Author: Matt and Karissa Long

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 […]

One of the worst movies I ever watched was The Grey. When the trailer came out, I was excited to see Liam Neeson singlehandedly fight off a pack of wolves with nothing but a broken bottle, as only he could do. However, (spoiler alert), he doesn’t. Rather I got to see two hours of hopelessness […]

We had just gotten back from the medical clinic. They had run some more tests on Matt and told us that we needed to get to Australia as soon as possible. I told my friend, a PNG citizen, about what was going on. She sought to encourage me by telling me, “God em i no […]

 We’re home! July 24, 2019 Thank you everyone SO much for praying for us while we were in Australia!  I am sorry I haven’t sent out an update sooner!  It has been a crazy time. Basically, we got GOOD news from the doctors!  As we shared in our last letter, all of Matt’s tests showed that […]