ZAR VS USD

February 22, 2016

Hi friends Let me give you a little peak into on of our greatest battles as missionaries. A friend of mine recently reminded me of the change in our economy – Just take a look at this: Rand against the $ 5 year depreciation 20/01/11 R7,04 22/01/16 R16,44 Depreciation: R9,40 % Depreciation: 134% Yes thats […]

God is being faithful in caring for His missionaries.

January 31, 2016

Dear Friends, Our work with the Mengen people started many years ago. I remember the early days where we struggled to learn an unwritten language. It was an uphill battle, trying to repeat back different sounds and to write things the way we heard them! We were often overwhelmed as we immersed ourselves in the […]

Mengen Church doing well on their own

October 9, 2015

Hi friends Hope you are doing great! We are aprouching the end of our time in SA and have less than 3 weeks left before we start our journey back to PNG. Amongst the Mengen believers things are going on well. Progress in translation I am especially thrilled about how things are progressing with our […]

Mengen Translation going ahead well!

July 30, 2015

Hi Friends Hope you’re all doing great. Things here are going well in South Africa! We are again approaching the time to greet and even though it’s still a few months before we leave we are starting to plan and even pack. Together with this comes allot of emotions but I will leave this to Marie to share as she is preparing a bit […]

Introducing Gabby

July 7, 2015

Hi Friends I hope you guys are doing great! Thanks for partnering with us and especially for praying for the Mengen believers. Today I would like to introduce you to Gabby. He is one of our Bible teacher trainees. When I got to know him he was living in a different village about 3 days […]

Please pray for Alex and Mande.

June 25, 2015

Hi Friends Hope you are all doing great today! Another friend I would like to introduce to you guys and ask that you would pray for him is, Alex. He is the older brother of Brus, maybe you can remember him? Any way Alex is also a very special friend of mine and someone I dearly […]

MENGEN CHURCH CONFERENCE…

June 25, 2015

Hi Friends Its always amazing to see how God is planting His church worldwide but also in Papua New Guinea amongst the Mengen people. Not many years ago they were in darkness, but many have placed their trust in Christ and now they are goring into a self-sufficient church! Just this morning, I received the […]

Please pray for Joe Waimo, Katie and Sande.

June 17, 2015

Hi Friends Thanks for standing in prayer with us for the Mengen believers. Things are going well in the church although there is always room for growth. Here is another family that I would like to introduce to you guys. Please pray with us for them. I would like to introduce Joe Waimo and Sande […]

Introducing Eddie and Franseska

June 8, 2015

Please pray for Eddie and Franseska Another Mengen family I would like to introduce to you guys is Eddie and Franseska. Eddie was one of the first Mengen believers many years ago, and have surely been one of our most faithfull language helpers, carriculem developers and translation helpers. But he has also developed into an […]

This rescue-mission that we’re on is more important than personal comfort.

June 4, 2015

Hi Friends I know its long since I have written about how we are doing and how life is rolling on here on this side of the earth. So it’s about time to share a bit of my heart again, I know many of you appreciated the fact that we are showing our hearts and being […]

Introducing Kamalus and Sepin

May 27, 2015

Hi Friends Kamilus and Sepin are a very special married couple, with 7 beautiful children. They became believers a couple of years ago and have had a radiant testimony ever since. Although they are a young, quiet couple, they have taken a stand for Christ in the midst of persecution. We are so thrilled to […]

Introducing Brus and Apite

May 13, 2015

Bruce and Apite (ah-pe-tay) Before he was saved, Bruce was a real trouble-maker. We got to know him as a drunkard and thief, who gave us missionaries a real hard time. but through Gods grace he attended the teaching many years ago and both he and his wife became believers. Now he is a changed […]

Remembering Jesus’ Sacrifice

May 6, 2015

Here is a short article written about a co worker named Jack Housley: It wasn’t a scene that Jack Housley will soon forget. There next to him in the bush church building sat the man Jack had walked along the river with for most of the morning. The river area was home to this man […]

December Bush News 2014

December 4, 2014

Check out some news from us. We are still in SA for a while but I have some updates about our co workers and whats happening with the Mengens!

prayer for Kariang

November 20, 2014

Dear friends, Kariang is a friend of ours that have come many years with us! She has been one of the first Mengen believers and have walked faithfully with the Lord since then. She works close with our co Worker in the translation process. (She’s the one on the left of the photo and her […]