Dinangat Mail, Dec.’14

December 15, 2014

Christ’s birthday is coming closer and we would like to write you a little bit of the big changes that are ahead of us as we are approaching the new year. Ralf, Mimi and I will move back into the Dinangat tribe on January 15th while Naomi and Rebekka will move into the dorm here […]

Dinangat Mail, Oct.’14

October 20, 2014

Finally it was time! School break started and we (the Markleys and us) got to go to our Dinangat home for 12 days which we hadn’t seen for over a year. We were so excited! We got picked up by our pilots at 6:45 a.m. and by 7:30 a.m. we were already in the air. […]

Dinangat Mail, Sept.’14

September 21, 2014

Thank you so very much for your prayers!!! Today we are taking this opportunity to tell you about how God has answered them and how He is taking care of us, leading us and just how exciting it is to live with Him :-)! We have been back now in PNG for 2 months and […]

Dinangat Mail, July 2014

July 8, 2014

We are saying good-bye! „We are going back to our country,“ said Mimi the other day :). Yes, this year of home assignment already passed and it is time for us to pack up again and move back to our other home in PNG. We are looking back on many wonderful moments, memories and events […]

Dinangat Mail, April 2013

April 27, 2013

One of our Church planting Consultants said recently, “What I’m most afraid of is that the church will stop growing and start just playing church, without life.” Growth is one of the biggest themes here in Dinangat these days. Growth which is seen in different ways. The hunger for the truth and salvation is growing […]

Dinangat Mail, Nov. 2012

November 17, 2012

Today we would like to take you again a little bit into the happenings of Dinangat church life. We will try to keep it short 🙂 ! In October we spent a few wonderful encouraging days with our NTM co-workers of the Madang region at our annual conference in town, which was followed by the […]

Dinangat Mail, July 2012

July 16, 2012

In the beginning of this month we had a very exciting event take place here in the Dinangat church. We were able to hand out all the Scriptures portions (which we have translated and consultant checked so far) in one bound book. It was such a joy to everyone and such an encouragement to us […]

Dinangat Mail, Dec. 2010

December 10, 2010

Below is an update that our co-workers the Smiths sent out yesterday relating to the sudden and unexpected death of one of Ralf’s translation helpers Bunex’s wife. Thank you for your prayers. The Schlegels “Now I’m getting rid of my old clothes and the new clothes He gave me I am putting on” These were […]

Dinangat Mail, Nov. 2010

November 24, 2010

While you are heating your houses at home, we have to consciously remind ourselves that the winter season is coming closer. But in our hearts we know that the birthday of our Lord is coming near and that we get to celebrate it again this year with the Dinangat believers. Even though we miss home, […]

Dinangat Mail, Sept. 2010

September 19, 2010

How the believers of our neighboring village learn more about the greatness of God was expressed by one of the ladies which I met yesterday when she said, “The Bible teachers that come to us every weekend to teach us have now started to teach the book of Acts and I’m just loving it. I […]