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Maile, Namoleya, and Suduwama–three elders from an ex-unreached tribal group called Bisorio share how the Gospel came to them and send a powerful message to the American church. bisorioland
Vision Casting!
On Monday I made the two-hour drive down to Branson to share at a Perspectives class with Doug Schaible–an awesome friend and NTM representative who has had a huge impact on my family’s journey to Papua New Guinea. This Perspectives class was especially encouraging, because the pastor of the church served with NTM in Papua […]
Suduwama Says
One of my favorite teachers, George Walker, served for many years among the Bisorio people of Papua New Guinea. Today the Bisorio church is thriving and has its own tribal Bible teachers and elders. One of the church leaders, Suduwama, asked George to pass this stirring message on to those of us in training at […]
A Journey of Unexpected Joys
The last 3 1/2 years have been interesting to say the least, due in large part to the fact that God has stretched me in more ways that I could have imagined. Honestly, it’s been a journey of unexpected joys. Sure, there have been stressors, but I’ve seen enough of those turn out for the […]
Crazy times…are the best!
Life has been busy, to say the least, but it’s about to get even more hectic. Today we wrapped up our nearly two-month long tribal simulation, and I have to say I’m a feeling a little depressed. I actually miss our language helper, Kinosi! We learned so much about the Dobu culture during our class, […]
Semester Kick-Off = Reality Check
By: Lael Crabtree Infanticide. While it’s easy to romanticize living overseas and working with a tribal group, the reality (while incredible) is also very harsh. Monday for our semester kick-off, Phil and Val Paulson shared their story of living among a violent tribal group in Western Brazil. I was blown away by their faithfulness to live among […]
Learning Portuguese has never been so fun!
We’re in an extremely fun class called Culture and Language Acquisition Methodology, and our group is learning Portuguese! The most refreshing thing about this class is we’re practicing the skills for learning a different language…beyond your average memorization/flash-card model! We work with a native Portuguese language helper (and even had an authentic Brazilian barbecue to […]