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The New Year has already been eventful.

The New Year has already been eventful.

A happy New Year to you. We are alive and well in PNG, thankful for God’s grace and mercies. Our Christmas morning service in the Dom was the best ever. Lots of visitors from neighboring villages attended and Dom people who rarely come during the rest of the year. So the little church house was full. […]
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January Praise and Prayer

January Praise and Prayer

Praise:  Safety on the road in spite of what could have been a serious accident. Phase 1 of our new solar system The growing interest in the Dom New Testament New requests from family groups for teaching The Literacy students that we have Pray:  Safety on the road for us and our fellow missionaries For […]
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Burdett Holiday Greetings!

Burdett Holiday Greetings!

It is so good to be back in the Dom ministering among His people. Time is spending its way past us as it always does and even though it seems like we just got here two months have come and gone already. It took a while to set up our home and ministry; unpacking, cleaning, […]
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December Praise & Prayer

December Praise & Prayer

Praise: For continued rain interspersed with dry. The Dom people’s food is growing. For a good size literacy class, that some from the outreaches have come, for the helpers that I have Funds so we can buy food for the Dom people Brian has a better job that he enjoys more and it pays more […]
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Literacy Prayer Request

Literacy Prayer Request

Up until now, mostly our church folk have taken literacy.  We need a whole new group of students to test out a major change we made in how we write a certain sound in the Dom language.  We tried to test it before we went on Home Assignment last year, but could get no new […]
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Burdett’s Are Back in the Dom

Burdett’s Are Back in the Dom

We are back in the Dom! We’ve been here for two and a half weeks now unpacking and settling in. It’s been great to see all of our believers and nonbelieving Dom friends again. These last few months have been hard for them all because of the drought which has caused a severe shortage of […]
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November Praise and Prayer

November Praise and Prayer

Praise: God’s provision for us coming back to the Dom Our “new” generator and batteries brought up by Travis For God’s provision of new solar electric equipment The Dom New Testament that seems to be going over well with believers here Rain! Prayer: Our people here need sweet potato vines to replant and not sure […]
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Burdetts Have Arrived Back in PNG!

Burdetts Have Arrived Back in PNG!

We are back in PNG! We left St Louis International on Saturday the 3rd, then four back to back flights and 36 hours later we arrived here on Monday the 5th. It has taken longer this time to recover from severe jet lag. Must be our age. Praise God that we had no hitches at […]
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Burdett Oct Praise and Prayer

Burdett Oct Praise and Prayer

Praise:  For a good Home Assignment and time with family and friends. A reliable vehicle and a great place to live when we were not traveling. Safe arrival in PNG and that all of our suitcases arrived as well That the Dom New Testament is in the hands of some of the believers For God’s […]
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Dom NT’s, Reunion, Wedding, Plans

Dom NT’s, Reunion, Wedding, Plans

August 2015, #89 What a year 2015 has been so far. We praise the Lord for His goodness, faithfulness and mercy. Here are the highlights. March & April – We traveled to the Northwest to spend time and reconnect with many friends and family we hadn’t seen in nearly five years. We thank God for […]
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