Christmas in July

July 13, 2020

We’re not really sure about the origin of the phrase ‘Christmas in July,’ but that’s what will be happening this next week here in Amdu. We won’t be putting up a tree and sharing presents, but we will be teaching our Amdu friends about the birth of Christ this week!! From very early on in […]

Halfway to the Cross

June 27, 2020

A delayed start? A slower teaching schedule due to restrictions in group gatherings? Community pressure for people not to attend the Bible teaching? A smaller number coming to the Bible lessons than we hoped? Yes, all those (and more) are things we have experienced over the past few months. But we have full confidence that […]

Is He Worthy?

June 11, 2019

If you’ve been around missionaries very long, you’ve probably heard words like ‘transition’, ‘flexibility’, ‘adjustment’, ‘goodbyes’ and ‘change’ as part of their vocabulary. Everyone experiences these things, but it does seem that it is a bit more pronounced for missionaries. Living far from home in a culture that is so extremely different from our own […]

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.

Translation Check Update

May 9, 2018

Thank you for praying for our team as we hit another milestone here in Amdu – our very first Bible translation check! Our consultant Jason was recently here with us for about 3 days and during that time he was able to officially check 9 chapters – 4 chapters in Genesis that Bart had done, […]

Amdu Literacy Milestones

February 6, 2018

Each weekday for nearly four months, just as the light breaks over the ridge of mountains to the east, we have heard an exciting sound – our neighbor across the airstrip pounding on his hollowed-out tree trunk drum, calling the literacy students to class. The class started in early October with fifteen students. While one […]

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 […]