Dear Prayer Partners, As we had hoped in our letter last month, we were able to successfully complete the 2 weeks of quarantine time in the capital of Port Moresby.  Next, we applied for and received our official Department of Health Quarantine Clearance Certificate.  With this, we were finally able to leave the quarantine hotel. …

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Dear Prayer Partners, We are back in Papua New Guinea!  Praise God for His goodness, wisdom & power to help us to travel back here.  There were extra layers of paperwork, testing, and quarantines but we made it.  We should be able to fly onwards within the country after we finish quarantine here in the…

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Dear Prayer Partners, Thank you again for the faithful prayers and support!  We have tickets again to depart on April 17th, from OKC, followed by 2 weeks quarantine upon arrival into the capital of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. The number of reported cases there in the country seems to be rising, but this…

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Dear Prayer Partners, Thank you for your help with our upcoming travel back to Papua New Guinea.  By God’s grace through your giving, we have been able to completely pay for the travel costs.   Everything is taken care of so far, thank you!  God is so good to provide needs.  It has been a blessing…

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Happy New Year!  The proverbs say we do not know “what a day may bring forth.” (Proverbs 27:1) If that’s true of a day, it’s for sure true of a year.  Since I began this letter with that thought a couple weeks ago in December, it only seems more and more true! Thank you to…

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Merry Christmas! We trust everyone is looking forward to celebrating our Savior’s Birth in as many ways as possible this month.  Thank you for your kindness in faithful prayers and support once again.  We enjoyed a good Thanksgiving with family, food, and just slowed down some to be thankful for making it through the many…

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Dear Pastor & Church, Happy Thanksgiving! What a roller coaster ride this year of 2020 has been.  We thank God for His continued mercy, grace, and provision once again.  While preparing for a Sunday School class I was reminded of the old hymn “God will take care of you” . . . and it’s still…

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Dear Pastor & Church, International travel continues to be a challenge in places, but there is some improvement in the larger outlook.   As of August 6, 2020, the US Department of State changed Papua New Guinea from a Level 4 “Do not travel” to a Level 3 “Reconsider travel.” (travel.state.gov.) One of our visas has…

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Dear Pastor & Church, Thank you for your prayer and support this last month.  Psalm 107:1 says “O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good:  for his mercy endureth for ever.”  God is good, has been good, and its encouraging to be called again to praise Him and thank Him. As we await…

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