Culture and Language Evaluation

December 23, 2019

Now that we live on Manam Island and are in the throws of learning a tribal language, we have consultants who come in from time to time in order to measure how we are coming along. These consultants are veteran missionaries that have learned a language in the same manner as us and have been […]

Home Assignment Side Gig

September 26, 2019

While on our home assignment from our work on Manam Island, we did the normal things every missionary does. We connected with our financial partners, spent quality time with friends and family, and got plugged into our church community. However, we also took on another role during our time in the states. But the story […]

Recent Tribal Visit

August 16, 2016

I, Sean, travelled by car, airplane and helicopter over the course of a couple of hours and I arrived in a village where I spent four nights with the Aziana tribe. This tribe is unlike the other tribes I have visited since being in Papua New Guinea. This tribe no longer has missionaries living amongst […]

First Few Weeks

February 14, 2015

When we arrived in PNG, we had a surprise waiting for us. Our friends, Mandy and Jeremy Hambrice from Magnolia, Arkansas were waiting for us at our new home. They took a break from building their house in their tribal location to come and welcome us to the country. We hung out with them for […]

The Most Difficult Thing

March 12, 2014

Since we are in the role of raising funds to begin our overseas ministry, we talk to A LOT of people about what we are doing. We get many good questions, but the question that strikes me the hardest is always, “What do you think will be the most difficult thing?” Some might think that […]

The most common questions we got this summer…

August 6, 2013

We are heading back to Missouri this weekend for training! In talking with friends, family, and supporters this summer we got a lot of the same questions! Here is a re-cap of the most common questions we got and the answers: How much longer do you have in training? We have one more semester left […]

Foundational Teaching

July 16, 2013

When we are ready to start teaching in a tribe one day (after learning the language and culture, develop a written form for the language, and teach literacy), how will we go about it? Some popular ideas for evangelism across the world and popular in USA include using the book of John, or the “Romans […]

Missionary Technology class..

March 15, 2013

This is us (Jinny is about 18 weeks pregnant here!) trying out all the types of low-energy light bulbs in Missionary Technology class. A solar electricity system has very limited amount of watts to use each day and so it is very important to use the lowest amount of energy as possible. We are blessed […]

Why train with New Tribes?

April 30, 2011

Hey guys… below is a post written by Brandon and Grace Gloor a couple who is a year ahead of us in the training. This is their blog and perspective about the New Tribes missionary training they are currently attending. I like how they talk about the importance of training. A long training program seems […]

T.H.U.M.B.

February 1, 2011

Often times it seems as though there is way too big of a need in the world for us to have a real impact on eternity. Let’s face it, there is only so much we can do ourselves. I don’t want to discourage you, but rather give you a direction in which you can have […]