Bringing the Bible to the Bibleless in Papua New Guinea
On my last trips out to my translators’ village I took with me a pack of things I would need to make it through my short stay. Since I hiked and canoed to their village, the space and weight of my pack limited what I was able to take with me. Therefore I was only able…
Just imagine it’s December 23rd, and you baking some banana bread to give to neighbors and friends as Christmas presents. However, after starting you realize that you don’t have some of your essential ingredients. What do you do? Easy right…run to the store! OH NO…the store is closed!! What?!… Spending Christmas here in Papua New…
Pumpkin Pie…Turkey…Dressing…Mashed Potatoes…Ham…Green Bean Casserole…These are just some of the things that have been dancing around in my head as I begin to think of Thanksgiving.
Last week on Thursday, our team leader approached me with an opportunity to buy some grubs. I asked him for what reason I would buy them and he told me, "To eat." I figured that I would give it a try, since it is considered a delicacy by many Papua New Guineans in the region that we…
Often times we have people ask us what it is like to live in Papua New Guinea, live in the Jungle, and not have bacon (I made that last one up…;-) ) Questions like these can be rather difficult to answer impromptu, because we it can be hard to sort through all the differences that…
Just look at the picture above, you would think we are celebrating Halloween this week in the village (actually celebrating Dedication of new training centre building). BUT, were not this is the traditional costume for SingSing (Pidgin word for a song and dance celebration) of some people groups from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. This…
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Thank you all SO much for your prayers as we have been traveling around to many different places over the last few weeks. During our travels, we have seen many friends, gained one new financial partner in our ministry, and quite a few one time gifts!! We really felt your prayers for health, as everywhere…
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