Giving Thanks for Discipleship!

November 25, 2021

We’ve come to the end of a long workday. Everything is busy and bustling as usual, just like any other day. Oh, and it’s Thanksgiving Day. Here in Papua New Guinea, we don’t celebrate all the American holidays. Even after being here so many years, it’s still strange to have a regular workday on Thanksgiving […]

Tragedy in Waukesha …

November 22, 2021

Yesterday, on November 21, tragedy struck our little town of Waukesha. During the annual Christmas parade, a man drove his vehicle through the crowd and parade participants, fatally harming five individuals and injuring close to fifty others. Many of our staff and students were in that crowd. One minute they were enjoying the activities and […]

It’s Gotten Real

November 2, 2021

Ministry Update Aaron’s software project is successfully completed! Of course, there are MANY areas to smooth out and manuals to write, but our field is operating in the new system thanks to our fantastic implementation team! Stacy is subbing at the school, on the care team, involved in hospitality, and working in the print shop, […]

Printing is coming…

October 31, 2021

We hope to send the Tigak Bible to the printer in the next week or two. There have been many delays and corrections with typesetting issues. We would appreciate your continued prayers as we decide on paper, cover and printer. Our goal is still to have our Bible dedication next summer. It is hard to […]

Bless the Lord, oh my soul …

October 31, 2021

Our souls have been busy praising Jesus! He has blessed us in ways that we never saw coming! He allowed us to pull together a quick visit to NE this month. We were humbled to see Holly and her family and to be able to love on those NE grandbabies. They are getting so big! […]

Thankful to be in the Philippines

October 13, 2021

We are thankful to be back serving in the Philippines, and we are thankful for all of you who pray and give financially which enables us to be here. There was a recent international article that stated that the Philippines is the worst place in the world to live during the Pandemic, but we are […]

Culture and Language Acquisition: Language

October 8, 2021

What is the girl doing in this picture? I think that in English we’d say that she’s watering the flowers. Right? Now, if you think about it, where is she putting the water? Is she putting water on the plants? On top of the plants? Next to the plants? This is one of the pictures […]

We’re doing what?!

October 6, 2021

He said to them, “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” Mark 6:31 . Percentage completed: We received an email the other day from our field leadership team that the Higaunon Old Testament is 49.1 percent complete. We’re getting there! Thanks go to each of you who partner with us […]

Quick Prayer Request

October 2, 2021

Much has happened in the past week and we felt the need to send out a brief update to dispel rumors and off load our regular future newsletter. Regions of Papua New Guinea (PNG) have been hit again with a wave of COVID cases and this time it has affected us here in the highlands. […]

Calendar Overload …

September 28, 2021

As we began this month of September, we thought we had it altogether. Our calendar looked manageable … it was set … but then “things” started happening … and the calendar was full! There were a lot of activities and events, rearranging of work schedules and being hospitable to new families. We even had the […]