Some of the Mengen Believers
Thanks so much for praying and supporting us over the years. Here is a clip of some of the Mengen believers.
News from Home
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!
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 […]
More links in the chain
As you know we are not working among the Mengen on our own! We are part of a much larger team. It all starts back here at home and stretches all the way to where we are working. And each link is vital. Check out this blog, and see how you can be part of this chain reaching the Mengen.
Surveys
Before we enter any people group, we first conduct different surveys. We thus first visit specific people groups who often invite us to come and live amongst them, to help us evaluate what the need is and to present to them the purpose of what we are wanting to come and do. Last year I […]
Home for the Lauretis
Heres a couple of clips, that gives you bit of an idea of what home is for us. Check out these next clips…
“Hausboi”
The “hausboi” is a Pidgen term, for a men’s house. In Mengen they call it “Giunga.” In our Mengen culture, this is a house only for men. Young boys used to leave their homes and move into the men’s house when they are between 10 – 13 years old and then they get introduces to […]
A Sad Sad Story, but Hopeful!
One of the greatest struggles all of us has is, to be honest. All of us are wanting to hide some aspects of our lives and present ourselves the best we can. This is obviously the same for us as missionaries and maybe even worse at times. We have many people looking at us, and […]
Halfway Home
It is now 6 months since we arrived here in South Africa. And even though we long for our home back in Papua New Guinea, we can thankfully summarize by saying, “The Laureti’s are doing very well”. Those first few weeks here felt like a whirlwind… landing in JHB, some medical appointments, seeing friends and […]
Brus’ story
Many moons ago, a nervous me, landed in our bush village between the Mengen valleys and mountains. It was only for a short visit, to meet our future co-workers and meet the Mengen friends amongst whom we would live for the next roughly 20 years of our lives. During this time I met Brus and […]
5 Important Questions About Finances.
Hi friends Through Gods grace, we have reached an amazing milestone and that is being involved in Gods ministry for 25 years. It has been an absolutely amazing journey, from Bible School to youth worker, to support missionary and now church planter amongst the Mengen for the last 12 years. God has used you guys to […]
Quick update April 2017 – Kaupas’ story
To be honest, I do not know where this year has gone? I think I am becoming more like PNG people that are just not time orientated. In a way it’s been crazy as I have been running around in PNG and also coming back home for a short stint after my dad passed away. […]
New Believers
In October, Edward and Francesca became the 4th Mengen missionary family to leave their home and travel to a distant location. Their story is special in so many ways. Two years ago, Edward went to visit a village some distance away. One of the men from there had heard some Bible teaching from the first […]
Clips of recent trips
Hi friends Here is a few clips of our recent rips into other locations to visit missionaries. This one show’s my most recent trip to visit Josiah and Rachel Van Der Decker working in Mouk. They are learning the Mouk language and will then work with the Mouk church into the Anem language, where they […]
a small change in direction.
Dear everyone, near and far This side of the world it is going well with the Laureti clan. For once we are all healthy, no feet funguses and we are even able to get rid of some ancient furlough fat. Can’t believe how time flies… Here, some people are starting to plan Thanksgiving meals, not […]
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