{"id":489,"date":"2026-07-06T15:26:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/travis-lesicka\/?p=489"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:36:45","slug":"a-lifetime-minus-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/travis-lesicka\/2026\/07\/a-lifetime-minus-one\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lifetime minus One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What began in 1980. . .<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

 In 1980 a missionary family with New Tribes Missions moved in among the Lamogai people of Papua New Guinea.  They began the process of learning the local language and culture, teaching literacy, translating the Bible and teaching from Creation to Christ.  Along the way others joined them in the work, a local church was born, the New Testament was translated into their language, and recently the  Old Testament was also completed.  This June the Lamogai people celebrated the completion and printing of the entire Bible in their native language.  The printed Bibles arrived in Papua New Guinea by ship, traveled by road to the NTMA hangar and were then flown into the village.  Many people came together for the celebration.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About a month before the official celebration Travis flew in some of the boxes of Bibles (since it was too much to bring in one trip.)\u00a0 As these first boxes arrived, the Lamogai had a mini-celebration with song and dance and flowers.\u00a0 Imagine the joy to finally have the whole Word of God in a language you understand and can read for yourself. Travis\u00a0 was humbled and blessed to have a small part in something that began when he was just one year old.\u00a0 (His whole life time minus one.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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