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The Allen’s are in Amdu!

The Allen’s are in Amdu!

Greetings from Amdu! We’re here!! After several stretches of separation during the main phase of building our house, all of our family is now together – living in the Amdu tribe! It is truly amazing to reflect on all the Lord has done to bring us to this point. We are thankful for His faithfulness […]
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Moving to Amdu

Moving to Amdu

After so many years of preparing and planning, it’s really happening!  Tomorrow, our family will be moving into a village in the Amdu tribe to begin our ministry among this still unreached group of people!!  Even though it sometimes seems unreal that this actually is happening, the stress and busyness from the preparation reminds us […]
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Needed: More Wood!

Needed: More Wood!

In our last post, we shared that Bart was heading into the tribe to work on getting wood for our house.  The trip didn’t go exactly as we had hoped and planned.  The chainsaw mill the guys were using to slab lumber didn’t want to keep working and not very many Amdu men were interested […]
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House Progress

House Progress

Bart leaves this morning for two weeks in the tribe.  The goal of this time is for him to finish gathering poles from the jungle that will be used for our rafters and wall studs.  He may also be using a chainsaw mill to slab more wood for some of these things.  While it’s not […]
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Back to PNG

Back to PNG

Thank you for praying for our family as we have been waiting for our baby Micah’s PNG entry permit/visa. It arrived a few days ago and now we are on our way back to PNG!!!! We are thankful for our time in Australia, but we are very excited to get back “home” to PNG and […]
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Our House is Going Up!

Our House is Going Up!

Even while we are still waiting here in Australia for our son Micah’s PNG entry permit to be issued, work on our house in the Amdu tribe is beginning!!  The first two plane loads of our building materials went into the tribe last week.  And we just heard that the first rows of support posts […]
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Almost an American!

Almost an American!

At the moment, our son Micah is a boy without a country!  But that will change soon.  We came here to Australia from PNG for his birth instead of going all the way back to the US.  Even though he was born in Australia, he’s not an Australian and he will not officially be a […]
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Our Thanksgiving Baby

Our Thanksgiving Baby

Our fourth son Micah Jared Allen was born in Australia on Thanksgiving Day, November 22. Micah Jared Allen
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Over the Mountains and Through the Jungle

Over the Mountains and Through the Jungle

Hiking in Amdu This next batch of photos will give you an idea of what hiking was like for the guys while on their recent survey into Amdu.  It’s impossible for pictures to fully communicate how slippery, steep and scary the hiking was at times so you may have to use your imagination – climbing […]
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