Tag: PNG

reachWANTAKIA

reachWANTAKIA

We recently received an update from the team in Wantakia. They’ve done an excellent job in telling the 5 reasons they’re here, why we’re all here, and it’s well worth sharing. You can read more about this team working with the Wantakia on their blog: http://www.reachwantakia.com/team-blog/
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Lo Normal Ahora.

Lo Normal Ahora.

Para nosotros lo “cotidiano“ se ha vuelto muy diferente. Ya no es habitual decir “buenos días” en las mañanas, ahora decimos “good morning” o “monin tru”. Funcionamos en dos idiomas (o al menos lo intentamos), Inglés y Tok Pisin. Aveces  escucho a Jacob hablando inglés mientras juega sólo en la casa, supongo que era de esperarse ¿verdad?, sus […]
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El incomparable Dios de Israel.

El incomparable Dios de Israel.

¿Quién midió las aguas con el hueco de su mano y los cielos con su palmo, con tres dedos juntó el polvo de la tierra, y pesó los montes con balanza y con pesas los collados? …tal es la grandeza de su fuerza, y el poder de su dominio. … Vosotros sois mis testigos, dice Jehová, […]
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Con un corazón agradecido.

Con un corazón agradecido.

    Que el mensaje de Cristo, con toda su riqueza, llene sus vidas. Enséñense y aconséjense unos a otros con toda la sabiduría que él da. Canten salmos e himnos y canciones espirituales a Dios con un corazón agradecido. Colosenses 3:16 Querida familia, ¡Cuánto los amamos y extrañamos! Y agradecemos a Dios por el […]
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No Longer Afraid

No Longer Afraid

  I hiked to Emo’s hut on the banks of the Yif River on June 13, and when I arrived, Emo was very happy to show me his brand new house and the garden his family planted in the river valley. “Why did you leave your brother’s house on the ridge top to move here,” […]
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Bible Dedication in Dom

Bible Dedication in Dom

We had the amazing privilege on August 26th to attend our first Bible dedication.  If you remember our first term here when we were finishing our language study we chose to do a bush orientation.  To live out in a tribal location for 6 weeks.  We spent our orientation in Dom!  When we heard that […]
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Pomp and Ceremony

Pomp and Ceremony

You may not have read about it in the paper, or heard about it on the evening news, but history was made recently. The first-ever Iski literacy class just graduated its first students! That’s right, for the first time in HUMAN HISTORY, a mixed group of Iski men, women, and children were able to stand […]
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Party Poopers

Party Poopers

The other day, we had a bit of a shindig in our village, celebrating the graduation of our first Iski literacy class. It was a fun time. The people did mini-dramas depicting different Iski historical moments, they had singing groups perform songs they had written especially for the occasion, there were speeches, there was food, […]
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