Death Brings About New Life

February 6, 2018

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

November 23, 2017

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

December 20, 2016

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?

October 23, 2016

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 […]

New Beginnings

February 29, 2016

Can you imagine what it would be like if someone came to your church and started to contest the ownership of the property on which the building is located? That’s right, most of us cannot even imagine what that would be like. In Papua New Guinea, land ownership is never really unquestionable. When our church […]

“In the beginning was the Word…”

February 7, 2015

“…and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 Getting the Word into the hands and hearts of unreached people groups around the world is no easy task. Countless hours go into exegetical study, drafting, checking, and re-checking (multiple times) the translated Scriptures. And that’s just to get the printed Word […]

How crucial is your ‘Cuppa Joe’?

October 22, 2014

There are a number of people out there who would consider your cup of ‘Joe’ as one of the essentials for daily living. It’s amazing what a cup of coffee, or the lack thereof, can do to a person. It warms one from the chill of the bitter cold, it helps to wake up the […]