Police, a dead pig and a growing family

April 16, 2012

Eph 2:19 So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family. In general PNG culture and particularly the Mengen culture family ties are very important. If you are in a good family, you will gain a good name, […]

Translation workshop and more…

January 26, 2012

A year and a half living amongst the Mengen people, about 520 days of language and culture study, ten days of a translation workshop at our support center and I have been able to translate the first chapter of the book of Ruth. These are exciting and encouraging day and I thank God for allowing […]

Pray for Masta and family

June 22, 2011

Hi, This second week we would like to ask you to pray for Masta and Lilpage. They are both very involved in the Kevung cult that is strong in our area. However recently Masta has been coming to literacy class and doing very well, even though he got much family pressure not to come; he […]

Nya & Noah update

May 16, 2010

Hi praying friends, Both kids are now doing fine and are over their virus! Thanks so much for praying. Nya is still ill with fever and just not being herself. She vomited a bit tonight but is sleeping better. More and more it is looking like some type of virus that is also upseting her […]

work trip, Mengen news and more…

March 25, 2010

Hi Friends, It’s been a busy period of time for us as a family; Nya is potty training, Noah is on his third tooth we have had a bush trip, and we are packing in preparation for our move to live amongst the Mengen people. As you know I flew into our work a few weeks […]

Church planting news

January 18, 2010

Dear praying friends, We recently got back from our trip into Mengen. When we were home with you all, you will remember we presented the work in Mengen to you as a possible option for us.

Christmas, sickness and it’s hot…

December 29, 2009

Christmas, days of wonder, days of snow, eating good food, family, presents, laughter and maybe superman 3 in the afternoon, if you can stay awake long enough to make it through. Well Christmas this year wasn’t particularly that kind of Christmas for the Flanagan family.

Safe in Tokyo but need your prayers

December 18, 2009

Hi all, we have had a pretty good flight and had answers to prayer already. We got out on an earlier than expected flight from Dublin to London, which meant we missed the snow and delays! If our flight had been delayed and a missed connection had happened in London we would have been paying […]

leaving on a jet plane

December 16, 2009

Hi friends, thanks so much for praying for us! It’s getting late now on Wednesday night, the packing is done, kids and the wife are all in bed. Please forgive any garbled language or spelling mistakes as I’m pretty tired. Tired but very content; content in the Lord which feels great. Content even though we are fearful, […]

N. Ireland update

November 18, 2009

Well we have been touring Ireland quite a bit; it’s good to be back to enjoy the green, the rain, cups of tea, scenery and one car roads. For those of you who dont know, tea runs through Irish veins and so we have to keep it topped up!