The kids planted some herbs for our kitchen this week. Boy, have we missed basil and cilantro, but hopefully in a few weeks we’ll have some right outside our front door. Some friends gave us some fresh corn. Here’s Jeremy cooking it over the fire. Olivia enjoyed the corn her daddy cooked. The sunset on … More Photo Friday
I recently saw a photo of a pile of rubble in my home town. The caption confirmed my suspicions. Ruby Tuesday had been destroyed in order to make room for a fast food restaurant. For most people, the destruction of a restaurant is unimportant, but that building was part of my story. It was 1999. … More On Our Fourteenth Anniversary…
These past two weeks were a little different. We had fun celebrating the Fourth of July with friends in Ukarumpa, an SIL mission center located about two hours from Goroka, then Jeremy headed off to the bush (update and pictures to come) while the kids and I stayed at the center. Jeremy cooks hotdogs over … More Photo Friday
This week featured pastor training with nearly thirty pastors and a visit from our friend, Jim Bliffen. Jim, who pastored in the States for many years, and his wife, Joni, are missionaries with Pioneer Bible Translators in the coastal city of Madang. We were privileged to have him travel up to the “cold” mountains of … More Photo Friday
A few pictures from our week… This is the group of pastors that Jeremy is training each week. In this photo, Waty is teaching the concepts that he learned from Jeremy last term to the new students. Jeremy and the kids had some Father’s Day fun playing soccer. Everett loves his momma. In case you’ve … More Photo Friday
“Are the stories still here?” That was the question a young man posed to Jeremy on the afternoon of our last day in the bush. His name is Lyle, and he had been trying to get to the village where Jeremy was teaching, but the road is long, and he was unable to make it … More "Are the Stories Still Here?"
“When we get our spiritual house in order, we’ll be dead. This goes on. You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in darkness. Don’t expect faith to clear things up for you. It is trust, not certainty.” ― Flannery O’Connor A year and a half … More Forward in Darkness
We currently partner with New Life Mission, a group of churches in Goroka composed entirely of Papua New Guineans. In August of this year, a couple of the New Life Mission pastors approached me and expressed their desire for Bible training. These are hard working men with families who survive on whatever comes from their … More Striving Side By Side For the Faith of the Gospel
We have been in PNG for ten months now, and our knowledge of local language and culture is beginning to reach a point where we feel like we can actually minister to people without making quite as many mistakes as we did at first. We still commit plenty of cultural blunders, but these missteps will … More October Update
In a lush valley located in the eastern foothills of the Bismarck Mountain range of Papua New Guinea, the Ramu River rushes along, fed by five streams flowing down into the valley from the rugged peaks above. For many generations, tribal groups, including the primitive M people*, have made their home along the rocky banks … More Bush Trip Report – July 2014
Sanders Party of Five 