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February 2025 Update

February 2025 Update

Tickets booked! We have been waiting for a while on the fuel shortage in Papua New Guinea to be resolved before going again but there does not seem to be any resolution in sight. So far our mission aviation crew has been able to source fuel another way in order to continue operations. After discussing […]
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GO Team and Grandkids

GO Team and Grandkids

Shari’s South Asia GO Trip What an encouraging trip it was for our GO team. We are thankful to the Lord for the opportunity to be a blessing to friends from our local fellowship who have lived and served the Lord faithfully in South Asia for many years. The day after our team arrived, we […]
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October 2024 Update

October 2024 Update

Roadtrip We just returned from a roadtrip to visit Shari’s family and some other friends, share at a supporting church in Iowa and to attend the wedding of our former co-worker, Lori Morley (to Joseph Smith on Sept. 21st). After the wedding we visited our son Jason and his wife Geordan and her family then […]
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2024 Spring Update

2024 Spring Update

Translation For the last few months we have been working on Bible lessons for the Simbari church. Many Bible lessons have been in the hands of the Simbaris for a long time but other lessons for books more recently translated are still in development. We have been working on 1-3 John and 1 Peter. Most […]
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From Flicker To Flame – video

From Flicker To Flame – video

Yesterday the short documentary video about the Simbari Bible Dedication was released. You can watch it here: For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure […]
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Simbari Bible Dedication

Simbari Bible Dedication

Preparation In the months leading up to the Bible Dedication the Simbari church had sent letters of invitation to 10 different villages. Some people from these villages were threatened by a religious group that opposes the Gospel. Because of these threats the Simbari church had no idea how many people would actually show up. But […]
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Bibles Have Landed

Bibles Have Landed

We have received word that the container ship carrying the Simbari Bibles has arrived in Papua New Guinea and the palettes of Bibles have been offloaded. They are still in the port city waiting to be trucked up to our mission center in the highlands. Please pray that they will be delivered soon. Prepping for […]
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Simbari Bible Publishing Completed

Simbari Bible Publishing Completed

Praise God, the printing of the Simbari Bible is now complete! We have received copies of the finished Bibles and inspected them. They are very high quality and they turned out even better than we thought they would. The main shipment for Papua New Guinea will depart the Netherlands in about a week and should […]
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Digital Proofs & Drafting Ruth

Digital Proofs & Drafting Ruth

New Publisher Found We have been through all kinds of thoughts and emotions over the last 6 to 9 months over the delay in printing the Simbari Bible. Thankfully over the last several weeks we were able to personally establish contact with another company to print the Simbari Bible. The company is Royal Jongbloed in […]
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Translation Printing Delay

Translation Printing Delay

Translation Printing Delay We concluded the proofing of the translation back in May and since then have been waiting on the publisher. We expected things to happen more quickly, so we are learning patience and trusting that God has a sovereign purpose in the timing. At one point several months ago it sounded like the […]
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