A Few Things We Are Thankful For Today

November 26, 2015

Many families have an excellent Thanksgiving holiday tradition, as they are gathered around the Thanksgiving feast, of sharing with each other what they are thankful for. There are no other Americans within many miles of us here (and, by the way, no turkeys or hams or cranberry sauce either!), so we’ll take this opportunity to […]

Thankful for Ambulance Service

November 26, 2015

In our ministry among the Landumas, occasionally we are called upon to evacuate a patient with a medical emergency to the nearest hospital, in the city 50 minutes’ drive away. All too often these must be done late at night. But late night ambulance runs are one of my (Kirk’s) least favorite things I do […]

ready for flight

November 24, 2015

So last week I asked you to pray about the upcoming audit on the flight program here in PNG; the one that would determine if and when the Kodiak could start flying and serving the missionaries and people of Papua New Guinea. We can now praise the Lord together that it is now finished! The […]

November Update- a month in numbers

November 24, 2015

“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now” — Phil. 1:3-5 In this season of giving thanks, we are thankful for you, our supporters, who through your prayers […]

Inspection Complete

November 24, 2015

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority PNG auditors arrived last week and conducted an inspection of not only our new Kodiak but also of our flight and maintenance programs. By the end of their time, we were cleared in all three…..meaning we are now legally able to move on to the next step in getting the […]

Ostman Thanksgiving

November 23, 2015

Thanksgiving - more than an American holiday! A time to thank God.

Breath

November 22, 2015

“Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD” Psalm 150:6. This year we decided to celebrate Thanksgiving a little early, on Sunday with our partners. Probably like many of you, we have incorporated several family traditions. One of our traditions is to make name cards, and have a Bible verse […]

Drafting Hebrews – NT 91% Drafted

November 22, 2015

During our recent trip to the village it was great to see the church functioning well on their own. They have elders and deacons functioning and even the kids are participating! They were taking up offerings that included food items like greens, sweet potato and squash as well as some coins so that they can […]

Literacy Prayer Request

November 20, 2015

Up until now, mostly our church folk have taken literacy. We need a whole new group of students to test out a major change we made in how we write a certain sound in the Dom language. We tried to test it before we went on Home Assignment last year, but could get no new […]

Waiting…

November 20, 2015

Sometimes things happen slow over here, and sometimes they happen quick. It’s been both slow and quick at times this month. At the end of October, we packed up all our stuff- and threw away or sold much of it- and sent the rest on to the city to which we are moving. Then on the first of […]