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Five People Groups

Five People Groups

Proofing Progress We have continued to read over proofs sent to us by the formatter. The most common thing we are dealing with is entering manual hyphen breaks on the long words. But we are also looking for punctuation or text that needs adjusted. When we adjust hyphen breaks the software reflows the text and […]
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Formatting the Simbari Bible

Formatting the Simbari Bible

Simbari Translation Update We completed the textual proofing on the translation and have begun the formatting process with Doug Lotz at our home office in Florida. He has been sending us all kinds of questions about printing that we need to make decisions about. Things like: text sizes and spacings, divider lines, headers and footers, […]
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Typesetting And A Video Testimony

Typesetting And A Video Testimony

Simbari Translation Ready for Typesetting Thank you for praying for us as we completed proofing and checking the text of the Simbari New Testament and Old Testament portions. Since completing the consultant checking on the translation in Feb. 2020 we have been working full time on a slow proof-read checking process of all 10,000 verses […]
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Year Of Revisions & More Grandchildren

Year Of Revisions & More Grandchildren

Translation Update Over a year ago we began an in-depth proofreading and revision process of all 10,000+ verses that have been translated to date. Most of the ‘revisions’ were just small adjustments to the text for it to flow more naturally. We are happy to report that we have completed that step of the preparations […]
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30 Years Via 30 Pictures

30 Years Via 30 Pictures

Where has the time gone? As of last month we have served as missionaries to Papua New Guinea for 30 years. To summarize the years we want to share with you a Scripture portion and 30 pictures. Thanks to all of you who faithfully pray for and support our ministry. – It’s not about us, […]
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9 out of 10

9 out of 10

Have you been wondering about the progress of the Simbari translation preparations for printing? David completed reading through the New Testament and has been reading over some Old Testament portions that will be included in the printing. Altogether we have completed the proofreading of 9k out of 10k verses. We are so thankful for the […]
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Wedding!

Wedding!

A couple weeks ago we traveled to Ohio for the wedding of our last born, Jason to Geordan Turske. We rented an Airbnb nearby for the Ogg clan to stay in together and enjoyed a very special week leading up to the wedding. We didn’t do much more than just hang out together but that […]
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Proofreading & Meeting Our Grandchild

Proofreading & Meeting Our Grandchild

Thanks for your prayers for us as we make preparations to print the Simbari New Testament. We have been working daily since returning from PNG on proofreading and at the moment we are in Acts chapter 25 (58%). This is an in-depth critical read that takes some time but it is very worthwhile since some […]
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Our First Grandchild!

Our First Grandchild!

Our first grandchild has arrived!     Our oldest daughter, Esther, and her husband, Tim, shared this about the birth of their first child: “We welcomed Daniel Alden Lawrence into the world on May 27, 2020 at 5:45pm. He was 6 days overdue, but teeny tiny at 5lbs 9oz. It was an unplanned C-section due […]
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