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Answered prayer!

Answered prayer!

We had such a wonderful time with members from our sending church in Florida who came to help out at our annual conference. Pastor Anthony George was the guest speaker and the others helped out with the children’s programs. God was glorified and we left conference encouraged and blessed with the messages God lead Pastor […]
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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Do you know Him? From our home to yours we send you warmest greetings at this Christmas season. Our “Christmas gift” this year was answers to your many prayers for us and especially Laura’s health. Laura said this morning, “I […]
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Ostman happenings…

Ostman happenings…

Health Happenings: Thank you all for praying for Laura! We are scheduled to head to town tomorrow (Thursday) to see the doctors and get some tests done. Praise the Lord with us that she is feeling much better over the past few days! The weight loss is concerning though and we need to get to […]
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What a month!

What a month!

These are gorgeous days here weather-wise.We are enjoying mid to upper 70’s (25-27 Celsius) with light breezes. We are enjoying these days while we have them knowing that the rains will be returning before long. There was some severe flooding recently that caused a lot of damage to a number of farms. People here and […]
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Thanksgiving Celebration for the Higaunon New Testament

Thanksgiving Celebration for the Higaunon New Testament

Muyiku sings from his heart how their ancestors did all in their power to keep foreign things from encroaching on their culture. He shares in his song that God was not prevented from getting His message of life to them, a message they now embrace with hearts overflowing with thanksgiving. All praise to God for […]
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The Last Leg of the Journey

The Last Leg of the Journey

The “Precious Cargo” of Higaunon New Testaments arrived safely at our NTM Guest House on Tuesday this week. Later today the shipment will be put on a truck and dear friends of ours will bring the shipment TOMORROW. They plan to leave at 4 AM, (4 PM Thursday EST) and the Lord willing, they should […]
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Precious cargo!

Precious cargo!

We learned this week that our precious cargo of Higaunon New Testaments had arrived in Manila and had cleared customs. Today we heard that the shipment is already on a boat to Mindanao and should arrive in port on Monday. This is Great News as we did not expect their arrival until the first or […]
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What Grandfather told us…

What Grandfather told us…

Dag-ay said today, “I want to tell you what Grandfather told us.” Grandfather was a shaman and as he got older (but mind you, not so old that he was losing his mind, he didn’t want to wait that long! He couldn’t, for his message was vitally important!) he gathered his family around him to […]
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