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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 - Tragedy Strikes (Pt. 4)
September 2022 Village Trip, Part 4. A quiet morning is interrupted by tragedy and Jason wrestles with grief. - 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? - 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. - 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 in the US, our friendships with people back home deepened, we spent a lot of time with family, we had a nice home and cars, and we invested in the lives of those around us, and our kids were older and more invested as well. Leaving all of that behind was painful.