival is Sept. 30. We are so thankful for Shari’s health being so much better during this pregnancy. She is usually sick until around noon and then feels better the rest of the day. Please pray for the health […]

Dec 1990 Missionary Training Final Weeks

December 5, 1990

Dear Friends, It has been a terrific semester here at the language school. Our live language field trip was so helpful and enjoyable! Our language helper and his family became very special to us. Now we are in the last few weeks of the term and have “changed gears” a bit: Shari is taking a […]