Category: Ministry

God Of Thunder

God Of Thunder

“Father, when I see the things you’ve made I understand more about you. When I hear the thunder I say of You, “You are strong.” These words are from a song translated into the Simbari language to the tune of “How Great Thou Art“ which the believers love to sing when they come together to […]
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Church Rebuild

Church Rebuild

A couple of months ago the Simbari believers decided on their own to rebuild the old church in the village here which had been built about 15 years ago (a long time for a house made of bush materials). Over the summer they gathered new materials from the jungle and for the last month have […]
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Refined By Fire

Refined By Fire

Summer Happenings We praise the Lord for providing for us to be able to spend six weeks in the U.S. this summer and have some quality time with family and friends. We were also able to get some medical work done, help Simon with some of his adjustments to life back in California, and share […]
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Bo’wal Didn’t Hit Back

Bo’wal Didn’t Hit Back

We had a wonderful but quick time in the U.S. this summer and are thankful to the Lord for the special times we had with family and friends as well as taking care of some medical needs which we aren’t able to do over here in Papua New Guinea. Of course we wish we could […]
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Feasting On The “Meat” Of God’s Word

Feasting On The “Meat” Of God’s Word

One of the old customs among the Simbari is that they would stay up all night chanting their gratitude to the spirits as they anticipated an upcoming feast which included meat. You see, their diet consists mostly of vegetables and tuber foods, so eating meat is a rare treat for them and one they greatly […]
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A New Meeting House for the Men and Women of Jesus

A New Meeting House for the Men and Women of Jesus

You may remember the outreach we started several years ago in another village when David hiked down to stay there 4 days every week. Since then there has been the need for a building that the believers can meet in. They started leveling ground about a year ago and have been working on it off-and-on […]
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Stirred Up

Stirred Up

Serolin was constantly carrying a burden of guilt and fear, never knowing whether she would be accepted by God or not.
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Literacy Graduation Ceremony

Literacy Graduation Ceremony

Literacy Graduation In past updates we’ve mentioned how we’ve had an outreach underway since August down at another village in the community school. Bible and literacy was taught each day to the 7th and 8th graders. The community just had the commencement for the 8th graders and we were invited to present certificates to the […]
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Outreach and Translation Progress

Outreach and Translation Progress

Outreach at Community School Teaching from Creation to Christ in the Simbari language has been underway for months now at a community school where the students in the upper grades have heard key Old Testament stories as well as many of the Messianic prophesies that were all fulfilled by Christ. For these people who have […]
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Outreach Beginning

Outreach Beginning

I just got back from a trip down the valley to kickoff a new outreach. For years we have been receiving invitations to come down to a very large village to teach but we have not been ready. Recently one of the main teachers at the community school down there sent us an invitation to […]
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