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November 2004 Hume Team Visit

November 16, 2004

We have made good progress with the Bible lessons and tomorrow I will be working on Nicodemas (John 3) and really looking forward to that. One person, Raymond’s wife, has already come to know the Lord through the new lessons so all the work is already worth it. And we are looking forward to more […]

October 2004 “We Are Like The Thief”

October 12, 2004

“We are like the thief on the cross” Sunday was an almost cloudless day for which we were very thankful because that was the day we had planned to have a Simbari-style potluck with the believers before Esther and Simon went back out to school. While the meal was cooking on the hot stones, we […]

September 2004 Teaching Through Mark

September 21, 2004

The Flesh Is Weak We continue to study the book of Mark on Sundays with the believers. Currently we are in Mark 14 and just finished looking at Peter’s insistance that he would not deny Christ. Peter and the disciples were not really depending on God but on their own strength and they were convinced that their own […]

August 29, 2004 – Pig Sacrifice

August 29, 2004

Abomination In a nearby Simbari village several young men from a particular clan have died recently and so according to their animistic traditions they planned to bring in a live pig, sacrifice it and use it’s blood to purify the ground where the clan lives. We have been continuing our study through the book of […]

August 2, 2004 Mission School

August 2, 2004

“Dorm Raid!” We took Esther and Simon out to school last week and they are all settled into the dorm. School started on Wednesday last week and they have been doing great. Here is part of an e-mail we just got from Esther. “Today we raided the Ryder dorm. Uncle Stu yelled out, “dorm raid!!!” […]

July 2004 Settling In

July 17, 2004

“Why Is It Raining?” Our first attempt to get back in the tribe ended up being a sight-seeing trip. The weather was so bad the plane had to take us back to Goroka. The next morning we got in along with 2 more flights for our suitcases and supplies like food, etc. The following weeks […]

June 2004 – Arrival in PNG

June 1, 2004

We arrived back in Papua New Guinea on May 29th. Looking back on our time, we are thankful for all the opportunities the Lord gave us to share His love and His work during the last year. It was such an encouragement to see God’s people get excited about missions and desire to get more […]

September 2003 – Road Trip

September 22, 2003

Here’s some pictures of our summer trip

May 2003 Consultant Check of Mark

May 13, 2003

Final Translation Check Starting Today our final check on the book of Mark starts. A translation consultant will be coming in and we will be working on the check for about a week. Right now the field is very short of Translation Consultants but Linda Krieg generously offered to do the check for us even though she has been […]

February 2003 – Hunger

February 10, 2003

Language Our co-worker Lori Morley passed her final language fluency check recently. She will now be able to be a part of the translation process. She is already helping out by doing comprehension testing of the book of Mark. She will continue working with literacy as well. She is also working on some more books so the people can get more reading practice after […]