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When New Tribes Mission PNG has all the staff that it needs in each department: business, IT, aviation, medical, maintenance, education . . . we are able to support the work of over 81 church planting families around the country. Support workers make it easier for church planters to stay focused on their primary goal– […]

194 church planters (including itinerant) 185 support workers 81 units active in church planting locations 44 active church plants 3 New Testament translations completed 31 people currently involved in learning the tribal language and culture 6 new church planting families arrived and trained Two teams finished building houses this year and two are currently in […]

As I look at this picture, I think our Thanksgiving celebration looks pretty normal. Lots of people (though almost none related and including one Canadian) gathered together (and hiding the sweat of such gathering well; the temperature gauge on the porch where we ate go over 90 degrees) sharing food (no turkey, but the best […]

I’ve heard that math is a universal language. There are a lot of things that are the same about a math classroom, no matter where in the world you find it. There are numbers and symbols that form sentences. There will be some direct instruction, time for guided practice, and the inevitable independent practice (homework). […]

After 15 years, many major components of the water system at our headquarters’ support center have exceeded their expected lifespan. This vital system filters out iron, softens and chlorinates to disinfect the water and make it safe to drink. This system not only serves our support missionaries living at this center– 75 houses, a school, […]

Less than 20 hours after arriving home in PNG, I found myself at the clinic. I was reluctant and embarrassed to have to go in, but the pain I was in was different and it wasn’t because of the 40ish hours of travel I had just completed. It was a kidney stone. In the end […]

I always love the chance to work with elementary students. One particular group recently surprised me with both their knowledge and ignorance. When they were in grade one, I dissected a bat with this group of kiddos. They were learning about sound and I had a frozen, dead bat so it seemed like a good […]

I don’t have a cat-killed-rat story for this week, and I am thankful for that. I did have one last week, but I am thankful for that one too. I had to clean up the innards of a dismantled rat. But the innards and back half of the rat were on my porch. I don’t […]

All of my students live in a remote country. All of my students get daily Bible instruction and have heard the Gospel. Almost all of my students are the children of missionaries, and all of them could name dozens of historical or contemporary missionaries. And yet, we just finished our first ever Missions Week. It […]

I mentioned a work that was coming to a critical point in my last blog post. The SL people have now heard the Gospel. They heard if after going through 74 lessons that told the story of God’s love from Creation all the way to Christ. That’s a lot of days of teaching, and a […]