Author: David and Shari Ogg

Pray For Bible Teaching In Simbari

Pray For Bible Teaching In Simbari

We have exciting news to share about two Creation to Christ Bible classes and one literacy class that just began yesterday. The Simbari church is doing this as a ministry to the community. There are 20 adults in one study, 12 at another and 20 in literacy, and even more kids. They are meeting in […]
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4000 Verses Comprehension Checked

4000 Verses Comprehension Checked

Merry Christmas from the Oggs in Papua New Guinea Dear Friends, We want to express our gratitude to the Lord for each one of you and let you know how thankful we are to have you as partners in this vital ministry of bringing God’s Word to the Simbari people. We hope you have a […]
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75 Year Celebration

75 Year Celebration

Ethnos360 is celebrating 75 years of God’s faithfulness as an organization. We are humbled to be a part of taking the Gospel to an unreached people group, the Simbari. We are thankful for your partnership that has made it possible for the Simbari people to hear the message of God’s love shown through His Son […]
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“I Want To Be A Flying Fox With God’s Talk”

“I Want To Be A Flying Fox With God’s Talk”

“I want to be a flying fox with God’s Talk” That is what David’s translation helper, Raymond, told us as he was pondering all the ministry needs in different places from deep in the bush to out in the towns. The flying fox, also known as a fruit bat, is a large bat with a […]
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Thankful Translation Helper

Thankful Translation Helper

Return to Papua New Guinea David has been drafting portions of the Old Testament and is on the last chapter of the book of Genesis. Now we are just a couple weeks away from returning to Papua New Guinea. We are thankful for the time we have had here to be with our family, friends […]
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Name Change – New Tribes Mission is now Ethnos360

Name Change – New Tribes Mission is now Ethnos360

As we celebrate 75 years since NTM was founded, we’re excited at what God has done and continues to do in missions around the world. We’re also excited to share that our mission has a new name. We are now Ethnos360. Below is an explanation from our leadership concerning the vision behind our new name. […]
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Family News

Family News

John Ogg’s Injury and Recovery As most of you know we arrived in the USA for home assignment in July and right after landing we received the news that David’s father had fallen and broken his neck at the C-2 vertebrae. Much of our time during the first few months home was spent in and […]
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Merry Christmas from the Oggs

Merry Christmas from the Oggs

Warm Greetings this Christmas from the Ogg Family to your family. Merry Christmas 2017 from the Oggs from David & Shari Ogg on Vimeo. Please pray for the Simbari church to continue to shine the Light of Jesus to those around them. Love, David and Shari Ogg and family
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David’s Father Recovering From Broken Neck

David’s Father Recovering From Broken Neck

So far this home assignment has been like no other with so much time spent in hospitals, including our own medical exams and procedures to catch up on which seem a bit more numerous at our age. But even with all that has been happening we are still having some good opportunities to share about […]
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Ellen’s Testimony

Ellen’s Testimony

We recently received an audio recording from a Simbari believer named Ellen. She was full of emotion as she shared these words which we just finished translating from Simbari into English. My name is Ellen and I’m going to share my testimony with you. Very good. When I was young and my mother and father […]
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