Saying Goodbye to our Beloved Mother In June, Susan’s mother, Mary King, passed away. Susan and her family held a memorial service at a church in North Florida, near the resting place of her beloved Charlie and many other relatives. We were grateful to be on our...

Mikenna graduated from high school!!! It has been such a joy to watch her grow into a wonderful young woman, and we are excited to see how the Lord will lead her as she begins Bible school in August. She is currently practicing for her driver’s license test and has...

Thank you for your love, prayers and gifts! We are deeply grateful for your huge part in sharing the love of Jesus with the Hewa tribal people of Papua New Guinea. Thank you! Mikenna will graduate from high school next Month!!! We are so very proud of Mikenna, for her...

Thank you for your love, prayers and gifts! We are deeply grateful for your huge part in sharing the love of Jesus with the Hewa tribal people of Papua New Guinea. Thank you! Thank you for your prayers for the Dedication of the Yifki Christian School! Many Hewa people...

Thank you for your love, prayers and gifts! We are deeply grateful for your huge part in sharing the love of Jesus with the Hewa tribal people of Papua New Guinea. Thank you! We are grateful to report that a team from a wonderful church in Australia came to Hewa to...

Dear friend of IBC and the Koppens, What an incredible spring semester and summer we’ve had at Indigenous Bible College! Here’s a snapshot of the highlights, testimonies, praises, and prayer requests from our community. The annual Christian Family class final exam (at...

Thank you for your love, prayers and gifts! We are deeply grateful for your huge part in sharing the love of Jesus with the Hewa tribal people of Papua New Guinea. Thank you! Please pray for Faimpat (pictured above with his family) as he is now leading an outreach...

Thank you for your love, prayers and gifts! We are deeply grateful for your huge part in sharing the love of Jesus with the Hewa tribal people of Papua New Guinea. Thank you! We are so thankful we were able to return to the USA in June to attend Susan’s Father’s...

Psalm 90:12 NLT “ Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom." Thank you for your love, prayers and gifts! We are deeply grateful for your huge part in sharing the love of Jesus with the Hewa tribal people of Papua New Guinea. Thank you!...

We are pleased to introduce you to the TEN teachers who will now be teaching in TWO Hewa schools. Eight of them have already arrived in our remote village and have started teaching eager students, and two young men (pictured back row center) will be helping to...

Thank you! After returning to Hewa to press toward completing their New Testament translation, we have been talking with our tribal friends about other goals they would like us to help them accomplish. Together we believe we should continue to expand their little...

We are grateful to be back in PNG! It has been a pleasure to return to our various ministries of translation, discipleship, medical, and education work. As we now split our time between the missionary center near the town of Goroka and our Hewa village, there are...