Family | David and Shari Ogg

December 8, 2001 – Nuts

December 8, 2001

Nuts Because of a poor showing on Monday morning we put off teaching for this week. Some more would have showed if we waited long enough but it is not fair to the ones who came on time to make them wait. One reason for the poor showing is nuts. The pandanus trees up in […]

November 24, 2001 Thanksgiving

November 24, 2001

Happy Thanksgiving from the Ogg’s! Battlefront There is a spiritual battle going on for hearts here in the Simbari. God’s Word is being proclaimed, the lies of Satan are being exposed and the Spirit of God is at work. Obviously the enemy is not pleased about all this going on. Several of our most keen […]

Waiting for Ogg Baby #4

January 5, 2001

As you know we are home now for Ogg baby #4 and his or her expected arrival is Jan. 20th. This time home has been a good opportunity to be able to catch up on some much needed dental work for the whole family. Including some orthodontic work for Simon. Esther also got her eyes […]

August 2000 Finished Translating OT Bible Lessons

August 9, 2000

We are busy translating the evangelism phase of our chronological teaching curriculum. I just finished the last Old Testament lesson (42 of 68). The last few lessons dealt with the prophets and bridging the gap to the New Testament. As my translation helper worked with me he was really convicted by those lessons teaching about […]

July 1997 – Initiation And Home Assignment

July 17, 1997

Simbari Initiation In the days right before we left the Simbari tribe there were a lot of tears shed. Elderly people were crying and telling us that they would be dead before we return in a year. We tried to encourage them to trust Jesus and that they were in God’s care. The Simbari people […]

January 1995 – Esther’s Recovery

January 17, 1995

As you can see from these pictures even when Esther was most impaired by the encephalitis she never lost her smile. These pictures were taken when Dr. Kevin Ludwig, our NTM-PNG doctor, flew out to our place and diagnosed the encephalitis. We thank you with all our hearts for praying for her and […]

Christmas 1994

December 19, 1994

Dear Friends, We are rejoicing this holiday season. This year God has helped us to see how much we have to be thankful for; and how we do rejoice in Him! Our daughter Esther was experiencing what seemed to be an average case of chicken pox but what we did not know was that the […]

October 1994 – Encephalitis!

October 24, 1994

Back to the bush Since our last letter we returned to the bush. We were pleased at our progress as we got back into language study. In the first week after returning Esther broke out with chicken pox. We kind of expected it because a number of children in Goroka had recently had chicken pox. […]

Sept. 1994 – A New Life!

September 24, 1994

It’s a Girl! Rachel Joleen Ogg Born: Sept. 13, 1994 at 9:48 a.m. Weight: 6 lbs. 10 ozs. Place: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Dearest Friends, We are happy to share with you these photos of our newest joy, Rachel Joleen Ogg. Labor was induced 10 days before the due […]

April 1994 Back in PNG

April 19, 1994

Dear Friends, It sure is good to be home again after five months of living out of a suitcase! We so enjoyed our time with family and also with many friends. It was good but we were ready to return because God has a big job for us here in PAPUA NEW GUINEA, more specifically […]