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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.…

Faith vs Depression, Which Wins?

Sam Smucker August 8, 2014 August 23, 2017Moments of Reflection

As I’ve been reflecting on my recent experiences, I’ve been contemplating on what determines if faith or depression will ultimately triumph. I’ve thought about other people who have pulled through difficult circumstances like a man I met last year named Johnson. Johnson is a Papua New Guinean who lives in…

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…

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…

Help a friend

Sam Smucker November 22, 2011 August 23, 2017Our Work

My phone rang at 7:45 this busy Monday morning, and I looked at the number on the display. Another number I didn’t recognize. There’s nothing unusual about that since I give out my phone number to lots of pastors and people I meet. After all, networking is part of my…

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