The pilot folded his hands and looked at us across the table. His eyes brightened and a smile crept across his face. “This week I get to fly Bibles. First Scripture ever in these people’s language.” Our grins matched his. My family and I were in the capital for our...
Kawah men aren’t much for jewelry, aside from traditional amulets for spiritual protection. But my Kawah lady friends love all things shiny. Sequins and metallic embroidery threads are their favorite fashion statements. Cheap costume jewelry abounds in the market,...
“Your father died?” Laynah asked as I sat with her on the bark-slat porch outside her home. Laynah had become my friend during my family’s earliest months in Papua New Guinea. Our grass-roofed hut had been right across the narrow dirt road from hers when we had lived...
It was Friday afternoon at the end of a long week. The air was deadly calm, so thick you could cut it with a knife, as the seven of us sat in a tiny room in a village house in Papua New Guinea. Every day, from early morning until late afternoon and even some evenings,...
Published Scripture is not the end goal of Pioneer Bible. Our work in a language group is finished only when it has churches using Scripture to grow, mature, and multiply. Today we are inviting you to pray for these outcomes in people…
An old man stormed in, and his angry words tumbled out. My husband and I were still new in this community and only…
A chicken is just a chicken until it becomes a symbol of God’s transforming work in the hearts of His people.…
He had only a few verses of Scripture. One of them spoke powerfully and convincingly to him.…
Published Scripture is not the end goal of Pioneer Bible. Our work in a language group is finished only when it has churches using Scripture to grow, mature, and multiply. Today we are inviting you to pray for these outcomes in people groups who now have Scripture —...
As I write this, it’s been a little over a year since my son Isaiah first began experiencing unusual medical symptoms resulting from an auto-immune/neurological disorder. His condition is acutely on my mind and heart today as my wife and I are feeling the need to pull...
Fibi has had a hard life. As an Apal-speaking woman living in a small village tucked deep inside Papua New Guinea’s tropical rainforest, she is accustomed to the challenges of daily life. Yet it seems that she has experienced more than her share of hardship. Fibi...
Checks and Balances The air conditioner gently hummed behind me, making a valiant effort to cool the room and remove some of the 95% humidity of Madang, Papua New Guinea. I sat at one corner of a conference table, staring into my laptop screen, comparing what I was...