Author: Ned and Linn Beall

It was a bittersweet day for Zachary saying goodbye to his friends on the island where he grew up.  We moved to the tribe in 1999 right after Zachary’s first birthday.  It is hard to believe that was over 17 years ago.  We are proud of Zachary and the way the Lord is growing him […]

CHRISTmas Day celebrations with the Tigak Church We made it to the tribe!  It has been a challenge to get connected to the internet but we are thrilled to be back with our coworkers and the Tigak tribe.  We spent Christmas Day worshipping with and eating with the Tigak church.  What a joy!  We spent […]

Another successful New Ireland Province (NIP) Church Conference is over. This year there were 6 churches/language groups represented. That is two more language groups than were at the very first NIP conference. Some are brand new Christians attending for the first time. There are 23 language groups in the New Ireland Province – so there […]

Ned’s time in the Tigak tribe is going well. He was able to complete checking the Old Testament portions needed to teach from Creation to Christ for the Patpatar tribe for another translator. He will also be doing a check of some Exodus portions in Tigak for our co-worker, Aimee, this week. Please pray for […]

This past month we had the privilege of attending the biggest cultural show in Papua New Guinea. It was so great to be in the right place at the right time to be part of it. As you can see from the pictures, the nationals went all out in their traditional costumes for dances. You […]

You may not have heard about a change in ministry for us for the coming school year.  Due to a huge shortage of teachers at our kids’ boarding school we are going to be living at the center where the school is for one school year.  Ned will be teaching math part time and working […]

Wow!  The last month has been busy!  The best news is the rest of the new Tigak Scripture portions arrived and have been given to the Tigak church!  Because there is now 68% of the Tigak New Testament in print we had to put the narrative portions (Genesis, Mark, Acts, and Revelation) in one book […]

Last week Linn was attending school committee and other meetings and was notified that the first half of the new Tigak Scriptures had been printed!  It worked out perfectly since she was headed back to the island the next day and was able to bring over 100 lbs of Bibles with her on the flight […]

We hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year! We enjoyed our time with our co-workers and our three kids that are home. Linn came down with malaria on Christmas Eve and spent much of Christmas Day in bed but is now up and about again. We are thankful for what […]

We hope you have many things to be thankful for! We sure do! We had a great Thanksgiving celebrating with our friends and co-workers. It is fun to try and have a traditional meal with all the subs needed to make it work in a third world country. We actually saw a turkey for sale […]