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Every Sunday morning, the Pal believers gather to worship together and listen to the missionaries teach God’s Word. Then, after a short break, Pal unbelievers gather to hear the Pal believers teach God’s Word. It’s an amazing sight: men who, a few short years ago, didn’t understand that God’s grace is free and lived in […]

Seeing snakes is not a common occurrence around here. All the snakes I have seen since moving here in 2012 could probably be counted using only my fingers and toes, so we are talking about only a few snake sightings per year. Often, those sightings come on a sunny afternoon when the snakes are laying […]

Sludgin’ through the mud up and down treacherous mountain trails, dreary rain dripping from my brow, my cheap mobile phone barely lighting my path.  It was miserable.  And it was wonderful. Had you peeked in on me an hour earlier, you would have seen me sitting amidst a sea of men, women, and children cramming […]

As you probably well know, it was no small decision for us to return to PNG.  I am not saying that choosing to stay stateside would have been any easier or any less of a decision – any choice would have been a big decision – and God led us to make the big decision […]

We fled from the bleary dreary Minnesota winter weather the day after Easter, and our plane ride wonderfully took us to the radiant sunshine and beautiful beaches of Honolulu, Hawaii.  And it just so happens that my parents live there, and so we enjoyed a fabulous week eating Grandma’s delicious cooking and playing in the […]

I figure if I start with an uninspiring title, then it’s much harder to be disappointed by the content of the post.  But if I throw out a catchy click-bait title and the post does not live up to its name, then disappointment abounds.  So now that I have set the bar as low as […]

The ball of yarn sat on the shelf, taunting me each time I passed. I had started a piece of knitting months ago and would usually pull it out for something to do with my hands as I sat on the porch with visitors, but with my recent loss of muscle strength I hadn’t exactly […]

You know those moments when you realize something big, something important, has just occurred and so a shiver runs through your body? Yesterday, I enjoyed one of those moments. A young Pal believer directed the Church meeting immediately following the teaching. He asked the congregation if they agreed with the proposal set before them, and […]