Indy NMI Blog

When I got on the plane to return to Papua New Guinea after my shoulder surgery, I realized it was exactly 8 years ago that I first got on a plane to come to PNG.  I remember being a bit scared 8 years ago as I boarded that plane, leaving behind all I had known and having no idea what I would find, who I would meet or how God would use me in PNG.   8 years ago everything was new: the people, the language, the smells, food, the medicine I was there to practice, the missionaries I was serving alongside.  Now 8 years later, so much is familiar: the people have names and are friends; I speak the language; I have grown accustomed to the smells and know when to avoid smelling; I enjoy eating all kinds of foods; I have a good handle on the diseases I am treating and now serve as the Medical Services Director of our hospital; and the missionaries are now my family.   Despite growing familiar with many things during these past 8 years, there are still challenges to serving in PNG.  The PNG culture where fighting and domestic violence is accepted and doesn’t seem to end is a continual challenge.  The lack of diagnostic ability and medical resources always challenges and stretches my medical skills.     Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt;…
Source: 8 years from Erin Meier – Asia Pacific

Ridgeview Church of the Nazarene hails from Bakersfield, CA.  We started working with Pastor Daren and his church while we were serving in the Philippines.  We were so excited when the contacted us about bringing a team to Honduras.  We talked about a couple of options for projects sites, but one project really stood out to me… Boquerón.  Boquerón is a small community in the department (like a State in the US) of Olancho.  Olanch is the largest department in Honduras, but the church of the Nazarene only has a handful of churches in it.
Source: Ridgeview @ Boquerón from Courtneys

Pst. Patricia leads our first church in Nosy BeWe have long had a church building and a congregation in Nosy Be. In recent years, they have expanded to having a second congregation and then a third. Now, as of last week, there is now a 4th congregation in Nosy Be, all led by women!Last week, an evangelism team of over 60 laypeople and pastors traveled by bus to the very north of the island to Nosy Be, which is another small island off of this larger island. The plan was to help the churches in Nosy Be to reach out to their community and to meet people, share the Gospel and then to also utilize the skills of our evangelism teams which are trained in dramas, leading people to Christ, preaching, and sharing the Gospel with their peers. Apparently, this was very effective. Neither Ronald nor myself went along on the trip, but here is a short report back from Pastor Richard and his wife, Therese, Ravelomonantsoa, our District Superintendent:Stephane, holding the poster, is also one of our scholarship recipients “We praise God because He helped us accomplished the Evangelism thrust in Nosy Be. We could start a new church in Daresalama. You will see some of the team were doing. We could avenglize 172 people and 127 received Jesus. It was amazing how Jesus has worked, some people healed, some delivered and a lot saved. At this moment, our last team in south west in Morondava arrived home. Thanks…
Source: Evangelism to Nosy Be from Ronald & Shelly Miller