August 2020 Update

August 2, 2020

Thanks for your prayers for us as we make preparations to print the Simbari New Testament. We have been working daily since returning from PNG on proofreading and at the moment we are in Acts chapter 25 (58%). This is an in-depth critical read that takes some time but it is very worthwhile since some […]

Family News and Proofreading

May 30, 2020

Our first grandchild has arrived! Our oldest daughter, Esther, and her husband, Tim, shared this about the birth of their first child: “We welcomed Daniel Alden Lawrence into the world on May 27, 2020 at 5:45pm. He was 6 days overdue, but teeny tiny at 5lbs 9oz. It was an unplanned C-section due to some […]

Village Ministry Trip

March 27, 2020

After a great trip to PNG we have been back in California about a week now. We ended up changing our tickets (and buying some new ones) to come home about a week earlier than planned because of the impending travel restrictions. We are glad we did because the day after passing through Australia they […]

Simbari New Testament Translation Completed!

February 12, 2020

Final Check of Simbari New Testament Completed Thanks for praying for the Simbari translation checking over the last week. We are happy to report that we finished the final consultant check of the Simbari New Testament today, February 12, 2020. The checking went well and we finished ahead of schedule. Our thanks to Jason Stuart, […]

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 […]

December Update

December 17, 2019

During these last few months since returning to California we continue making the most of our time with family, friends and churches and have had many opportunities to share about our ministry with the Simbari. We are including a link to a video of a Simbari man’s testimony that we have been showing. In the […]

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, […]

Simbari Translation Update

May 21, 2019

Thanks to all who prayed for the final consultant check of 9 books of the Simbari Bible translation over the last 2 weeks. We completed the checking ahead of schedule even though we were working through some very difficult material. The books we checked were: John, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, Colossians, 2 Timothy, Philemon, Hebrews […]

Pray for Translation Check

May 3, 2019

We have an important final check with a translation consultant scheduled for May 6-20th so we would appreciate prayer for that to go well. We are bringing translation helpers from the city and out from the tribe to our location here then we all will be flying together to the other side of the country […]