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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 […]

Sept 1990 Live Language Training

September 19, 1990

New Tribes Language and Linguistics Institute September 1990 What we have been doing: Since returning here in Aug. we have been very busy. The first 3 weeks we spent doing a linguistic analysis of a Mexican tribal language called Sierra Popo-Luca. Our minds have been thoroughly stretched and challenged. What we’re doing now: Presently […]

May 1990 Phonetics, Language & Culture Training

May 10, 1990

The Oggs May 1990 We have to share with you what God is doing in our lives! We are very thankful for the excellent training we are involved in right now. We realize we are not just going to classes, but rather we are being equipped with vital resources for communicating God’s Word to lost […]

Jan 1990 Training In Linguistics And More

January 19, 1990

Dear Friends, We have completed the missions course that we were taking in Durham, Canada. During our time there, we learned much from God’s Word, we learned what is involved in cross-cultural teaching of God’s Word and church planting. In working side-by-side we saw that the area of working together is vital to God’s work; […]

May 1989 Preparing To Go Cross-Culture

May 9, 1989

Hello Friends, Winter is finally giving way to Spring in Durham. We love the flowers and green grass, and the rabbits and raccoons are fun to have around. For culture class we have been busy with preparation of Bible lessons for chronological teaching from Genesis through the life of Christ. In practical class we have […]