Tag: Papua New Guinea

It’s getting exciting!

It’s getting exciting!

Momentum is Building These past few weeks, the word “momentum” has been on our minds. Depending on your point of view, the events taking place and gaining momentum in our world could be seen as good or just plain bad (a certain virus out there…).  As we think about it, we realize some things don’t […]
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Rejoice with the Menya and pray for us!

Rejoice with the Menya and pray for us!

//If you’re interested in watching a video version of this update click here// News about our family, what we’ve been up to and what we’re praying about doing this summer. Let’s start somewhere else though… On the other side of the world in Papua New Guinea, the Menya people live. They’ve had a team of […]
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What’s the Lord’s Supper look like for a tribal church?

What’s the Lord’s Supper look like for a tribal church?

We know that what it looks like now for us in the developed world looks way different than it did when Jesus instituted it. So it’s inevitable that it looks ‘local’ for the Church in the Simbari people group. This video shows you how different and yet, the joy of communion is evident! The Blood […]
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Snorkeling or Suffocating (Guest Post)

Snorkeling or Suffocating (Guest Post)

This is a guest post by Matt and Karissa Long. The difference between the two is just a little plastic tube.  Recently I (Karissa) got the opportunity to go snorkeling in the ocean.  I got to see beautiful coral reefs and fish I’d only seen in aquariums.  It was an experience, but I can’t say […]
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On it’s way…

On it’s way…

Post brought to you by NTM Aviation One year and four days ago, Kodiak 110KQ first landed at the NTM Aviation hangar in Arizona. This morning at 7:00, this very same aircraft started its long anticipated journey to Papua New Guinea. An enthusiastic group of NTM Aviation staff surrounded the Kodiak to pray for its flight […]
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What comes to mind? Eggs or Truth?

What comes to mind? Eggs or Truth?

Despite the picture above this past Easter was a quiet one for us. And though we celebrated the truth and impact of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead to give us new and eternal life, it was still a quiet day. I couldn’t help but notice though as we stopped at the grocery store, the night […]
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What’s Your Sunday Morning Sound Like?

What’s Your Sunday Morning Sound Like?

It's too easy for many of us who have grown up saturated in the common expressions of worshiping God to quickly focus on whether an expression or style of worship is serving our "needs."
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Happy Holidays?

Happy Holidays?

In my son Jack’s 1st grade class, the students are intentionally exposed to a host of various significant holidays that take place roughly around this time of the year. Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Kwanzaa… It’s an attempt to teach the children that there are other things happening at this time of the year besides the pervasive […]
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The sun might have risen, but the garden is yet to grow…

The sun might have risen, but the garden is yet to grow…

It’s almost midnight in Papua New Guinea, the sun is hours away from rising but when it does, it will shine on gardens that are newly planted. And while the people that plant those gardens, hope that the sun will nourish the seeds planted, those people know that it takes time for a seed to […]
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