Our Aviation Lifeline

January 23, 2025

If you’ve been reading our updates and following the story of the Amdu work, you most likely know that our only feasible way in and out of the tribe is via mission airplane. Without our dedicated aviation team, we wouldn’t have been able to locate in this remote place in the first place, and we […]

Amdu Outreach 2023 – Fun Stats

October 27, 2023

**Originally posted May 25, 2023 Amdu Outreach 2023 Fun Stats Approximate miles hiked to and from the hamlet over the course of the outreach 68 Pairs of shoes ruined 4 The 5th pair is still going strong Approximate number of hours teaching under the tarp 80 Thank you for praying for us, our Amdu believers, […]

Outreach Week One

February 19, 2023

Week One of the outreach to a neighboring hamlet is over! We started the lessons talking about origins and which of the many stories out there is the true one. We then taught about the days of creation, the two trees God put in the garden, how good all things were in the beginning, and […]

Outreach Beginning – February 13

February 13, 2023

Exciting days are ahead here in Amdu! A twenty-five minute hike from our main village through the jungle takes us to a clearing with a cluster of houses – a hamlet that is home to several of our believers and many of their extended family members. They have been busy this past week putting up […]

2022 Overview

January 24, 2023

2022 was a challenging yet rewarding year for our family. As the new year begins, here are just a few highlights from each month of 2022. January – Experienced plenty of NW Pennsylvania snow and cold at the end of our furlough time. Packed up and began saying goodbyes – the hardest one being to […]

God at Work in Amdu

October 10, 2022

“For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, even penetrating as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 We have been privileged these past couple months to see the […]

A church is born in one language group and another one is asking for missionaries!

April 13, 2021

After 8 years of living among the Amdu people, the church has been born. We continue to praise the Lord for the small group of believers here in our village. And this was the very first Resurrection Day we celebrated together. As we rejoiced in the amazing work that Christ did for us, it was […]

Feeding the Baby Believers

November 12, 2020

Think about someone you know who has a new baby. How do they treat that new baby? Do they expect the baby to make supper for the family? Is the baby given chores to do to earn his keep around the house? Do they ask the baby to give a message to a brother or […]

Testimonies from New Amdu Believers

August 21, 2020

Have you ever looked forward to something for a long time and then when it actually happens, it’s hard to believe? That’s a little of what we’re feeling right now! We are rejoicing and thanking the Lord that some of our Amdu friends are now brothers and sisters in Christ!! For you who have been […]

Chronological Bible Teaching to Begin in Amdu on March 23

March 19, 2020

Years of training, countless hours of language/culture study and relationship building, countless more hours of literacy, Bible translation and lesson writing, along with the prayers and support of so many of God’s servants have brought us to the point where we are today – on the verge of our Amdu friends having the chance to […]