Category: Family

“We are like the thief on the cross” Sunday was an almost cloudless day for which we were very thankful because that was the day we had planned to have a Simbari-style potluck with the believers before Esther and Simon went back out to school. While the meal was cooking on the hot stones, we […]

“Dorm Raid!” We took Esther and Simon out to school last week and they are all settled into the dorm. School started on Wednesday last week and they have been doing great. Here is part of an e-mail we just got from Esther. “Today we raided the Ryder dorm. Uncle Stu yelled out, “dorm raid!!!” […]

“Why Is It Raining?” Our first attempt to get back in the tribe ended up being a sight-seeing trip. The weather was so bad the plane had to take us back to Goroka. The next morning we got in along with 2 more flights for our suitcases and supplies like food, etc. The following weeks […]

Final Translation Check Starting Today our final check on the book of Mark starts. A translation consultant will be coming in and we will be working on the check for about a week. Right now the field is very short of Translation Consultants but Linda Krieg generously offered to do the check for us even though she has been […]

Shari Passes Her Final Language Check! This week a consultant came in and we spent several days doing language checks. Our co-worker Lori Morley took her 3rd (out of 4) language check and she passed. Then Shari took her final check in the language and passed too.  She has worked hard for many years and lately it has been a […]

Shari’s birthday was yesterday and Jason gave her the best present of all. He let her sleep through the night for the first time in 14 months!  Atamnda! (Good Weather!) All week long we have enjoyed beautiful sunny mornings. We were able to meet for Bible teaching Monday through Wednesday. Attendance averaged 50 to 100. Thanks for praying. […]

Say What? Thankfully my voice is getting better. I still can’t talk as strong as usual but it has been strong enough for teaching. This last week we had good attendance ranging from about 30 to over 80 on one day. (because the plane was scheduled to come that day) We got rained out again […]

14 Years! Yesterday we celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary. Our co-worker Lori Morley watched all the kids so we could have a quiet dinner for two. We had salads, steak and baked potatoes with sparkling apple cider. Then we all got together for some blueberry cheesecake. We had a great time reminiscing about all the joys we […]