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Digital Proofs & Drafting Ruth

Digital Proofs & Drafting Ruth

March 18, 2023

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

December 2, 2022

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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“All I Want For Christmas Is The Simbari Bible”

“All I Want For Christmas Is The Simbari Bible”

January 18, 2022

We are thankful to have finished proofing the digital text of the Simbari Bible by the end of 2021. As we waited for our sample hardcopies we kept thinking, “All we want for Christmas is the Simbari Bible.” Due to some delays over the holidays it didn’t arrive until January. In the meantime David kept […]
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Formatting the Simbari Bible

Formatting the Simbari Bible

August 5, 2021

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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Year Of Revisions & More Grandchildren

Year Of Revisions & More Grandchildren

April 7, 2021

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

February 21, 2021

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

December 8, 2020

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!

August 28, 2020

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

August 2, 2020

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!

May 30, 2020

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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