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Where has the time gone? As of last month we have served as missionaries to Papua New Guinea for 30 years. To summarize the years we want to share with you a Scripture portion and 30 pictures. Thanks to all of you who faithfully pray for and support our ministry. – It’s not about us, […]

Have you been wondering about the progress of the Simbari translation preparations for printing? David completed reading through the New Testament and has been reading over some Old Testament portions that will be included in the printing. Altogether we have completed the proofreading of 9k out of 10k verses. We are so thankful for the […]

A couple weeks ago we traveled to Ohio for the wedding of our last born, Jason to Geordan Turske. We rented an Airbnb nearby for the Ogg clan to stay in together and enjoyed a very special week leading up to the wedding. We didn’t do much more than just hang out together but that […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]