Recently another translation team in PNG published the Gospel of Luke and wanted to do 20 different picture booklets from Luke in time to sell them at the dedication of the first Gospel in their language. The advisor did the work of getting the text together, then a friend of ours in Australia put in the ISBN numbers and permissions. Then she was able to electronically send the files to Ukarumpa, where a couple of guys put them on a thumb drive so the large files could be flo

In late January, Pastor George Korah conducted a thanksgiving service for a church member who had passed away at the Motigu church in Ghana. The service was conducted outside under a tree, as the Motigu congregation does not have a building in which to worship. After the service, two elderly ladies from the village gave their lives to Christ. One of them shared her testimony with Pastor George: “I have not been well for the past two weeks and always indoors. I was sleeping in

Mark Walton, a member of the Spot Bay church in Cayman Brac, passed away in January. Dr. Woods, his pastor, shared: “I loved to hear him tell of his conversion. He was a sailor (as were many of the older generation from this island). One day in 1960 one of the boilers on his oil tanker blew up. The whole ship was in flames and soon sank. Mark had severe burns on about 90% of his body and spent many months in a hospital in Brazil. “Mark said that when he was engulfed in flames

In a recent article, Pastor George Korah in Ghana considered how God works in sometimes surprising ways. “Where do great leaders come from?” he wrote. “Small towns (in Ghana) are not generally known for producing great leaders. Small towns lack opportunities, they are not centers of power or influence, and there is limited support to develop leaders.” On Christmas Day, Pastor George was in one such small village, Sing, about 8 kilometers outside the town of Wa. “Sing is a vil

This time of year is a great reminder about the basic reasons for why we do what we do, and hopefully that’s true for you as well. God sending His Son into the world is not just a good excuse to be celebratory and exchange gifts. It was the culmination of thousands of years of a divine reaching out to the broken people in a broken world, and the start of a new era of God using His people to carry on that work. Thank you for being a part of this ongoing gift of God to the wo

Do you ever find the joy of the holiday season doesn’t seem to match what is really going on? Bolivia is in turmoil; crime is up, and people are being assaulted in the streets. The Myanmar military has taken over their government, affecting every area of life, including public schools and banks. Citizens and soldiers clash. In Haiti, a two-month fuel blockade has been followed by a spike in cholera cases. Violence and gang activity persist. Russia continues attacking Ukraine;