Author: Matt and Karissa Long

At first I felt nothing.  Then the sting intensified as the hydrogen peroxide worked its way deeper into the cut.  The bubbles oozed out, more dirty yellow than white.  I hadn’t even remembered getting cut.  It probably was a small knick or even a bug bite I’d scratched and ignored.  But any cut in PNG […]

“Rather, as it is written: ‘Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.'”  – Rom. 15:21.  This verse has just come true in the Wantakia tribe!  “Why are you asking us questions about God’s Word and expecting us to understand it?”  When the missionaries in Wantakia […]

“Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body.  We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.  In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well.” -Romans 12:4-6a When I was in second […]

Usually I feature a tribal work that we are supporting at the end of each newsletter, but so many exciting things are happening right now that I decided to take this newsletter to tell you about THREE  unreached tribes in Papua New Guinea that are currently hearing the gospel in their language for the first […]

When I was learning Pidgin, I was trying to ask my language helper how to say the phrase “should have.”  I knew the word for “should,” so I asked her, “How could I tell someone they should cut the grass yesterday?”  She laughed and laughed at me, and said, “Why would I tell someone what […]

May 12, 2020 “But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus– the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God… I declare today that I have been faithful.” – Acts. 20:24, 26a My heart’s desire is […]

 I know that many of you, like us, are probably feeling like life seems out of control right now.  We don’t know what to expect in the future, we can’t do everything we want to do, and we face the possibility of harm every time we step out of our front doors.  It seems like […]

March 11, 2020 “I can’t tell you what to major in.  I can’t tell you what job you are supposed to have.  I can’t tell you who you are supposed to marry.  But I can tell you God’s will for your life.”  Anyone who went to Northwestern while Dean Paulson was the chaplain will surely remember him saying that.  In […]

January 21, 2020“‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways,’ declares the LORD.  ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.'” – Isaiah 55:8-9  New Years’ Eve.  A time to reflect on the past year and make […]

My Grandma loved Christmas.  She had a way of making it extra magical.  I remember sitting next to her sparkling, fiber-optic Christmas tree and just knowing that that one gift I was hoping for- the one I knew was a little too much to ask for, the one I hadn’t gotten yet, the one I was dreaming […]