Simbari believers share what they are thankful to God for and what He is teaching them through the book of Ephesians. To learn more about the Simbari people of Papua New Guinea see: http://usa.ntm.org/field-news/group/simbari
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A visit from Esther, the tallest mountain in the country, a church team from home, sweet fellowship with tribal believers, a new school year, finishing up Romans and more
...we hoped it wouldn't get in the way of the baptism that had been put off for weeks because of deaths and bad weather. But we woke up to a beautiful Sunday morning and after a morning worship service with the believers we all hiked down to the nearest river for the baptism.