Our Church Planting Team moved into the tribe of YembiYembi in 2004. They did not have God's Word in their language and no written language. The Yembi tribe saw other languages get missionaries and saw a difference in those tribes. There was "light" in their eyes and "darkness" in theirs. So they wrote a letter asking for missionaries. We learned their language and culture and gave them an alphabet and literacy classes & taught them how to read and write. Then we translated God's Word into their language and taught the Bible chronologically from Genesis to Jesus and then after the church was born, we taught through each New Testament book using expository preaching. In 2013 we dedicated the New Testament and appointed Elders. Then we moved out of the tribe to a nearby town to support the YembiYembi Church with curriculum and discipleship and leadership development. We also served with the consultant teams and a little bit with the leadership of the mission in PNG.

Now, 20 years later, we have been asked and accepted the position to serve on leadership and help training up & shepherd the missionaries & new missionaries coming over to our region of Papua New Guinea. The YembiYembi church still needs help and we are so happy to be near them as we serve on leadership.