Ticket Changes… for the 3rd time

July 7, 2022

Our hearts are overflowing with gratitude for being able to be here in these early weeks of our first grandson, Jace’s life! We are his Lola (Filipino word for ‘Grandma’) and Apa (Dinangat word for ‘Grandpa’), and have loved every second of being grandparents. It’s been truly awesome to watch our boy be a dad! […]

Happy Thanksgiving

November 22, 2021

“For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.” 2 Cor.4:15 Happy Thanksgiving! I love how Paul puts it so clearly…as we receive grace, our thanksgiving should increase, and as our thanksgiving increases, God is glorified! This is […]

Back in Papua New Guinea

August 29, 2021

He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.1 Thessalonians 5:24 It has been about 6 weeks now since we’ve been back in the country and we are praising the Lord for the things that He has put in our hands to do! We had a two week quarantine, which we used to […]

Markleys are Moving…Again!

April 29, 2021

“If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. ” Ps.139:9,10 Unbelievable that we are starting to wrap up our time here in the States! Alayna has only 3 weeks of school left, […]

Happy New Year Dear Friends and Family!

February 12, 2021

Happy New Year Dear Friends and Family!We trust this letter finds you rejoicing in the FAITHFULNESS of our Lord in 2020, and resting in the unchanging, unfailing, perfect Hope that we have in the person of Christ! News from Dinangat: Our coworkers, the Smith’s, are the only ones from our team currently in PNG. In […]

We have news!

September 4, 2020

“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” Is.26:3 Since our last update, which detailed some of the upside-down-ness of us returning from PNG and joining the rest of the world in this craziness that is now called normal, we embarked on a summer rollercoaster that […]

Where in the world are the Markleys?

May 10, 2020

Some of you may not know…we are here in the US! At Table Rock Lake, MO, to be specific. How did we get here? Why are we here? It’s May- shouldn’t they be back in PNG translating the Bible and watching Judah graduate high school? Like most of the world has experienced, our plans changed! […]

2020 Visions

January 5, 2020

It has almost been four years since our last home assignment. Almost two years since Jordan graduated and we brought him back to settle into life in the States. We have moved 6 times in the last 6 years. Our baby girl has started junior high and our Judah is a senior in high school. […]

Around PNG in 30 days

September 26, 2019

“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the […]

Summer in Dinangat

June 29, 2019

“…In whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.” Eph.3:12 The Dinangat church is studying Ephesians right now, and this verse was part of Sunday’s passage. What a joy to discuss with them our great privilege of access to the Sovereign God of the universe through the work of the Son! Let’s […]