Living Between Time Zones
One aspect of overseas ministry is that we live our lives in multiple time zones.
Who Will Stand in the Gap?
When we are a world away from our family and the spiritual warfare around us is so evident–sometimes to the point where the lines of spiritual battle and physical battle cross over and become one–we rely heavily on our support team to uphold us in prayer. As missionaries we awkwardly talk about the need for […]
A Vehicle for Our Ministry
Since our return to Papua New Guinea in mid-August, I, Levi, have been able to make a couple trips back into the village where we work. The drive from our support center to our village location is about 100 miles (160 km) and takes about 4 ½ hours to drive there. If you’re doing the […]
More North Wahgi Scriptures Being Checked
Our co-worker Daniel Hulley and I have been privileged to be able to be working on translating the New Testament into the Senglap dialect for the North Wahgi people of Papua New Guinea. The New Testament is 100% drafted and today we started what will hopefully be the final consultant check. We are currently checking […]
Waiting on the Lord
Have you ever realized how Waiting on the Lord actually involves waiting. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been known to make some kind of statement to the effect that I’m waiting on God, meanwhile, I try to run ahead of him. My kind of waiting on God can like when we walk with […]
Taking Chances
I got woken up at midnight last night by a friend coming to tell me that a young lady was sick and needed taken to the local hospital. (Our team occasionally uses our vehicle as an ambulance of sorts to transport people to the hospital in emergency situations.) It’s always a concern to go at […]
Death Brings About New Life
In early November 2017 a dear friend and prospective future elder of the Wahgi church died unexpectedly. We wondered why God would take him now as the church desperately needs leadership other than us missionaries, but we knew deep inside that God must have a better plan in store. Our friend Siwi’s death and funeral […]
His Journey HOME
Sunday, November 5th started out like any “normal” Sunday around here. As the ladies wrapped up their Sunday morning Bible Study the men sat and stood around outside the church building visiting. I was glad to see Siwi there as he had not been feeling well a few days before. You may remember Siwi from […]
Unto Us This Day A Child Is Born
We have recently been team teaching another Phase 1 (Creation-Death, Burial, and Resurrection) course with a few men who are teachers-in-training. For the last 6 weeks we’ve been teaching some 7 lessons a week to about 13 people. After the last night’s lesson one of the teachers and I interviewed the 8 students who came […]
Will this paper get me to heaven?
Last month our two most recent literacy school graduates received their graduation certificate and a copy of the New Testament books we’ve gotten printed so far. After receiving their certificates, Siwi was asked to say something. He got up and held up his graduation certificate and asked, “Will this paper get me to heaven?” Then […]