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January 2021

Joy in the Midst of Mourning Jeremy was born and reared in our host village but he worked for an airline company in another province, married a girl from there, they adopted some children and had some sons of their own. We met him when he came home for holidays and...

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Christmas 2020

EXPLOSION OF JOY! Hi all, Just wanted to share some of the highlights of the ministry going on in our community. A couple of our Bible teachers were asked to teach a group of people from across the road, at a school named Mt Zion. Some of the people were well...

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October 15, 2020

We would like to introduce Roy and Elizabeth to you. They are attending Bible studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays and are a little over halfway through the evangelistic lessons, Creation to Christ. They are from Milne Bay Province and came into the community to help his...

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October 2020

This was an eager group of future teachers. They started arriving Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. I had the help of two teachers, Jonathan and Mark, to carry the teaching load. There were 14 people attending and we pray many of them will go back and teach their...

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May 23, 2020

Mentoring the next generation. This is my latest painting. I loved that it produced emotions in me about the older generation helping the younger and bringing the younger onboard spiritually. The young man above is from Papua New Guinea, but presently living in...

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April 28, 2020

THE BORDER WILL NEVER BE THE SAME A team of teachers headed out not knowing all that would lie ahead of them, but they were believing God would look after them and bear lasting fruit through His Word. They went by faith to the border of Morobe and Gulf Provinces....

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February 18, 2020

Minape and Monica Lumi are now living in the coastal town of Wewak. Minape is one of 3 men we trained to be a trainer of Bible teachers and he will be coordinating the Bible courses in East and West Sepik. They are a great couple and are loved and respected by all who...

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February 2020

Releasing the Teachers The churches in the Simbu Province decided to get together to do something they’d never done before. They had a church in one area where the missionaries were absent, and they are sending the Elijah family there for 6 months until their...

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December 2019

Hi Friends, The reason for the season: Christ came to save sinners. This group has been hearing the message of salvation for the first time this year. Did you notice most of them are sitting on a concrete floor? These people are mostly from the Gimi tribe, but are...

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Thankfulness, November 2019

From Papua New Guinea Thanksgiving isn’t a holiday in this country, but we have plenty to be thankful for. Margaret is a local Bible teacher (small groups) and on Saturday 6 of her students gave clear testimonies of their salvation through Christ alone. They are very...

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September 2019

We have had a class of 7 adults for nearly 10 days. We have taught them 66 lessons and today they will hear about the death of Christ. Pray for them. They will be with us for two more weeks of Bible teaching. Thanks, Jim and Kathy Tanner

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July 22, 2019

Her name is Evelyn and we’ve known her for about 5 years. She is one of the greatest teachers I have ever heard. And she has a mission to spread God’s Word. That combination makes her a tool in God’s hands. She was sent to re-open a small school near a mining town....

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