On the Road Again!

February 26, 2020

The first month of 2020 has come and gone already and here we are in the middle of February. We just left Boise, Idaho on the 24th. It was hard to leave our son, Brian and our grandsons, Andrew and Ethan, but we are so blessed and thankful for this time we’ve had with them. […]

We are in the US!

August 26, 2019

We are back in the USA! We arrived July 31st and met our little grandson, Gideon James, at the airport. Our daughter-in-law, Katie, picked us up and took us to the apartment where we are staying. That evening after Darren got off work we all had a wonderful time together. Little Gideon is such a joy. […]

It’s a New Year

January 30, 2019

Our first update of the New Year starts with last year. We had a wonderful Christmas with our daughter Heather. She stayed for two weeks and we spent much time talking, eating and enjoying the holidays together. The Dom people were so thrilled to see her. A few had never met Heather before, but many […]

Literacy and Training Women Teachers

September 19, 2018

First and foremost, we are rejoicing to have our only daughter and youngest child, Heather, here on the field as a third-generation missionary! She is teaching five 7th – 12th grade science classes in the same school that she and our other kids (and Judy) attended back in the day. So, it’s come full circle. […]

March News!

March 29, 2018

We hosted a teachers’ workshop this month here in our newly rebuilt church house. 34 participated, 6 tribal locations, plus 4 local pastors from other denominations. There were three teachers including Gena, two of which were from another province and four cooks from here. We use a system called Chronological Teaching to present the Gospel […]

Teacher’s Training Workshop in Dom

March 9, 2018

Our little church community hosted a Bible teacher’s workshop this past week. Those in attendance (about 30 as students, 3 as teachers and 4 cooks) came from 6 different language groups so Tok Pisin, the common language, was the medium of communication. The Chronological Teaching Method was the topic and the goal was to learn […]

February Update

February 26, 2018

These first two months of the new year has been full of good things to share with you. Here are some pictures of the highlights. A new Gospel outreach has started in a neighboring village about 15 minutes walk from here. Our three teachers are teaching every night Monday – Friday. The interested group is […]

Martin’s Cancer Progress

February 26, 2018

For all you who remember Martin and his on going battle with mouth cancer here he is still going strong and serving the Lord both in Bible teaching and practically working together with the brethren to rebuild our church house. Praise God for this brother in Christ. Martin continues to share what God has been […]

Update on Martin’s Post surgery

October 24, 2017

Jim went into town, to the hospital and visited with Martin. Martin is recovering from oral surgery to remove the cancer on his tongue and walls of his mouth. While there Jim talked with the surgeon who said that the cancer was at stage 3 (stage 4 being the worse). The surgeon is fairly confident […]

One of our Bible Teacher’s has mouth cancer

October 9, 2017

Maria, Wero, Boni, Martin We have some sad news to share from here in the Dom. One of our dear friends, Christian brother and Bible teacher, Martin has been diagnosed with mouth cancer. It is somewhere between stage 2 and 3. He came to us some weeks ago about sores on his tongue that would […]