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Dorm Visit

May 1, 2006

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

March 9, 2006

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

January 14, 2006

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

November 25, 2005

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

October 22, 2005

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

August 27, 2005

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 […]

Ogg Family Photo 2005

June 18, 2005

May 2005 – Go Away Ghost

May 28, 2005

Go Away Ghost! We woke up at 5:30 this morning to a loud noise at a nearby house. Just behind our house at a village hut the “yumbunja” was starting for an old lady who died last week. Not too long after a death the Simbaris believe they need to scare away the ghost of […]

April 2005 Easter Service

April 22, 2005

It has been almost a year since we returned to PNG and one of the big changes for us has been having Esther and Simon living in a boarding home and attending the mission school called Numonohi Christian Academy (NCA) located near Goroka. Esther is in 10th grade and Simon is in 7th grade. They […]

December 2004 Home for Christmas

December 16, 2004

Home for Christmas Simon and Esther just came home on the airplane today for their Christmas break. Rachel and Jason have been soooo excited that Jason banged on our door REALLY early this morning to tell us they were coming home today, just in case we forgot. 🙂 It’s wonderful to have them home and catch up with everything that has been going […]