Ethnos Canada
The Rumble of a Landslide

Landslides sounds like thunder. They start as a distant rumble, build, then fade away—but leave behind more than an echo.

The Rumble of a Landslide
Ethnos Canada
Please, God, Let the Rain Stop

What happens when you’re ready to build, but the rains won’t stop? Seth and Kaitlyn Sanford, missionaries to the Konomala people of Papua New Guinea, found themselves in that predicament — and they found God to be bigger than their predicament.

Please, God, Let the Rain Stop
Ethnos360
Turning a Corner in the Work

Taylor and Abby Goheen and Jon and Jen Myers minister to the Kaje people of Papua New Guinea. They are getting very close to the time when they will be able to present the Good News of Jesus Christ to the Kaje people.

Turning a Corner in the Work
Ethnos360
Translation Isn't Apples to Apples

Bible translation is so much more than taking one word of Greek and substituting in one word of Lusi. Why? Have you ever read anything translated by Google Translate?

Translation Isn't Apples to Apples
Rosie Cochran
When a Shaman Attends Bible Teaching

Topa Taman didn’t stand out in their minds. But it didn’t take long to learn that this introverted man was one of the village shamans, a man with great influence within the community, whose status also resulted in wealth.

When a Shaman Attends Bible Teaching

The Believers "Took It Upon Themselves"

‘They Took It upon Themselves.’

This week’s article was written by Adam and Julie Martin who minister to the Akolet people of Papua New Guinea.
 
Yesterday at church I noticed that a man took it upon himself to enlist some of the young men to build more benches in our church. You see, we’re having a “marriage conference” of sorts here in this next week.

missionaries and their friends from the village

Discipleship without PowerPoint

This conference is something entirely unprecedented in Akolet church history. We even have guest speakers! They are dear believers from other people groups, traveling here to share with the Akolet believers what they’ve learned about walking with Jesus and growing with their spouses.
 
This event is something we’ve been working to get arranged for over a year. There won’t be any PowerPoints, and certainly no one encouraging husbands and wives to hold hands and gaze into each other’s eyes or anything equally mortifying to an Akolet couple. But we hope there will be Scriptures unpacked that help the Akolet see, from fellow Papua New Guinean believers, what a Christ-centred marriage can look like. We are beyond excited.  

Akolet family with their Scripture portions

Building Benches Demonstrates Spiritual Growth

But where was I? Oh yes, the benches. There are 13 visitors coming for this marriage conference, and our bursting-at-the-seams church building doesn’t have the space! So this Akolet man saw the need and took it upon himself to get more benches built off to the side of our current structure. And there’s no Mitre 10 nearby to pick up more timber, either. We’re talking, “Boys, let’s go chop some trees.”

These are small steps in many ways. Yet for the past seven years since the Akolet church was first born, the believers have relied heavily on us as the missionaries. Slowly but surely, some are seeing the needs and taking it upon themselves to ask the Lord how He wants them to meet those needs.

Praise the Lord for the growth among the Akolet church. Would you pray for continued growth? And pray for more spiritual fruit as a result of this marriage conference.