Christmas Good News

December 20, 2018

Thankful for Partners & Progress As this year comes to a close we want to let you know how thankful we are for your faithful partnership in the Simbari ministry! With your prayers and support we have been able to nearly complete the translation of the Simbari New Testament. It’s so encouraging to see God […]

Simbari Baptism November 2018

November 10, 2018

First some hard things: In our last update we shared about completing another large translation check. Just as we were experiencing the excitement of finishing another check we had some hard things come up. One was a massive power surge that destroyed a lot of money’s worth of electronics, another was a large unexpected CA […]

Simbari Update August 2018

August 18, 2018

Final Consultant Check of Matthew and Luke We just completed the final consultant check on the Simbari translation of Matthew and Luke (2200+ verses!). That is about 27% of the New Testament and brings us to a total of 65% being final checked and ready for print. A translation consultant, Greg Melendes, reviewed our draft […]

Olivia talks about her faith and the Bible in her language

July 4, 2018

Our son, Jason, put together this little video where he talks to a Simbari girl about her faith and what it means to have God’s Word in her own language. The girls name is Olivia and she was able to help her mom with a recent check of the Simbari Bible translation.

May 2018 Update

June 3, 2018

Spring Wedding In March we enjoyed a 3-week whirlwind trip from PNG to California and back again. The reason for the trip was to attend the wedding of our son, Simon to Chandler Noe. It was a beautiful outdoor celebration. It was a bit chilly but thankfully it didn’t rain, and it turned out to […]

How do you spell-check in a previously unwritten language?

March 13, 2018

There is a saying, “How do you eat an elephant?” to which the answer is “one bite at a time.” Similarly the answer to: “How do you spell-check in a previously unwritten language?” is simply “one word at a time.” After completing a recent translation revision it was time for a spell-check. Spell-checking is one […]

Pray for Bible teaching in Simbari

February 24, 2018

We have exciting news to share about two Creation to Christ Bible classes and one literacy class that just began yesterday. The Simbari church is doing this as a ministry to the community. There are 20 adults in one study, 12 at another and 20 in literacy, and even more kids. They are meeting in […]

December 2017 Update

December 22, 2017

Merry Christmas from the Oggs in Papua New Guinea Dear Friends, We want to express our gratitude to the Lord for each one of you and let you know how thankful we are to have you as partners in this vital ministry of bringing God’s Word to the Simbari people. We hope you have a […]

75 Year Celebration

October 21, 2017

Ethnos360 is celebrating 75 years of God’s faithfulness as an organization. We are humbled to be a part of taking the Gospel to an unreached people group, the Simbari. We are thankful for your partnership that has made it possible for the Simbari people to hear the message of God’s love shown through His Son […]

October 2017 Update – Major Translation Step Completed!

October 4, 2017

“I want to be a flying fox with God’s Talk” That is what David’s translation helper, Raymond, told us as he was pondering all the ministry needs in different places from deep in the bush to out in the towns. The flying fox, also known as a fruit bat, is a large bat with a […]