Category: Ministry

After several postponements, our first CLA (Culture/Language Acquisition) evaluation finally happened this past weekend! We are thankful that the weather was good on Friday, the flight didn’t get cancelled and our consultant was able to come into Amdu. There are so many factors that have to line up in order to see a successful flight […]

We apologize for the delay in getting this update posted. Thank you very much for those of you who read our last post and were praying for our language and culture evaluation. Please keep praying! In the past we have shared with you about the shortage of pilots with NTM right now in PNG. Because […]

Beginning Friday October 4 (which happens to be Bart’s birthday) through Monday October 7, one of our New Tribes consultants will be here in Amdu to do our first language and culture evaluation for us and our teammates. Please pray for us – that we will remember what we have learned, that we will be […]

Thank you for praying for the requests we shared in our last post! We appreciate knowing that there continue to be those who are a part of our ministry here through prayer. Here are a few updates and answers to prayer: EVALUATION Our consultants did come in and were with our team for a few […]

Just before we left for PNG in 2009, our home church had a commissioning service for us. As part of that service, everyone present grabbed hold of a long thick rope to symbolize that they would be “holding the ropes” for us in prayer. It is encouraging to us that people still occasionally comment to […]

A few weeks ago we celebrated my (Emily’s) birthday – the first of our family to have a birthday in Amdu. Celebrating special days here takes some creativity and advanced planning since we are in a pretty remote place. So, I thought I’d share a little about a few of my more unique presents. – […]

When we flew out of Amdu a few weeks ago to take a little break at one of our NTM centers, it was amazing to look back and see our house, the village and the airstrip slowly be swallowed up by the surrounding mountains and disappear from sight. In a similar way, when we returned […]

Since the beginning of May, our family has been living in our new home in the Amdu tribe. Even though our house is not totally completed, it is at the point where we are calling it completed for now. The remaining things that need to be done are on a list (a rather long list!) […]

Right now we are out of the tribe (mainly for doctor’s appointments and a little break before we get back to language learning) so we are able to do some things on the internet that we can’t do while we are in the tribe. We already have the capability to send these updates to our […]

Our family in Amdu – with the airstrip, village and surrounding mountains in the background.