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.

Mr. Jones

April 3, 2019

We are so encouraged with how God has kept Chris and Evie Jones in the race for the Gospel to the Pei people!

FROM SHAMAN TO CHRIST FOLLOWER!

February 16, 2019

In these days I got the sad news that another Mengen believer has passed away. He and his family are very precious to me. When we moved into the area in 2009, this family was the first to open their hearts and home to me and Marie. It’s very very hard for me, as they have become my family! I would want to be there with them. I would want to spend a few days with them, standing at their backs! But this is God’s plan for me for now.

Surveys

January 25, 2019

Before we enter any people group, we first conduct different surveys. We thus first visit specific people groups who often invite us to come and live amongst them, to help us evaluate what the need is and to present to them the purpose of what we are wanting to come and do. Last year I […]

“Hausboi”

January 21, 2019

The “hausboi” is a Pidgen term, for a men’s house. In Mengen they call it “Giunga.” In our Mengen culture, this is a house only for men. Young boys used to leave their homes and move into the men’s house when they are between 10 – 13 years old and then they get introduces to […]

Halfway Home

January 15, 2019

It is now 6 months since we arrived here in South Africa. And even though we long for our home back in Papua New Guinea, we can thankfully summarize by saying, “The Laureti’s are doing very well”. Those first few weeks here felt like a whirlwind… landing in JHB, some medical appointments, seeing friends and […]

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