The Great Commission is our Mission.
We are preparing for our mission trip to Manus Island, Papua New Guinea next month. There, we will help Sue Pfaff with Bible translation and teaching. Lori is assembling activities and gifts based on the Wordless Book Gospel tract, except that we will add words from Bible verses in three languages (Nali, Tok Pisin, and …
Read More Preparing for Manus Island, Papua New GuineaThe Notsi language is spoken by about 1,840 people in New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. Last week, I had the joy of processing and posting their New Testament on PNG.Bible and eBible.org, as well as preparing it for use by other apps, like YouVersion. It was completed in 2024, but I just got …
Read More Celebrating the Notsi New Testament!On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.”Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him. A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the …
Read More Know PeaceThe latest printed edition of the World English Bible is on its way from the printer in Europe to Broken Yoke Publishing in Colorado. It is traveling by ship, right now, since that is significantly less expensive than air cargo. Do you need help with something? Finances? Health? Forgiveness? Stress? There is wise help for …
Read More Navigating Life’s ChallengesLeg-stretching stop along the Highlands Highway during our first field term in Papua New Guinea. Ben, Nate, and Evan are in the back, while Lori is walking back to check on friends in the next vehicle in our convoy. Sometimes I think back to the years we spent living in Papua New Guinea. It was …
Read More Papua New Guinea FlashbackThis is John 3:16 in the Tarafit language of Morocco, North Africa, in Tifinagh script. I found an excuse for a happy dance after posting the Tarifit Bible of Morocco in three different writing systems (Arabic, Latin, and Tifinagh). I checked the our metrics page, and found that we have now exceeded 503 million Scripture …
Read More Over Half a Billion Delivered!This is our last selfie with Jerry Pfaff.Left to right: Jerry, Sue, Lori, Nate (AKA Fr. Lawrence), Rachel, and Michael. Lori and I are planning to do something a little different than our usual mission work. We plan to go to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea to help Sue Pfaff with her Bible translation …
Read More Going to Manus and SuvaJesus preached to multitudes from a boat (Luke 5:1-3) PC: Gustave Doré and Michael Paul Johnson The best thing I have ever done in my life is to actively listen to what God is saying to me and then do what He says. The better I do that, the more fruitful my life is. So …
Read More Listening to GodJason Peebles (founder of World Outreach Ministries), Michael, and Lori Lori and I were delighted to visit our faithful home office, World Outreach Ministries, in person, last week. We met Jason Peebles for the first time in 2007 by Internet and telephone. We began using World Outreach Ministries as our home office for processing our …
Read More Appreciating World Outreach Ministries!Family photo with Cardinal Timothy Dolan after Fr. Lawrence (AKA Nate) was ordained at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Manhattan, New York. From left to right: Michael, Michele, Ben, Naomi, Francis, Monique, Lori, Kim, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Mary, Fr. Lawrence, Evan, Kaylee, Peggy, and Shawn. Lori and I and family had the pleasure of being in New …
Read More Celebrating MilestonesIf I (Michael) were to “retire”, what would that look like? I’m pretty sure that I would still be driven by the same passion to make God’s Word freely available to as many people speaking as many languages as I possibly can. That would mean doing pretty much the same things I do now. So …
Read More Can’t Stop, Yet!Evan, Lori, Rachel, Nate, Michael, and Ben in Papua New Guinea in 2008 This Mother’s Day, I would like to honor my wonderful wife, Lori. It takes a special woman to go into full-time missions in Papua New Guinea with three sons, and come back years later with three sons and daughter to continue serving …
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