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Driving Lessons in Papua New Guinea

April 2, 2026

One of the things I’m currently doing as a wrap up to my time in PNG is teaching one of the citizens employees how to drive. This young gentleman is a newer employee to our Tribal Supply department, the people who take care of buying food for the missionaries who are in the various airplane […]

March 2026 Blog Update- A Change in Ministries

March 4, 2026

Some big news everyone- I’m getting ready to change ministries. I’m staying with Ethnos360 but will be doing so in the USA. I’ve been asked to take on the role as bookkeeper for the Ethnos Retirement Homes in Sanford, FL. It is one of those ministries that is essential but not necessarily ‘glamorous’ as far […]

Thanksgiving 2024 Update

November 27, 2024

Greetings all from the mountains of central Papua New Guinea, and a very Happy Thanksgiving to you all. Things have been going well since my return to the field this fall. Here in the shipping department, we’ve had a couple of exciting things happening. We’ve been able to assist with the import of two […]

Summer 2024 Update

November 14, 2024

Greetings from Central Florida Time does fly. I’m currently wrapping up my Summer 2024 home assignment and getting ready for my return to PNG. Praise the Lord for the good things and the bad things that have happened this summer. As many of you may know, my dad passed away from heart surgery complications in […]

Spring 2018 Update

March 5, 2018

Greetings from the wet and shaky lands of PNG. The 3:30 AM earthquake was rather eye opening, and that’s not something you want at 3:30 AM when you’re trying to sleep. Praise the Lord there was no damage to the house or Center- none of the bottles on the spice rack fell over. However, some […]

January 2017 Update (so far, so good)

January 20, 2017

What a year 2016 has been, and things have yet to slow down! If I don’t get this update written down now, well, I may never get it done. Since I returned to PNG in September, I have been quite busy. In the past 4 ½ months, I’ve… -attended crisis management training (while still jet […]

A Brief Summer Interlude

August 4, 2016

It is hard to believe that summer is almost over. I have been blessed with the opportunity to return to the USA for the summer- the months of June, July, and August. Partly this is a time to relax and catch up with friends and family, and partly a chance to get some medical issues […]

Fall 2015 Update

October 8, 2015

Greetings Everyone– or should I say “g’day”?- from Cairns Australia. I had to make an unexpected trip down under for a few weeks, which is a fairly common thing that should be expected… It’s a real pain A few months ago, I started getting pains in my left knee which started getting worse and worse. […]

Summer 2015

June 30, 2015

Greetings from the warm, and rather busy Highlands of PNG. It’s summer… or should I say winter, being on the Southern hemisphere of the globe? Either way, we’re in that time of year where most of our folks are out on home assignments, not yet returned from home assignments, or just out somewhere on vacation. […]

Working From Halfway Around the World

October 28, 2014

One of the more interesting things about this home assignment is that I’m continuing to look after the Shipping Department while back in the USA. This is a really good thing, as it is better to be in on the inevitable changes now, then to be surprised by them later. But, perhaps the biggest challenge […]