On the front lines in Papua New Guinea: a few snippets for your prayers ….. Amdu tribe - Jason Stuart will be flying into Amdu this week to do a translation check on the Amdu book of Acts. (His 2 teens Jedidiah and Ella Jo will go along and doubtless have great times...

Come, thou long expected Jesus, born to set thy people free; from our fears and sins release us, let us find our rest in thee. Israel's strength and consolation, hope of all the earth thou art; dear desire of every nation, joy of every longing heart. Born thy people...

With Thanksgiving coming, here’s something to chew on. The statistics below are gleaned from the Wycliffe Global Alliance website. Wycliffe is the missions group who keep the most accurate records of translation work and ongoing needs for the Bible around the globe....

PNG – While Covid continues to monopolize much of the news in the USA, cases in Papua New Guinea have miraculously and  thankfully remained light! Several missionary families currently in the States are now trying to return to the field to get plugged back into their...

From the front lines in PNG: Over in the Amdu language group -- the Good News of salvation thru Jesus’ death and resurrection was presented to them several weeks ago. We now have brothers and sisters in Christ in this isolated jungle locale! The baby believers can use...

After nearly 40 years in Papua New Guinea struggling to understand their reasoning and logic, I’m settling in to the land of my birth to – guess what! – struggle to understand the reasoning and logic that prevails in the USA today. A simple example of common sense...

Suddenly it’s summer !!! and with it comes my switch from “Home Assignment” to serving on an “Itinerate Status.” This means I’m working full days at home on upgrading printable resources for the May River Iwam. There’s plenty to do. All our older Bible Lessons and...

As we ride out “the virus” here in the USA other countries around the world too are battling the bug. There HAVE been a few cases diagnosed in Papua New Guinea so please add the needs there to your prayers as God brings them to mind. There have been restrictions in...

Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV -- Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Interesting days we are living thru, eh! I made an early a.m. trip to Walmart the other morning...

It’s tempting to let this be “melancholy month.” Normally at this point in past Home Assignment (HA) times I would be checking flights and purchasing tickets to return to Papua New Guinea. There would be totes to pack with their meticulously itemized customs lists of...

Early February highlights in America seem to revolve around Groundhog Day, super bowl, State of the Union, Valentine’s Day.... For me February means TAXES. This year has been a muddle of confusion beyond all previous years. Thankfully we have home staff missionaries...

So – did you have a happily memorable Christmas season? Here’s how some missionary friends spent the holidays: Pei – Chris & Evie Jones, Candace Swift, Justin & Lauren Rees invested the time with translation consultant Lisa Kappeler going over recently...