This Little Light of Mine

February 26, 2012

“For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing…” (2 Cor. 2:15) We have been in Tigak language & culture study now for nearly three months, and it is tempting to feel like we are still waiting for our “real ministry” to begin. […]

Therefore Encourage One Another

December 18, 2011

It’s nice when official business can also be fun, that was the case this past week when we enjoyed having some visitors. Chris & Erin Lujan are a couple who are part of the church planting team among the Siar people here in Papua New Guinea. If you keep close taps on NTM News you […]

This Language Isn’t Going to Learn Itself!

December 18, 2011

I have been in official Tigak language & culture study for a little over a month now and I am starting to feel the enormity of the job in front of us. Learning the Tigak language will require us to not only learn thousands of vocabulary words, but also how to arrange those words into […]

Tigak CLA Kickoff

November 8, 2011

We have just finished our official CLA kickoff! CLA stands for Culture & Language Acquisition, and is a technical way of saying culture & language study. Two NTM consultants came out to our island and went over some materials and planning with us, as we embark on the marathon of learning another language (a much, […]

We Have Power!

November 8, 2011

When we left our house in the village last spring, we knew that something had to be done about our power situation when we returned to the island. At the time we were running four thirty year old solar panels into two large truck batteries to supply power to our DC lights & small bed […]

Back on the Island

November 8, 2011

We’ve been back in country for over two weeks now and are just now making the time to sit down and write. Its been a bit of a whirlwind, but this seems to be the pace of the life of a missionary. Our travel to PNG was mostly uneventful, although we did run into some […]

Heading Back to PNG

October 16, 2011

Its hard to believe that our maternity leave is finally over. When we left our tiny island in Papua New Guinea almost six months ago it felt like it would be so long before we returned. And yet here we are placing the last few items in our bags, almost ready to head out. Weird. […]

Permission Granted

March 25, 2011

So, how does one go about gaining permission to move into a village? Many of you asked us this question before we arrived in Papua New Guinea and now that we have found the place where we believe God wants us long term, I will explain how this interesting process of gaining permission has gone […]

Tigak: It’s Official!!!

March 10, 2011

For some time now we have been praying for the Lord’s direction for our future ministry location. We are excited to share with you that the decision has been made! As you may be aware, our goals include evangelism, teaching and discipleship among the least reached peoples of Papua New Guinea. We have had several […]

The Island

January 21, 2011

I am dripping in sweat and have just come inside after spending over an hour doing half of our laundry- “tribal living style”. That is to say I just used a twin tub washer for the very first time. Of course when we went through missionary training we where shown the in’s and outs of […]