Simbari Thanksgiving
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
Feasting on the “meat” of God’s Word – May 2010
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 […]
A New Meeting House for the Men and Women of Jesus
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 […]
Simbari Update Feb. 2010
Serolin was constantly carrying a burden of guilt and fear, never knowing whether she would be accepted by God or not.
Simbari Update – August 24, 2009
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 PNG Summer
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
Romans 1-8 translation in Simbari
David and three Simbari helpers have been working with a translation consultant for last few days doing the final check on the Romans chapters 1-8...
More Open Doors
We have been so thrilled with the open doors the Lord is giving the Simbari believers to share the good news of Christ's love...
A Baby Healed
...Everyone there was awed at the way God answered their prayers immediately and showed His love and power.
Above the noise of the river
...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.
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.