ready for flight

November 24, 2015

So last week I asked you to pray about the upcoming audit on the flight program here in PNG; the one that would determine if and when the Kodiak could start flying and serving the missionaries and people of Papua New Guinea. We can now praise the Lord together that it is now finished! The […]

November Update- a month in numbers

November 24, 2015

“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now” — Phil. 1:3-5 In this season of giving thanks, we are thankful for you, our supporters, who through your prayers […]

Inspection Complete

November 24, 2015

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority PNG auditors arrived last week and conducted an inspection of not only our new Kodiak but also of our flight and maintenance programs. By the end of their time, we were cleared in all three…..meaning we are now legally able to move on to the next step in getting the […]

Ostman Thanksgiving

November 23, 2015

Thanksgiving - more than an American holiday! A time to thank God.

Breath

November 22, 2015

“Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD” Psalm 150:6. This year we decided to celebrate Thanksgiving a little early, on Sunday with our partners. Probably like many of you, we have incorporated several family traditions. One of our traditions is to make name cards, and have a Bible verse […]

Drafting Hebrews – NT 91% Drafted

November 22, 2015

During our recent trip to the village it was great to see the church functioning well on their own. They have elders and deacons functioning and even the kids are participating! They were taking up offerings that included food items like greens, sweet potato and squash as well as some coins so that they can […]

Literacy Prayer Request

November 20, 2015

Up until now, mostly our church folk have taken literacy. We need a whole new group of students to test out a major change we made in how we write a certain sound in the Dom language. We tried to test it before we went on Home Assignment last year, but could get no new […]

Waiting…

November 20, 2015

Sometimes things happen slow over here, and sometimes they happen quick. It’s been both slow and quick at times this month. At the end of October, we packed up all our stuff- and threw away or sold much of it- and sent the rest on to the city to which we are moving. Then on the first of […]

When there is no Word

November 20, 2015

A missionary of 40 years was trying to elicit a word for forgiveness. He had arrived, decades before, as a single missionary, and had even spent time living in a communal house with the people. Later he had brought a wife back to the jungle with him and spent his life there, teaching the Word […]

Moving, Waiting & Training

November 18, 2015

Hello! I’m excited to finally be writing our first update, it’s been a busy 2 months since we started with NTM. We moved above my parent’s garage mid September, my dad and Joe have been working hard plumbing, wiring, drywalling & more to get the bathroom and kitchen done. I’m getting used to living out […]