Category: Ministry

For the past 7 years our family has been heading in the direction of church planting among unreached tribal people. We completed 2 years of Bible school, then 2½ more years of specialized missions training. After that we spent almost 2 years sharing this burden with churches and individuals as we saw the Lord raise […]

You’re going where?  For how long?   And what will you be doing there? In just a few days our family will be getting on a little Cessna 206 and landing for the first time on a jungle airstrip in a remote tribe in the mountains of the PNG Highlands for bush orientation! So, what exactly […]

I’ll start off by putting your mind at ease. We haven’t had to eat any plump, juicy grubs – yet!!  That time may come and we’ll be sure to tell you about it!! We really eat pretty normal stuff here.  The main difference is that it usually just takes longer to make.  Here are a […]

By far, the most common way to get around here in PNG is to walk.  We don’t know any statistics, but privately owned vehicles are a rarity as far as we can tell.  The road to town is lined with people walking.  And they are often carrying heavy loads.

Here’s another peek into what life is like for us.  Doing laundry is a little more time consuming now and we thought you might be interested in how the process works! Our washer  – called a twin tub washer – is in the storage room underneath our house.  We do not have a dryer – […]

What is life like for us here in PNG?  We’re glad you asked!! These first few days and probably the next week or so we are spending most of our time getting settled into our house.  When we arrived, our house was furnished with things here from the center that are available for new families.  […]

We made it to Papua New Guinea! Our trip, although quite long, went very smoothly and the boys did great!   After 6 flights, we are pretty sure we could give the safety demonstration perfectly if we ever needed to. We saw the Lord provide many little blessings along the way. Here are just a few: