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Birthday Week

Sam Smucker October 6, 2014 August 23, 2017Our Lives

Last week was birthday week for us as our two children both celebrated birthdays. Abigail is 10 and Nathanael is 16. Now that Nathanael is 16 he is now allowed to …. well, nothing different than when he was 15. I think that you have to be 18 in this…

Death and Sanguma in Paradise

Sam Smucker January 30, 2014 August 23, 2017About Papua New Guinea

The sky was just starting to get light when I heard the wailing next door. The death wail is fairly distinctive and instantly I knew someone had just died. Soon after that, someone inside the house started yelling, “Jesus, send her back” for the next 5 minutes. It wasn’t too…

Lost Oppertunities

Sam Smucker November 25, 2013 August 23, 2017Moments of Reflection

If I had to characterize Saturday morning, I would have to say it was a morning of lost opportunities. My son played in the provincial soccer tournament on Friday and their team reached the final playoff game. Unfortunately, there was no time to play the game so the final was…

Timeline

Sam Smucker September 22, 2013 August 23, 2017Our Work

This week I brought out the Adam’s Chart of History. It is 25′ long and 2′ tall and it shows the genealogies depicted in the Bible as well as the ebb and flow of nations. This was intensely interesting to the Papua New Guineans here and I spent 6 hours…

Oral Bible Storying Workshop

Sam Smucker September 15, 2013 August 23, 2017Our Work

“We had someone come through our village and preach that Eve and the snake slept together and that is how sin came into the world. Because I had memorized the story from Genesis 3 I knew that sin came into the world because Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate…

We’re Not Coming

Sam Smucker September 8, 2013 August 23, 2017Our Work

How do you go somewhere and convince people that you aren’t coming? Last week we went to the Tau villages which are part of the Kwanga language. All three Tau villages and both Kubiwat villages came to our meeting convinced we were announcing where we would be building a house…

Culture Meets Scripture

Sam Smucker August 22, 2013 August 23, 2017Our Work

A PMV (Public Motor Vehicle – buses or trucks that transport goods or people for hire) was coming down the mountain and the brakes failed. Many people were injured and several lost their lives. As I talked to people about the accident, the talk immediately turned to the spiritual reasons…

Week in review

Sam Smucker December 19, 2011 August 23, 2017Our Lives

This will be for the last 2 weeks since I missed last week. I continue to tweak the network and make sure the vsat is working. It is SOOOO wonderful to have internet all the time! I’ve added a shared web calendar for everyone here to use as well. We…

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