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Where there are no roads

Where there are no roads

 New Tribes Mission Aviation in Papua New Guinea serves 40+ church planting locations where travel by car is impractical or impossible. Below is an update from one of these locations. Tanguat Discipleship and Translation Update  Around 2010, a church planted among the Inapang language group had the desire to reach out to their neighboring language […]
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What Did You Say?!

What Did You Say?!

APRIL 25, 2026 “I haven’t seen you for a long time, so now I don’t like you.” “This afternoon, I threw my baby on the ground.” “In America we watch a sport where people kill each other on a field.” Those are all things I mistakenly communicated when I was first learning Tok Pisin. One […]
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Spring

Spring

Thank you all for your prayers and support. We appreciate each of you and thank the Lord for you. DJ continues on in his IT Ministry, managing the network for our organization’s home office from afar. Sometime in the next few months he may need to make a trip to the home office to help […]
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We hit the ground running…

We hit the ground running…

In this update:   Greetings ● Visitors ● Electricity ● Translation work ● Thank you! Greetings: Hello from our jungle home. Summer has arrived, and we can tell because the heat has started to settle, and the cicadas have started their song that lasts all day. Click here to listen in on what we hear. Visitors: In our last update, […]
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Eyes on the Prize

Eyes on the Prize

Missionary work is inevitably future-focused. The Great Commission involves accepting hardship – at times, simply incredible degrees of sacrifice! – in order to see churches planted and unreached peoples brought to Christ. Day-to-day ministry is often tough and discouraging, much of one’s effort is unseen and unlauded, and at times it all seems endless. Very […]
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April 2026 Update

April 2026 Update

Simbari Bible Dedication Video in Spanish The Spanish version of the Simbari Bible dedication video “From Flicker to Flame” is now complete. Feel free to share the link below with your Spanish-speaking friends and churches. Our hope is to bear witness in the Spanish language to the greatness of God and how he uses ordinary […]
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Gratitude Attitude

Gratitude Attitude

As I’ve been reading a book on Gratitude I’ve been challenged to be more intentional in my “Thank you Lord” prayers. The author talked about how easy it is to be thankful for things that go well for me. But what about taking intentional time to recognize all we have to be thankful for, acknowledge […]
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