Category: Ministry

Since coming home from PNG several weeks ago, we’ve been enjoying some of the benefits of being back in America. As you’ll see from the pictures, most of them have something to do with family!  

The stillness of the peaceful, sunny day was suddenly broken by loud wailing coming from a house in the village – the unmistakable sign that someone had died. Death is a reality here in Amdu like it is everywhere else in the world. But the longer we are here and the more we get to […]

A friend with her kids enjoying a favorite Amdu food. The red stuff all over the food (and all over their fingers and mouths) is from a “fruit” that grows here. You can look up “pandanus” if you’re interested in learning more. The short explanation is that they cook the fruit (with lots of seeds […]

Washing the dishes – a daily part of village life

Celebrating New Year’s Day Amdu style P.S. – Thanks to those of you who have been praying for rain. It has been raining again almost every night and our tank is now full and overflowing!

The year 2013 held many exciting developments and changes for our family. (Seems like maybe we said that for 2012 too!) As we returned to PNG after the birth of our fourth son, built our house in the Amdu tribe, moved into the tribe as a family and started learning the Amdu language and culture, […]

As we celebrate our first Christmas living in the Amdu tribe, we rejoice in the gift of our Savior Jesus Christ. At the same time, we look forward to when our Amdu friends will also be able to hear and read God’s Word and learn of God’s amazing plan of salvation! Last week an old […]

This will post many days after our American Thanksgiving holiday, but we still wanted to share some things for which we are thankful. It wouldn’t take us much time to come up with a pretty long list. If you are reading this post and you pray for us, give financially to our ministry or encourage […]

At this point in our language learning, we imagine that to our Amdu friends we must sound like little toddlers just starting to talk. There are times when we can put together phrases and even sentences correctly. We can greet our friends and ask simple questions. As each day goes by, we are understanding more […]