New Grandbaby … Comes Early!

October 26, 2020

Our new grandbaby decided to make her appearance two months early! Needless to say, it was quite unexpected! As soon as we got word that she was coming and nothing was going to stop her, we literally threw our stuff together and headed out of town. We have not met her face-to-face but all the […]

Thank you for praying!

October 18, 2020

We greatly appreciated your prayers! All of 1 Samuel translated by Lisa Martinez and the Scripture portions needed to teach from Creation to Christ in our Bible lessons translated by Aimee Hedrick have been completely checked in Tigak! It is exciting to have this milestone complete. There were quite a few problems the first day […]

Road Trip – Check

October 17, 2020

Praise the Lord we had a great trouble-free road trip. We were able to spend almost two weeks with Paul’s parents in South-Eastern Kansas and get some much-needed grandparent time in. We enjoyed getting some “honey do” items done for them and lots of visiting. Speaking of visiting, we were able to see two of […]

Call to prayer

October 9, 2020

We need your prayers again. Since the last virtual check was a success we are going to attempt another one. If all goes well, this will be the last check needed before “typesetting” and printing of the Tigak New Testament along with Old Testament portions. This check will be even more challenging than the last […]

This is the day that the Lord has made…

October 1, 2020

Happy October! Some of you have asked, and I appreciate it, what the results were from the last visit were with the oncologist. “Great!” In a nutshell, there is nothing new to report. All the things that weren’t supposed to be there, aren’t, and the things that were supposed to stay the same did! That’s […]

School in Session!

September 30, 2020

Our Fall semester is happening and it definitely looks different than it did last year! Enrollment in the classroom is down due to social distancing, and dorm rooms are not full. But God’s Word is being taught and not returning void. Our dining hall now encompasses three rooms and two serving schedules and all staff […]

A Virtual Check…

September 21, 2020

We would appreciate your prayers this week as Ned attempts something that he has never done before. He is going to have a virtual translation check! It looks like there will not be any flights available for him to get to Papua New Guinea for the rest of this year. The only route to PNG […]

Engaged from Afar

September 13, 2020

During this pandemic, it has forced us to look at our fundamental beliefs. I just shared a devotional on God’s love and sovereignty. God invites us to know him intimately, knowing who He is, His attributes. So, when hard times come, those attributes of God become an anchor for us, depending on Him. We never […]

Baby Food: Amdu

September 9, 2020

Thank you for continuing to pray for the work God is doing here in Amdu. We started regular meetings again this week. We meet on Tuesday and Thursday mornings now. The rest of the week we meet house to house with families and smaller groups discussing their questions and reviewing what we have been teaching. […]

Consolidation Has Happened!

August 30, 2020

As we continued to prepare for the opening of school this Fall our Education Team increased due to the consolidation of our two bible schools. It has been quite a summer juggling all the remodeling projects, moving students around to have more adequate housing, painting, cleaning, and sorting and packing to make room for those […]