Bart and Emily Allen

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 […]

Lesson Evaluation Update

November 13, 2019

Thank you so much for praying for our team during our recent Bible lesson evaluation. Here’s a little update about how that time went and how the Lord answered prayer. And we’ll include some new prayer requests at the end too. Our consultants Aaron and Brandon (both on their first-time visit to Amdu) arrived safely, […]

Batteries, Translation Check and Bible Lessons

November 11, 2019

***This update was sent out by email back in September, but we are just posting it on our blog now that we are out in town. The benefit is that we can now add pictures!*** We have to play a little catch-up here!! Hopefully none of you have been holding your breath while waiting to […]

Allen Ministry Video

April 15, 2019

Because our Home Assignment was shorter this time, there were many of our supporting churches and individual supporters that we were not able to see! For those we were able to visit, we shared this video that gives some history of our time in PNG up to this point, as well as what we are […]

Family Reunion Photos

August 13, 2018

Our extended family is spread out around the globe – parents in Pennsylvania and siblings in Washington, New York, Pennsylvania, Canada, Belgium and Ecuador. And until a few weeks ago, our family was in Papua New Guinea. The times when we can all be together are quite rare! Since returning to the States, we have […]

Goodbyes on One Side of the Ocean and Hellos on the Other

August 4, 2018

After being in Amdu for 3 1/2 years, we recently said goodbye to our Amdu friends and began the journey back to America to begin an abbreviated Home Assignment.

Amdu Literacy Video

November 27, 2017

The past two months since our final language evaluation have flown by!! We are currently in town so our boys could attend spiritual emphasis retreats with their fellow missionary kids from all over PNG. Before we head back to Amdu in a few days, we wanted to share with you a video that our teammate […]

First Amdu Literacy Class

October 21, 2017

October 2, 2017 was a historic day in our Amdu village. The first ever Amdu Literacy Class began!! Class one is made up of a wide range of students – some who know how to read and write in the trade language of Melanesian Pidgin, some who have had a little bit of schooling, and finally […]

Evaluation Results!

October 3, 2017

It is with much excitement and thankfulness that we share with you the results of our recent language evaluation. Each of us on the team – Benjamin, Missy, Bart and Emily – is officially finished with formal language and culture study!!!! We are praising the Lord for His enabling to get to this point that […]