Category: Ministry

Overnight in a Garden House

Overnight in a Garden House

Part of learning about life here in Amdu is doing what the people do. A big part of life for our Amdu friends is their gardens. Depending on where their family ground is located, their gardens are sometimes several hours away from the village – most often on steep mountain slopes. Gardening here is not […]
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Back in Amdu Again

Back in Amdu Again

We’ve been back in Amdu for about 2 weeks now. We tried to update our blog before we left town so you could be praying for us as we transitioned back to life in the tribe, but there was some trouble and it didn’t post. Thanks to those of you who pray regularly for us […]
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Back in PNG

Back in PNG

Our last few weeks in the US, and specifically the last few days, were so busy that we forgot to even put an update on here asking people to pray for our trip! So, we are now back in PNG, but we still need your prayers for our family during this time of transition.  Jet […]
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Ideas to Help Missionaries

Ideas to Help Missionaries

With only one month left until we return in Papua New Guinea, we are wrapping up life in the US and getting ready to transition our family once again.  As always, we do this with a mix of sadness at leaving, but at the same time with anticipation for what the Lord has in store […]
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An Alphabet in Amdu!

An Alphabet in Amdu!

From the time of the very first survey our team did into the Amdu tribe and continuing to now, we have been telling the people what it is we have come to do.  We tell them often and we try to make it as clear as possible.  We explain to them that we are there […]
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The End is Near…

The End is Near…

…of our Home Assignment travels, that is!! Since June, we have been on the road just about every weekend visiting different supporting churches, family and friends.  We’ve put a lot of miles on our van.  We’ve gone through all the Adventures in Odyssey disc sets that our public library has to offer.  We’ve stayed in […]
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Kodiak for PNG!!

Kodiak for PNG!!

     Airplanes are a lifeline for us in the tribe!  They bring our groceries and mail.  They are our only way in and out of our remote location.  Since we moved into the Amdu tribe last year, we have had to rely mainly on other organizations to fly us in and out of the tribe […]
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Team Progress

Team Progress

We may be far away from Amdu at the moment, but we are still vitally connected to what is going on there.  The concerns, joys, successes and trials of our team are ours as well. In our last post, we asked you to be praying for our teammates during their language and culture evaluations.  We […]
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Evaluation Time Again – For our Coworkers

Evaluation Time Again – For our Coworkers

While our family is continuing to adjust to life in America on furlough and getting ready to begin speaking in our supporting churches, our teammates back in Amdu are plugging away at learning language and culture.  Beginning now and through the weekend, two of our consultants will be flying into the tribe to give Dave, […]
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Old Friends with New Life

Old Friends with New Life

As we were leaving PNG for our trip back to America for furlough (now officially called Home Assignment), we were able to stop by the New Tribes center on the coast where we spent our first several years.  We have lots of great memories of being new missionaries and “learning the ropes” there.  We became […]
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