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Thank you for praying for the presentation of the Gospel message to the Tigak. It is a thrill to have new baby Tigak believers. Their excitement and desire to learn is contagious. Please continue to pray for these new believers as we are very aware that Satan wants nothing better than to squash their zeal […]

Paska and Robin, our Tigak Bible teachers, have been faithfully teaching two lessons every Sunday for many months. They are teaching from Creation through Christ. This Sunday will be the very last lesson where the Gospel will be clearly presented and all the Old Testament stories and prophecies will come together to show how Christ […]

It is such an encouragement to see the Word of God being translated, checked and prepared to put into the hands of tribal believers! Matthew, Luke and John are now completely checked and ready for another tribal group. It was a long, grueling time of checking. About 2600 verses were checked over a two week […]

We had a very productive week last week preparing four new literacy books. We are thankful for the consultants who came out to give us guidance in writing and preparing the stories for the literacy books. Back in 2003, we had set up a literacy program using a different method. Shortly after this a school […]

We arrived back in Papua New Guinea. It is great to be back but the good-byes were harder than ever. We now have three children in the USA. Our family is shrinking way too fast. The kids are doing well. Bethany and Kara Linn are enjoying Bible school. Josiah is living with my parents and […]

Please be in prayer for our Tigak Believers as they are at their first Believers’ conference. All the Believers from 5 different tribes are currently meeting together for a time of encouragement and teaching. Our Believers worked hard earning money to help pay for the trip. In order to get to the tribe where the […]

We are getting encouraging reports on the new teaching that is going on in Tigak land! The teaching is happening every Sunday. The Tigak Bible teachers are now doing two lessons every Sunday so that they can get from Creation to Christ sooner. On Tuesday evenings, Tom is meeting with the Bible teachers and encouraging […]

It is great to be back in the USA. We are still trying to figure out all the changes in technology that occurred while we were gone. We were finally able to get all nine of us in one spot to take a family picture. We will be printing prayer cards soon. If you would […]

We just returned yesterday from a trip to the other end of New Ireland. We have never made the trip before so it was fun to be able to see another bush location. It is a long trip by truck down the length of the island. I was missing the interstates in the USA as […]

“May the celebration of Christmas cause us to rejoice like the angels… hear like the shepherds… follow like the wise men!” Roy Lessin We are excited to celebrate Christmas once again! It is such a fun time of year – to relax with family, enjoy good food and celebrate the birth of our Savior! We […]