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 […]

Simbari Bible Publishing Completed

June 5, 2023

Praise God, the printing of the Simbari Bible is now complete! We have received copies of the finished Bibles and inspected them. They are very high quality and they turned out even better than we thought they would. The main shipment for Papua New Guinea will depart the Netherlands in about a week and should […]

“We had it wrong!”

September 19, 2021

A new era for the Amdu Hattons. Thank you to all of you who sent gifts and kind words to Judah in response to our last ministry update that was focused on his perspective on growing up in Amdu and what his future plans are. If you didn’t get a chance to see that video […]

PNG – STANDS FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA

March 14, 2021

How many of you know what that PNG stands for?? Of course … Papua New Guinea. Many of you have asked about or have been keeping track of the Adventures of Cody and Beka as they prepared for the mission field. You may remember that their first attempt at leaving January 17th was cancelled the day before their flight […]

PNG & QUARANTINE

January 30, 2021

Barefoot, I bend down and pick another clothes pin from a tin can. The breeze is warm and swirls around the little, wet dress I clip on the wash line. I smile. Our Lydia adores this yellow dress. Deep breathe. “Lord, you did it’. My hearts whispers to My good God. The last 2 months […]

“They Say We’ll Become Orphans!”

December 29, 2020

Merry Christmas from our house to yours! The Christmas music is going full tilt in our house here in Amdu. One of our favorite things about Christmas is the music, especially the music that helps us to remember that Jesus is the consummation of all that is on God’s heart towards us. This has been […]

Ministry Partnership Development

October 19, 2020

For the last year our family has been based in Maytown, Pennsylvania.We have been able to witness four seasons. Moving to Pennsylvania the end of May 2019 we jumped into Summer, then rolled around Fall, Winter (I think last year we had one good snow fall) and then Spring. I LOVE living somewhere with four […]

Back in the First World…?

August 26, 2020

Hello everyone. Josh and Mel Simmons here. We finally made it back to the U.S., or something resembling the U.S. If I didn’t know better I would think I was still in the 3rd world country I just left, the jury is still out. It was a bizarre trip back to say the least but […]

Miscommunication Can Happen Even When We Try To Avoid It

September 8, 2019

Miscommunication still happens, even when we are trying our hardest for it not to happen. This story is an excellent example of why we have so many steps – and so much checking – built into our translation work! True, it will take many years to get the whole Bible translated into Lusi, but, by the grace of God, there will be the fewest errors possible.