Mubami
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Harvest Day (Pt. 6)
September 2022 Village Trip, Part 6. In this Post: Fighting breaks out threatening to disrupt the celebrations, but God works an unexpected miracle through his Word.
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The Test (Pt. 5)
September 2022 Village Trip, Part 5. In this Post: Helva’s burial service, another haus krai, and illness strikes
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Tragedy Strikes (Pt. 4)
September 2022 Village Trip, Part 4. A quiet morning is interrupted by tragedy and Jason wrestles with grief.
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Earth-Shaking “Coincidences” (Pt. 3)
September 2022 Village Trip, Part 3. On the morning of Sunday, September 11, 2022, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, just as church service was about to begin. Coincidence? Or is there more going on than meets the eye?
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A Taste of Translation (Pt. 2)
September 2022 Village Trip, Part 2. A foreign cult rears its head deep in the jungles of PNG, syncretism surfaces in the church, and the Mubami get a taste of God’s Word in their language.
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When You Don’t Feel It (Pt. 1)
September 2022 Village Trip, Part 1. Can I be honest for a moment? When we first got back to PNG, my heart was not in it. An extended stay back in the US for study leave made our return very challenging on many levels. The truth is, over the 3 ½ years we spent back…
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Why does PNG have so many languages?
When people find out that 839 of the world’s 7,139 living languages are indigenous to Papua New Guinea (PNG), they are understandably shocked. That’s almost 12%
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Is Seminary training really necessary?
Occasionally, people ask us whether studying Greek and Hebrew is really necessary in preparation for Bible translation. After all, as believers, we have access to the Holy Spirit whom Jesus promises will “guide [us] into all the truth.” (Jn 16:13, ESV) And, we also have unprecedented access to numerous reliable English translations, study Bibles, and commentaries.
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The day I got stuck in quicksand
I hopped off of a rock ledge onto what looked like a short stretch of rock covered by about a foot or so of water. I immediately realized my error. While the substance under the water had looked like solid limestone, it was in fact quicksand!
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Mubami Pre-allocation Trip, Day 7
*This is the last of a seven-part series about our pre-allocation trip to the Mubami people of Western Province, Papua New Guinea. The purpose of our trip was to discern God’s will regarding us potentially starting a new Bible translation project in the Mubami language, which currently has no scripture. Day 7, March 5, 2018