Author Archives: rebekahwade

October 2021: edition 2

Grace and peace to you, friends and family. While it is tempting to wait until plans are done spiraling out of control before we write to you, I am reminded in Scripture that these are the moments when we truly need to trust our outcomes and plans to our Father. We need your prayers. In […]

October 2021 Update

Before we talk about October, we want to wrap up September with you. We are praising God for working, moving, and speaking among the high schoolers of Ukarumpa during their four day camp, called Encounter. It took place at our training center in Ukarumpa (where our family had our initial training in country and where […]

September 2021 Family Update

For the first time since the COVID pandemic started, our Training Center in Ukarumpa is able to offer Bible translation courses again.  One language group is called Keakalo, and they have five men here studying Bible translation in the Translator’s Training Course (TTC).  Back at home in PNG’s Central Province, they have a team of […]

August 2021 Family Update

Our family has been back in Papua New Guinea for nearly three months now. One of the huge markers of settling into a routine has been the start of school this past week. The school year at Ukarumpa International School begins in July and ends the following June. The kids have had mixed feelings about […]

We’re headed to Sivauna!

Dear Friends, Our family has arrived safely in Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea! God be praised for working out those logistics. While we were in our 14 day quarantine, the country’s travel restrictions changed, making it possible for us to plan our next village trip much sooner than we thought possible. We’re leaving in the morning! […]