Church continuing to grow as its learning to stand on its own feet!

July 17, 2023

THANK YOU Friends, as always, I need to start by saying a BIG THANK YOU for PARTNERING with us as we are working here in Papua New Guinea! Eighteen years ago, we started this journey, as we went to training in the UK, and now it’s been 16 years that we have been serving here […]

Lauretis visting at home

July 17, 2023

Brrrr! That’s what I have to say…. And the fact that I’m saying this means we are in South Africa. We arrived here a month and a half ago after an uneventful journey home. Here’s a few highlights and things we are thankful for: – We have a really nice house that we are living […]

Marlou Laureti Needing Support

July 5, 2023

Hello, my name is Marlou Laureti. I was born in South Africa in 2004. When I was just a few years old my family moved to Papua New Guinea as missionaries to help reach one of the 800 people groups living in the jungles of PNG. We moved into the Mengen tribe where we lived […]

What is this partnership about?

November 2, 2022

THANK YOU Friends, as always, I need to start by saying a BIG THANK YOU for PARNERING with us as we are working here in Papua New Guinea! Most of you are aware of our ministry focus these last seven years. At first, we worked with the Mengen people group where a church was planted, […]

Fixing our eyes on Jesus…

June 22, 2022

Hey to all our co-runners in this race We all have our favorite books in the Bible. I never saw Hebrews as one of mine…One that I don’t necessarily spend lots of time in… and never thought that God would let me camp in this book for the last 4 months. Hebrews 12:1… Therefore, since […]

Mature Church Evaluation – Mamusi Church

February 25, 2022

Recently I had the opportunity to visit the Mamusi Church and complete a Mature Church Evaluation we started a while back. Here is a clip that gives you guys a bit of an idea of what we have done. These evaluations help us determine areas that the church has needs in, and then help us […]

Scattered Family – Bound by Love

February 25, 2022

It’s been too long since I last wrote. So, my thoughts and memories are messy. I wanted to write shortly after Naomi left for the US in August. I had lots to say then. But I did not. Then I thought Christmas is a good time for a newsletter. Again- nothing. Now I catch myself […]

A Big Vision Needs a Big Team

December 7, 2021

I start by saying a BIG THANK YOU to you guys for your help and supporting us as we are working here in Papua New guinea! I am sharing this news with you today because there is NO WAY how we could ever do what we have done, this past year and years if it was not […]

God’s Church needs Godly Leaders

August 20, 2021

We appreciate the opportunity we have to train national leaders to answer the great commission of planting Gods Church.

Presenting the Church to Christ

February 20, 2020

I start by saying a BIG THANK YOU to you guys for your help and supporting the Mengen Work in New Britain! Through God’s Grace He has planted His church and He is growing His church! Why are we still here? During one of our recent trips I was reminded of our calling by the following words […]

The Mengen Church is growing!

November 2, 2019

Hi Friends We have been back in PNG for about 3 months now, and it’s about time to give a quick update about what’s been happening. Marie will be working on some personal news, and I will share a bit of a ministry update with you all. Reunited with coworkers –Since we have been back, […]

Good buy and hello!

July 24, 2019

And just like that, 365 sleeps in South Africa is over…well almost… 5 days to go before we GO! this was our third furlough since we left for PNG in 2007 and it was by far our best one yet!!! I want to mention 4 things that stood out for us as we reflect over […]

Some of the Mengen Believers

June 12, 2019

Thanks so much for praying and supporting us over the years. Here is a clip of some of the Mengen believers.

News from Home

June 10, 2019

Here we are again, 50 days before we leave for our HOME in Papua New Guinea! Are we super busy, excited and a little frazzled? Yes, Yes, Yes! We have throughout the year tried to pace ourselves and make the best of each opportunity, tried to spread out our appointments so that no bottle neck happens […]

Madeleen is doing well!

May 17, 2019

HI FRIENDS Thanks so much for the way you guys have been praying for Madeleen and thanks to those who have helped financially supporting Madeleen up to now. I thought it would be good to write a quick report for you guys about how she is doing. For those who do not know Madeleen, let […]