“Meet my husband’s girlfriend”

June 2, 2016

Yup, that’s what I heard on Sunday when I was back in a village in my people group, sitting with my friend Minata. There was another young lady there, with her one-year-old daughter, and after a while Minata asked me, “Do you know this young lady?” When I said that I didn’t, she told me, […]

Face to Face…Digitally

June 1, 2016

Living in a village on an island far removed from technology has limited my ability to connect with the ever growing social network across the world. But times are changing, even in these remote jungle corners. Now, while walking with the Patpatar people down a muddy road through the village or on a narrow path […]

A Vision for Finishing // New Tribes Mission

June 1, 2016

Mother’s Day

June 1, 2016

Mother’s day is celebrated the last week in May here. Joel always likes it because he gets a warning from the American Mother’s Day reminding him to prepare. This past Mother’s day was unexpectedly a blessing to me. Usually on Mother’s day the women of our church head out to a village to meet with […]

Where are we at? When are we leaving?

May 31, 2016

When are we going to Papua New Guinea? Where is our monthly support level at? How much money do we need for our initial costs of going? Lots of news to share this month! New Tribes has only two intake times for new missionaries to come to Papua New Guinea- these times are in July […]

Miplela i Klostu Bungim $5000!

May 28, 2016

Thats Pidgin for “We’re Close to gathering $5000,” for shipping our truck to PNG! Time for an update to our peoples out there who are so faithful in supporting us! Time is getting short for the Simmons family before we head back to Papua New Guinea on August 2nd! We are in packing and planning mode now. […]

What if our pastors didn’t have support workers?

May 27, 2016

Imagine that you arrive at your church on Sunday morning. There is your pastor, greeting you at the door. You and the other church members and visitors go and find seats in the sanctuary, and in a little while, it’s time for the service to begin. But where is your pastor? Oh, there he is […]

Chopped Fingers

May 26, 2016

An animistic worldview brings adherents face-to-face with some pretty stark stuff. Imagine a mother birthing twins and then throwing them away. That’s pretty stark, isn’t it? You see, it is forbidden in some cultures to permit twin babies to live as twins are considered a bad prognostication of the spirits. You’re probably thinking ‘how horrid […]

We Have Our Baby

May 25, 2016

Davis Duane McIlroy was born yesterday, May 24th. He is breathing on his own and doing pretty well for being born at only 33 weeks. We came in to the hospital on Sunday evening because Alisha had swelling and high blood pressure, symptoms of preeclampsia. Although certain meds can help keep blood pressure low, the only […]

the quest for kodiaks

May 25, 2016

Three years ago, New Tribes Mission Aviation’s quest for a Kodiak for Papua New Guinea began. It was one based on the need to replace our older, less efficient 206 program with the newer, more efficient (and let’s face it, much cooler) aircraft, the Quest Kodiak. This is an airplane designed by bush pilots with […]