No Pain, No Gain

September 10, 2016

When the babies are all creating an unholy racket, when their husbands are telling them to quit school, when their minds are on eating pig meat or when the teacher himself wants to ditch school….sticking with literacy can be hard! So, pray for these 16 Nagi students and their teacher, that they’ll press on so […]

Grandmas

August 21, 2015

One thing that often amazes the Nagi is that we actually know who are grandparents are! A lot of Nagi don’t remember their grandparents as they died when they were young. We have been spending a lot of the time in the village with Grandma Okvinim. And it does often bring back good memories of […]

A Different World

August 15, 2015

The Nagi are now hearing about things outside their Nagi world. Like…What is an ocean? Or an ark? What are sheep for and what do they sound like? What does a shepherd do? What is slavery? Sometimes it is hard to communicate such foreign concepts which is why using explanations and pictures can help. You can […]

Perseverance

August 14, 2015

“Naki sikin kutuk do!” This lady is an inspiration in the way she continues to work on her reading & writing. Even though as she always reminds us, “I am really old!” She was one of the oldest students in the first Nagi literacy class. But before that she was a faithful language helper. Although […]

Nagi Teaching Starts

August 14, 2015

“We learned how to plant gardens and how to fish, but not who placed the trees or the sun or the moon. Our parents didn’t know so they couldn’t teach us. But we are hearing God’s Word in our language so now we are learning!” July 6, 2015 the Nagi started hearing God’s written word […]

Living Letters

February 18, 2014

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone, revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts. 2 Corinthians 3:2-3 Spending the afternoon “writing” on […]

Saying “I Do” Nagi Style

December 6, 2013

We just finished up with a Nagi wedding. Which seemed to be more of a cooking feast for all sorts of snakes, birds, fishies, grub worms and the like. The event lasted for over a week! Here are a few pics to compare to your wedding photos – some of you might be inspired to […]

The Question Is The Same …

October 11, 2013

A sudden death yesterday of a baby girl in the village has everyone asking those “Why?” questions. “Did we anger the spirits cutting down sagu trees?” “Was it from the spirits down at the river?” “What did YOU do wrong that your baby died?” “Why would she die?” These are the questions the Nagi are […]