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 […]

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 […]

Outreaches, Dom New Testament Dedication

July 28, 2016

Outreach update Bible teaching at the three outreach villages continue howbeit not without glitches along the way. Especially the latest due to how far away it is. Please pray that these challenges will be met through wisdom, dedication and strength from the Lord. Another village that has been on our hearts for a long time is […]

New Outreach Update

May 24, 2016

Our four man evangelism team had a great reception from the Bari speaking people of the MM village. The attendance averaged about 20 people while the guys taught day and night to get through the 25 lesson covering creation to Christ. At the end when opportunity was given to the MM people to respond four men and […]

New Outreach

May 10, 2016

Yesterday Jim drove our four Dom teachers to a new outreach village many miles away. This village is actually another language group whose mother tongue is close enough to Dom for everyone to communicate (compare Spanish and Portuguese). A first for our Dom believers to go outside their tribal borders and take the Gospel to […]

Literacy comes to an end, NT Dedication, New Outreach

May 2, 2016

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are already at the end of April of what was once the New Year. So much to share with you starting with the wonderful news that our coworkers, Gerolf and Mailis Wuest are back from their Home Assignment together with their two boys, Richard (3) […]

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. […]