Translation | David and Shari Ogg

Airstrip Open Again – Drafting Acts

March 9, 2006

Spring Break At The O.K. (Ogg Kid) Corral Esther and Simon have come home for Spring Break and here is a picture of us all together that was just taken today. We look forward to some family time. Airstrip Open Again! Notice the airplane in the picture! – After about 4 months with our airstrip […]

Old Testament Translation Check

November 25, 2005

Old Testament Translation check We are very happy to report that our Old Testament scripture portions that we have been translating into the Simbari language have now been checked. The portions checked included much of Genesis and Exodus. Also included were many other verses including Messianic prophesies and also the book of Jonah. […]

October 2005 – Via Helicopter

October 22, 2005

Airstrip Closed – Access To Tribe Via Helicopter As we let you know in our last update our airstrip has been closed due to the poor surface condition. We returned to the tribe last week via helicopter. The helicopter is a lot more expensive to use than the airplane so we hope it doesn’t last too long. The Simbaris have started some work […]

August 2005 Fish Tales

August 27, 2005

Fish Tales After our Sunday meeting some of the believers started to tell us very excitedly about how people have been catching fish in the rivers lately. Occasionally we have heard talk of some little tiny fish being caught down the valley in the big river but in all the years we’ve been here […]

September 2004 Teaching Through Mark

September 21, 2004

The Flesh Is Weak We continue to study the book of Mark on Sundays with the believers. Currently we are in Mark 14 and just finished looking at Peter’s insistance that he would not deny Christ. Peter and the disciples were not really depending on God but on their own strength and they were convinced that their own […]

March 16, 2002 Update

March 16, 2002

Wet Week The teaching got rained out all this week. We’ve had 6½ inches of rain since Monday just to give you an idea. We trust the One who sends the rain. Our schedule was obviously different than His and so we will try again on Monday. With the people stuck in their houses due […]

Nov. 17, 2001 Substitutionary Death

November 17, 2001

1st Month of Teaching Completed We have been teaching every morning Monday through Friday for a month now. We are about a third of the way through this course. We started in Genesis and are up to the story of Joseph. On Monday when we got to the teaching site in the village there were […]

May 2000 – Translation Started

May 2, 2000

David passed his final language check on March 27 and has started translating Bible lessons in preparation for teaching chronologically to our whole village this coming fall. The first phase of chronological lessons build Biblical foundations using Old Testament stories that reveal the character of God and principles such as the lost ness and helplessness […]