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Hide and Seek with UPS – Answered Prayer

Sam Smucker August 31, 2017 August 31, 2017Our Work

Hide and seek with United Parcel Service (UPS) Today I (Sam) am traveling to Liberia, West Africa, to help lead an Oral Bible Translation course. I needed two things to come this week, my visa and a box of computers to take with me. My visa arrived on Tuesday! The computers were supposed to…

Yabru Oral Bible Storytelling Workshop and Demas’ Story

Sam Smucker November 24, 2014 August 23, 2017Our Work

We recently completed our second of five Oral Bible Storytelling (OBS) workshop in Yabru, Sandaun province. I and the four Papua New Guinean trainers arrived several days early so we could talk about the course and prepare for the times of teaching. The trainers are former graduates of the OBS…

Oral Bible Storytelling

Sam Smucker September 24, 2014 August 23, 2017Our Work

The third Oral Bible Storytelling (OBS) workshop in Wewak finished recently. OBS is designed to help people learn a Bible story and then be able to tell the story accurately and naturally in their own language. After the story is told, questions are asked that are designed to draw out…

Travelling to Arop and Back

Sam Smucker August 17, 2014 August 23, 2017Our Work

The pavement ends on the West Coast road 21 miles (35 km) out of Wewak. We pulled into Arop 132 miles (220 km), 37 water crossings, 35 bridges, and 7 hours later. People pay to have this kind of adventure. I get to do it as part of my job.…

Trip to Yabru

Sam Smucker March 16, 2014 August 23, 2017Our Work

On the 24th of February I arrived in Yabru after a 1.5 hour plane ride, a 1 hour hike, and a 2 hour canoe ride. Over the next two weeks I would spend 5 days in a canoe, 3 days hiking, and visit 14 villages in 4 different languages to…

Trip to Sandaun

Sam Smucker February 28, 2014 August 23, 2017Our Work

For the next two weeks, I will be traveling to Sandaun province and traveling to set up the next Oral Bible Storytelling (OBS) workshop. What will the next two weeks look like? To be honest, there are a lot of things that are unknown. I will get on a plane…

Week in Review – Oral Bible Storytelling Workshop

Sam Smucker February 17, 2014 August 23, 2017Our Work

The last two weeks have been spent running an Oral Bible Storytelling (OBS) workshop here in Wewak. We had nineteen people representing seven different language groups and seven Papua New Guinean trainers. This is the first of four workshops for this group. The students learned the story of God creating…

Trip to Tau

Sam Smucker January 24, 2014 August 23, 2017Our Work

It was just starting to get light when I took off on my motorcycle at 6:00 am down the Sepik Highway. The Sepik Highway is the main road through the mountains all the way to Sandaun province. It starts as a good two lane road which eventually sprouts potholes like…

I Can’t Pray

Sam Smucker November 6, 2013 August 23, 2017Our Work

“I’m sorry, but I can’t pray for you”, I told my friend. My friend and his dad called me and told me their story. A large some of money was missing from their bilum (string bag). They wanted me to pray that they could find out who took the money.…

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