The Great Commission is our Mission.
Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He opened his mouth and taught them, saying, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven…” See Matthew 5-7. What will 2026 bring? There is a lot that I don’t know, …
Read More Have a Blessed New Year!When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.—Matthew 2:10-11 (WEB) Jesus Himself was the first Christmas gift. Another example …
Read More Giving SeasonThe Word became flesh and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the only born Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. —John 1:14 WEB Christmas is many things to many people, but I like to focus on celebrating this most amazing fact: God came to live among us …
Read More The Word Became FleshWe are happy to be serving the Lord! Photo by Rachel. In Papua New Guinea, in the Tok Pisin language, age is normally given as the number of Christmases someone has celebrated. Lori and I are happy to be celebrating another Christmas together! For us, Christmas is about celebrating the Son of God becoming a …
Read More Good News for AllWouldn’t you rather look at these Papua New Guinean cultural dancers from the Western Highlands Province than a picture of me in the hospital again? I thought so. Last newsletter, I talked about getting 3 new cardiac stents on the 20th of November, and how thankful I was that my heart was working better. I …
Read More Just a Little Heart AttackI think Lori may have saved my life. Here is a selfie we took in Papua New Guinea last month. I was awake as the doctor repaired my right coronary artery and inserted 3 stents on Thursday, the 20th of November. I thank God that there was a qualified cardiologist on Maui to do the …
Read More Every Day is a Gift from God!Lori taught some object lessons to the children in the Nali language school that meets under Sue Pfaff’s house in Karum Village on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea It has been a full two weeks+ in Papua New Guinea! Some highlights included: Michael doing some household repairs and maintenance Michael & Lori demonstrating to many …
Read More Welcomed in Karum VillageWe stopped for a picture with some of the people in the village church, today. Sue Pfaff is the third person from the right. I (Michael) am in the hat, and Lori is sporting a gift of a hand-woven Manus string bag (bilum). “Nasi” is the Nali word for “Grandmother”. Sue is much more than …
Read More They Call Her NasiJust how much would you sacrifice to show one person the way of Salvation? What is a change in eternal destiny worth? Jerry and Sue Pfaff thought it was worth making it their life’s work to translate the Holy Bible into the heart language of the Nali people. There are only about 2,000 active speakers …
Read More What is a Soul Worth?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 SuvaLori with our granddaughter, Mary, with smiles that warm our hearts We are so grateful to have had the opportunity to visit all three of our sons at their homes in three different states, as well as visiting with other friends and family. We were able to help Evan and Kaylee with a few much-needed …
Read More Grateful!Jason 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!