Learning Language is Fun. . .

April 27, 2024

. . . and it’s a lot of work. Right now our focus is studying the national language of Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin). Learning the language and culture is important so that we can communicate clearly and develop quality relationships with PNG (Papua New Guinea) citizens. Language learning is broken down into four levels: […]

On the ground and running!

February 26, 2024

After much planning and anticipation we arrived in Papua New Guinea on January 3rd. We got in too late to make our connecting flight to Goroka, so we spent the night in Port Moresby courtesy of the airline, who thankfully booked us a hotel near the airport. The next morning we got on the first […]

Merry Christmas from Idaho

December 25, 2023

(Next newsletter from Papua New Guinea!) And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. John 1:14 It’s the season of the year where we remember and celebrate Jesus coming to live among us, as the Word of God, to bring us the good news that he would pay the punishment for our […]

New Year, New Location

November 7, 2023

Answered Prayers Thank you to all of you for praying for us. Our trip to Pennsylvania and New Jersey in October went really well. We were able to visit with lots of friends and family and were able to speak at two churches. While we were out there we got an e-mail from the Papua […]

In All Things. . .

September 23, 2023

Greetings from Idaho! In our last newsletter we mentioned we were still waiting for our work permits. Good news! Our work permits arrived the beginning of August. Our next step is to get our visas from the Papua New Guinea embassy in Washington DC. Unfortunately their computer system for granting visas has been down for […]

Moving to Papua New Guinea FAQ’s

July 25, 2023

Greetings from Idaho! As we’ve been catching up with friends and family and speaking at different churches and small groups this summer we’ve been asked a few questions multiple times. We’ve decided to answer them here in our newsletter since you’re all probably curious. When are you leaving? We are still waiting for our work […]

Giving Thanks With all our Hearts

June 7, 2023

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. Psalms 9:1 Thankful we get to serve church planters through aviation. Sometimes we can get so caught up in the daily activities of preparing to leave for Papua New Guinea that we lose sight of the reason we […]

Springing ahead and back again!

April 9, 2023

To the East Coast and back… In mid-March we traveled to Pennsylvania and New Jersey to speak at churches and visit family. We had the privilege to speak at both of the churches where Becky grew up and were able to meet with staff from a third church in the area. It was really encouraging […]

It’s Official!

February 24, 2023

What we’ve been doing… The last two months have seen steady progress on the remote fuel pump project. It went into production last week, the circuit boards arrived from the prototyping shop and the rest of the assembly is being done here. The new shipping date is hopefully early March. In January Travis also spent […]

Wrapping up 2022

December 18, 2022

Training Two weeks ago Travis finished his last training flight in the Cessna 206. This fall he completed 26 lessons during 25 hours of flight time. After Christmas break he will begin 40 hours of training in the Kodiak simulator. He also continues to work on the remote fuel pump project. We’re hoping it will […]