Meanwhile, Back on Palawan…

July 10, 2025

…God is still working! We wanted to update you on what God continues to do among the Palawano people where we worked for 30 years. The New Testament is Being Studied About a week ago, the believers in our former village organized a conference to study the book of Galatians for four days using the […]

Simbari Bible Dedication

October 9, 2023

Preparation In the months leading up to the Bible Dedication the Simbari church had sent letters of invitation to 10 different villages. Some people from these villages were threatened by a religious group that opposes the Gospel. Because of these threats the Simbari church had no idea how many people would actually show up. But […]

What’s new with the Ostmans?

September 29, 2023

Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5 (NKJV)

A Man’s Heart Plans…

July 8, 2020

The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps. Proverbs 16:9 At the beginning of this year our plan was to remain in Guinea for another 18 months or so before returning to the U.S. for our home assignment. We were making good progress in Bible translation and other aspects of […]

It is Finished!

April 18, 2019

So when Jesus had received the vinegar He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. John 19:30 Easter: It’s Good Friday as I type this update. Earlier today my mind went to SM Lockridge’s message, “It’s Friday but Sunday’s coming” – what a marvelous thing to know that our sin […]

Unto All Nations

September 19, 2016

This is the story of how a new voice, a new language, a new people was added to the chorus worshiping our Lord! “The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never considered a foreigner.” William Cameron Townsend YembiYembi tribe has a new testament in their language […]

Learning to read for long-term growth

September 10, 2016

This year Esta is learning to read. It’s pretty exciting to see the world of literacy open for her. It’s exciting but also requires her to work hard as she learns what the 26 letters look like and what sound (or sounds) each of those letters make or blend together to make. We’re still in […]

Understanding

September 9, 2016

Imagine sitting and listening to someone tell you the best story you’ve ever heard. Everything is awesome, other than the fact that you can’t understand a number of key words. The story is interesting. The story teller is adamant that this story will change your life. However, you just are not sure how it comes together. You […]

Full Circle

June 25, 2016

Another Palawano Translation? Yes. Did you know there are THREE Palawano people groups on Palawan? Three related-but-distinct Palawano languages? It’s true. For security reasons, let’s call them Palawano 1, Palawano 2, and Palawano 3. We did the translation for Palawano 1. Some friends with Wycliffe Bible Translators did a translation for Palawano 2. But Palawano 3 needs […]

Then… and Now

May 6, 2016

THEN (1980s) AND NOW (2016) A LOT HAS CHANGED. (Well, besides the fact that we are a little bit older…) THEN: For 33 years, it was easy to explain our ministry: Bill and Donna? Oh yeah, PALAWAN. We lived and ministered on Palawan. We worked with the Palawanos (we were palawano.com, for goodness’ sake!) We were translating the Palawano New […]