Family | David and Shari Ogg

Final Translation Check – Please Pray!

February 6, 2020

We have been back in Papua New Guinea for about a week now and started back into translation work the day after arriving. David and his translation helper, Raymond, have been working nonstop going over notes concerning possible draft revisions to better match the source language (SL) text. We always like to discuss these with […]

Summer Road-Trip Debrief

September 24, 2019

We are safely back from our 10,354 mile road trip. We had one near miss in Oklahoma when a tire came off a big rig and God protected us. We are so thankful to have been able to reconnect with many family, friends and churches all over the country. Even with all those miles on […]

Oggs Are On The Move!

June 22, 2019

Jason graduates – Class of 2019 The youngest of our 4 children graduated from Numonohi Christian Academy on May 23rd. We are so proud of him and are going to miss him as he moves away soon. From Jason: “I plan to attend Ethnos360 Bible Institute in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Thank you for all the encouragement, […]

New Simbari Sunday School Building

March 18, 2019

Last month we were able to fly out to the village with some visitors and spend a few hours on the ground showing them around and sharing with them about the Simbari ministry. While we were walking around the village we came to the church and were excited to see the small Sunday School house […]

Consultant Check Of Matthew & Luke

August 18, 2018

Final Consultant Check of Matthew and Luke We just completed the final consultant check on the Simbari translation of Matthew and Luke (2200+ verses!). That is about 27% of the New Testament and brings us to a total of 65% being final checked and ready for print. A translation consultant, Greg Melendes, reviewed our draft […]

A Spring Wedding

June 3, 2018

Spring Wedding In March we enjoyed a 3-week whirlwind trip from PNG to California and back again. The reason for the trip was to attend the wedding of our son, Simon to Chandler Noe. It was a beautiful outdoor celebration. It was a bit chilly but thankfully it didn’t rain, and it turned out to […]

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

October 4, 2017

“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 […]

Family News

February 24, 2017

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 […]

Merry Christmas from the Oggs

December 23, 2016

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

David’s Father Recovering From Broken Neck

October 10, 2016

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 […]