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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Mipela bin stap long PNG tupela wik.

August 12, 2013

We have been living here for two weeks now but it feels as if we have been here for months! The first week was packed full of new sights, sounds and smells as we adjusted to a completely new way of life here. I got my driver’s license within a few days of living here […]

July 28, 2013

We made it! “Smoking of tobacco or chewing of beetle nut while in the aircraft is strictly prohibited.” This and the predominant smell of body odor was the first experience of coming into PNG. After 4 different plane rides and 19 hours, we made it to our destination! After getting a full nights rest, we […]

Pledge yourself to Christ

July 12, 2013

I recently read through the pledge/covenant that the founders of New Tribes Mission wrote and signed for reaching tribes with the gospel and found it very encouraging and challenging at the same time. This is what it says: I. We hereby pledge ourselves: A. To work for the completion of the bride of Christ until […]

Final Preparations

June 25, 2013

We officially have one month left in the states!! We are super excited and the same time very stressed. Right now we are packing all of our tribal house items to crate up and ship to a Courier then to PNG. We are logging all of our items, the cost of each item, and what […]

A Quick Update

May 29, 2013

Short Update Hey friends. I just wanted to send out a short update on how things are going and what has happened in these past few weeks. Our trip to Northwest Church in Fresno, CA went great! We stayed with the pastor and his family and had a great weekend. We spoke three times on […]

Time flies when you are having fun

May 27, 2013

It’s hard to believe that it has been six years since we have started this journey to get to the point we are at right now. Six years ago my wife, whom I didn’t really know at the time, was sitting next to me at Hume Lake Christian Camps at a early morning worship chapel. […]