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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 […]

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 […]

“We are like the thief on the cross” Sunday was an almost cloudless day for which we were very thankful because that was the day we had planned to have a Simbari-style potluck with the believers before Esther and Simon went back out to school. While the meal was cooking on the hot stones, we […]

“Why Is It Raining?” Our first attempt to get back in the tribe ended up being a sight-seeing trip. The weather was so bad the plane had to take us back to Goroka. The next morning we got in along with 2 more flights for our suitcases and supplies like food, etc. The following weeks […]

Here’s some pictures of our summer trip

Final Translation Check Starting Today our final check on the book of Mark starts. A translation consultant will be coming in and we will be working on the check for about a week. Right now the field is very short of Translation Consultants but Linda Krieg generously offered to do the check for us even though she has been […]

Language Our co-worker Lori Morley passed her final language fluency check recently. She will now be able to be a part of the translation process. She is already helping out by doing comprehension testing of the book of Mark. She will continue working with literacy as well. She is also working on some more books so the people can get more reading practice after […]