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I worked with Carl and his family in 1976 and now 2019 I run into a barrel that carried their supplies to the field way up on a river in Papua New Guinea. Footsteps to follow even after the faithful are gone.

Thoughts from the past It was 1980 and I lay huddled under the mosquito net, my guardian angel that will keep watch over me through the long hot night. Hundreds of buzzing mosquitoes sing in harmony outside the net waiting for the feast coming later when in sleep my hand drops against the net. The […]

Jack, “You have waited too long” In the early years as our mission worked up and down the river flowing out of the mountains of Papua New Guinea into the Sepik basin other tribes began to see a difference in the attitude of the Bisorio people. They had been saved hearing the gospel message in […]

Some times I wonder if this picture might be what Isaiah looked into the future and saw many years ago when he spoke out as a prophet. The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, “ Prepare the way of the Lord, make His path straight. Every hill shall be made low, and the […]

Mission Candidate Kindergarten Do you ever feel the Holy Spirit is drawing you outside the box of everyday Christian life, sitting on the side lines without enough faith to make that first step that will take you to the regions beyond? Me too, and I like to think of it as mission kindergarten and I […]

Man can beat out an old piece of metal into a nice looking spear, but he cannot beat out the fear within. The fear that drives him into trying to please false gods in many forms. Animism runs wild throughout the world, tormenting the souls of man. Only the pgospel, the power of God unto […]

“Remember Me” Knowing what was going to take place I eased behind the preaching podium with my trusty little canon 77D and captured the old beat up pans that lay in the dirt, waiting to be used in the communion service. At first look I was taken by surprise, could these beat up instruments be […]

A river ran through it, the story of an old missionary reflecting on the past. The river was always a pain to the missionaries working along her banks in the early 80’s but was a source to get us to a tribe where language could be learned, and a church planted among the Bisorio people. […]

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Friends, As my departure date draws near the time to book my final leg from Japan to Papua New Guinea has come. Our Lord has supplied finances to purchase tickets and for that I give Him praise and to you all who have given and prayed I say thank you. My departure date is March […]