Easter

April 16, 2017

April 2017, #94 Greetings in the name of our resurrected Lord. “April showers bring May flowers”. We’ve had lots of rain showers here for many months. According to our records we are having far more rain than usual for this time of the year. It has been raining so much that the National Highway and […]

Our continued Hot water woes and Jim’s health

January 29, 2017

Our Hot water system was still not working. Our Tech guy, Josh Simmons, made two trips up to work on our plumbing situation. Thankfully, he was able to replace old plumbing and improve the whole system and put in an expansion tank which made the hot water flow but caused numerous leaks in our old […]

Alot of Death

January 4, 2017

Since our last update which I had trouble posting due to internet issues, we have had another death in our village. This time it was a young man of around 17. Brett was adopted so things are a little complicated. It is a long story and we wondered if we could have done more to […]

December News!

January 4, 2017

Happy New Year as well. Here are some highlights of what’s been happening in the last two months. Down for a break. We are enjoying a much needed break out of the tribe for two weeks. It’s wonderful and refreshing to visit and fellowship with our support side missionary brethren whom we only see now and […]

Dile, our cancer patient

November 8, 2016

Please continue to pray for Dile. He is still able to drink very thin soup so we are making him drinks of sweet potatoes, beans, pumpkin and chicken. Helps his stomach to feel fuller and is more pleasant than just broth. Jim and Gerolf continue to go over every day, taking turns, to read scripture […]

October 30, 2016

October is almost over already! The Holidays will be upon us soon. This is the time of year we miss our families back home more than usual. Grown children, grand kids, parents and siblings are what give Thanksgiving and Christmas joy and meaning but the Lord compensates us with another family. The family of Faith […]

Continued Outreach to the Neighboring Tribe and Language Group

October 12, 2016

Today Gena, Bapka, Martin, and Kapia Joseph returned to the Bari Language group to review and to ask questions to find out if they have understood their need for salvation. Please pray for them for clarity and for good responses. There have already been a lot of hindrances to them going. We are so thankful […]

August Praise and Prayer

August 31, 2016

Praise: The weather held for the traveling before and after the dedication and during the dedication. The dedication went mostly smooth. The Christians from our 4 churches worked well together. Heather was able to get a vehicle after 11 months of not having one. Prayer For: Ilai (Eli) getting out of prison on Sept 10th. […]

Dom New Testament Dedication!

August 31, 2016

What a joy and privilege it is to share about our recent Dom New Testament dedication! It has been a very long time coming and worth waiting for. Our Dom Christian brothers and sisters put a lot of time, effort and finances into making it a community wide event in order to emphasis that this […]

On a Personal Note

July 28, 2016

Odds and ends After all the ministry updates, this piece of news seems rather trivial. Our new 12 volt refrigerator arrived a couple of weeks ago and we couldn’t be happier with it. In conjunction with our newly installed solar electric system this fridge runs 24/7. Leftovers don’t spoil, vegies and milk stay good longer. […]