All Posts | Coleton and Shawna Williams

Why Go Overseas?

May 12, 2016

Over the years, I have been asked the question by a many of churches, friends and family, “why don’t you minister here in the United States, there are plenty of needs here? You don’t need to go overseas.” While I agree that there are needs in America, I want to make the plead that is […]

Is a New Work a Better Work?

April 10, 2015

Through out our time in the missionary training, we heard missionaries plead to finish well. We heard of many tribes that had missionaries come for a few years or even several years then leave. They talked about the need for discipleship and people to come in and finish the job. We listened with polite ears, […]

Settling In

February 11, 2015

We have now been here in Kuman for about two months, and so far things are going great! We spent the first month just getting moved in and the house fixed and at the end of January we officially started into full time language learning. After two years of Bible school, two years of missionary […]

Exciting Rode Ahead

November 22, 2014

We have now been in the country of Papua New Guinea for about a year and a half. Things were way different then we ever expected or could’ve ever imagined. No one is wearing gourds or threatening us with bows and arrows, just about every speaks the national language, and a ton of people have […]

Building More Than Just a House

May 8, 2014

As we are starting to think about going into a village, there are a lot of plans we have to make when it comes to house building. Things like buying lumber in town at three times the cost, or cutting and milling all of our wood taking three times as long. The possibility of using […]

Life is a Highway (or a poor excuse for one)

April 5, 2014

When you think of a highway, you probably think of a nice paved road, high speed limits and multiple lanes of traffic that can take you to all of your destinations with ease−but that is not the case here in PNG. I have done the trip from Goroka to Madang province twice this month, which […]

Learning Something New Everyday!

October 22, 2013

Ok everyone, I (Shawna) have taken a few minutes to put together a list of things that the Lord has taught/continues to teach me since arriving on Papua New Guinea soil. Enjoy… – How to ride in a car on the other side of the road without freaking out – How to make homemade bread […]

Exciting times!

October 3, 2013

Last year a man from a far away village showed up on NTM’s front door. He was here to represent his people and came with one question in mind, when are you coming to my people? One of the missionaries living here at the time explained to the man that they did not have a […]

Mary, Musulai, and me

September 19, 2013

“You must respect Mother Mary.” This is the first thing that my friend Philip told me as I greeted him today. The day before I had called him during Catholic mass unknowingly and today he was telling me that I must respect the Catholic religion. We talked a little more about other things for a […]

Piece by Piece

August 29, 2013

Well, we have been here in PNG for just over a month now studying language and culture! I liken this experience to a huge puzzle; you see what the big picture is supposed to look like and all of the pieces lie before you, and your job is to place them in the right spot. […]