Update on Alex and Mande

January 30, 2012

Well, you can see from an earlier post that we have been asking for much prayer for this family. Alex is following hard after his Savior and wants to learn all he can, he is also one of our teacher trainees. His wife however has been controlled by her mother and by fear of the […]

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 […]

Christmas celebrations

January 25, 2012

Well Christmas was all brand new for the Mengen church. This year the church got together to honor their Savior and mark the time of his birth. The church got together and donated money to buy a large box of lamb flaps from town, from their own gardens they donated sweet potato, yams, tapioca, various […]

Controlled by the Spirits of the Dead

January 24, 2012

The Mengen people believe that the Spirits of the dead roam in the night and in the fog. The believe they can eat us. Click on this link to hear more of their fear of the dead. Praise God the gospel is breaking through the fear and Satan is losing his control over the Mengen […]

Men from cucumbers?

January 24, 2012

The Mengen people have some strange beliefs. But the word of God is bringing truth and revolutionizing their world view. Follow this link hear how the Mengen people believe the first people created came from a cucumber!