“It is Well” was the theme of our biennial Branch Conference this year, and we were encouraged to participate in a week of building unity and catching a vision of what God is doing in each region throughout PNG, as well as a 5 year action plan for moving forward. We laughed and cried, studied God’s Word, rejoiced in what has been accomplished and recognized the challenges that still lay ahead. We tackled difficult subjects, like serving the 300 “bibleless peoples” and language groups remaining in PNG, as well as “peopleless bibles” where translations have been finished but aren’t being utilized without more church engagement and scripture use training in these low education and literacy areas. Please continue to pray for God’s leading and direction in Bible translation, Scripture use, Literacy & Education, and Church engagement here in PNG. And pray for our continued endurance as we seek to further support all of these efforts through our ministries here.
Above: What a privilege to
gather & worship God with
our colleagues here at our
biennial Branch Conference.
Each day began with singing
and God’s Word, followed by
testimonies and a challenging
message, before getting down
to reports and governance.
We came away inspired and
strengthened though it all,
with a new sense of awe of all
God is doing here in PNG!
Photo credit: Susan Frey
