Dear Friends, Family, and Ministry Team Members, It seems like the years go by more quickly these days. Maybe it has something to do with our ages. Health-wise, it has been better than the few years before. Now, we are moving into the “falling apart” period of our...
Dear Friends, It has been a busy time for most of us. It seems like mowing the lawn, weeding the garden, canning, freezing, making jam, and doing translation work have occupied our time. We’re glad to report that we are well and learning more about the aging process....
GOD’S WORD IS STILL BEARING FRUIT Hi, We were happy to see a story posted on Facebook recently from the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. It was so encouraging to us so we wanted to pass it on to you. I went to West Sepik with some national teachers to teach a group...
THE WORD CONTINUES TO GO OUT Some of you may have seen the man above who was heading to the small town of Aitape in the northern part of Papua New Guinea. He was going to teach a group of people through the Creation to Christ lessons. Later, I found out there were...
Dear All, We just wanted to send you a recent update. We have both turned 77 this year. We’ve done a lot of life together, but growing old has been quite a challenge. After several procedures, Kathy is feeling better than she has in the past 3 years. On our return...
What a great start to the New Year! Tom and Melanie’s three sons are Dustin, Brett and Wes. Dustin and his wife Brittany are missionaries in Senegal, W. Africa and were back in the USA for a short time. Callum James is their son, and our great grandson. We drove down...
We had the joy of having some Facebook friends come over for a meal recently, Micah and Julia Ponjel. They met at Pensacola Christian College. Micah is from Papua New Guinea and Julia from CA. They live about 20 miles away. We were able to give them a set of English...
Dear Friends, Returning to America after 51 years in Papua New Guinea has been quite an adjustment we call “reverse culture shock.” We are so thankful for all of you who have prayed for us and it seems like we are nearing the end of our re-entry. It has taken tons of...
Time Moves On As we approach our 57th wedding anniversary this month, we realize how much time has moved on. The waterfall reminds us how water keeps flowing. We visited there recently and actually walked behind the falls to see the view from there. We had a great...
It’s hard to believe we left Papua New Guinea twenty-two months ago. Life seems to fly by these days. Kathy has had several procedures done since we’ve been back and has another one looming. She had a stone removed from her bile duct last week, and after an...
Our first Christmas in Papua New Guinea was in 1969 and we were up to our necks in culture shock. So many new things to observe and learn. One outstanding thing was that the people let the Christmas season come and go with no seasonal music playing, no gift-giving, no...
We received this message this morning and want to share it with you. Jos is a faithful servant of the Lord who is assisting his missionary in translating the Old Testament. He is living in our former station and is referring to the village surrounding it. According to...
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