Rain, Rain, and More Rain, Literacy and Bible Dedication

February 13, 2016

Remember when we were concerned about the drought here in Papua New Guinea? Well now it’s the opposite. Too much rain! We’ve had over 8 inches in the last 48 hours. We’ve seen very little sunshine. God is the Lord of the weather so we trust Him in it. Please pray for some more sunshine. […]

The New Year has already been eventful.

January 17, 2016

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. […]

November/December Happenings

November 27, 2014

Our road trip is over and we are back in El Cajon, CA at last. We are so happy to be here for the Holidays, spending them with at least two of our children. From July 1 to November 9th, we covered 32 States, about 60 stops, traveling 17,000 miles. Many, many thanks to all […]

October Praise & Prayer

October 16, 2014

Praise: For safety in traveling many miles For great visits with family and many friends For finishing all we had to do with the Dom NT preparation, now in the hands of our folk at Sanford who do the formatting. For the month of September that we had reading through the Dom New Testament two […]

TRANSLATION UPDATE!

August 12, 2013

The big news is that we had the final consultant check of Luke, John and Hebrews. It took a full week of all day checking to get through this but it went very well and our consultant, Dave Brunn was pleased with quality and clarity of the translation. Many thanks to Dave and our Dom […]

Breaking Through the Darkness

November 15, 2011

One recent Sunday morning here at our little village church we had the pleasure of hearing Yal Ki share his testimony. He is not a man of many words. He is quiet and a bit serious on the surface. So it was a courageous thing for him to get up in front of everyone and […]

The First Draft of the Dom New Testament is now Finished!

November 4, 2009

Jim has now been gone for seven weeks with four to go. But a major praise is that he has finished the first draft of the Dom New Testament. We must admit that there were times over the years that we wondered if we would ever get to this point. This separation has been worth […]