Matt and Christy Taylor
Come teach in Ukarumpa!Thank you for your faithful prayers for us and our ministry in Papua New Guinea. Christy continues to fill a vital role at Ukarumpa International School (UIS), working as registrar, guidance counselor and P.E. teacher. She loves the daily interactions with students who come from all over the world. Most of her … Continue reading Latest from the taylors
Getting closer! We’re happy to share that the Nukna New Testament translation hasseen great progress recently. In November Matt traveled to Hamelenganvillage to complete the village checking of 1 & 2 Corinthians as wellas half of Romans. Then in January, 1 & 2 Corinthians were consultantchecked, bringing us to 82% of the New Testament completed! … Continue reading Ministry update
Earlier this year, Emson, one of our Nukna co-workers, hiked to Sunde village to lead a Bible study about how God’s power is greater than the power of the spirits. As the people studied what God’s word says, someone asked about the yaret tree that grows in the local jungle. Many of the Nukna people … Continue reading The Storm Tree
The phone call came at 10 p.m. on a Friday night, and like most phone calls received late at night, it was bad news. Samson, the brother of our dear friend and co-translator, Emson, had just died earlier that evening. Emson’s family was calling him home to mourn with them and fulfill his cultural duties … Continue reading “As long as we’re alive,
it’s our chance to do God’s work!”
When the light of God’s word shines into our lives and cultures, amazing things can happen. In September, the Nukna people took part in the Culture Meets Scripture (CMS) course, and God showed up in a big way! The Nukna were divided into thirteen groups, and each group chose one specific cultural practice to examine … Continue reading God meets the Nukna culture
The power of God’s Spirit can, and does, change hearts and lives. On Easter Sunday, the Nukna people held a big celebration of thanksgiving to God. We’ve never seen so many Nukna people gathered in one place! The singing and dancing (known as “sing-sing”) went on for hours, and people brought offerings of garden produce … Continue reading “Now we are living in the LIght!”
In April, we held a three-week course, named Vernacular Creative Phonics, to train Nukna men and women to become literacy teachers. The course focused on training them to teach Nukna children how to read and write in their own language, though the principles will also be applied in the area of adult literacy. Twenty-nine Nukna … Continue reading Nukna Literacy training course
Matt and the Nukna translation team met in Ukarumpa in January and February, working on revisions to the Nukna draft of the book of John, chapters 1-14. It was the first time we’d been with the Nukna people since the Covid pandemic began in March 2020. During the literacy course in April, we also worked … Continue reading Translation News
In March, our mission community celebrated the Bible translation progress made in PNG over the last few years. How encouraging it was to see that, despite the challenges of the last two years amid the Covid pandemic, God has continued to bless his work in PNG! Pictured are all the New Testaments, Scripture portions, Jesus … Continue reading Scripture celebration!
The Bibles were flown to Yalumet airstrip and carried over the mountains to the dedication On July 12th, the Nukna people dedicated 10 books of the New Testament translated into their language for the first time! The books of Galatians through Philemon are now available in both written and audio formats. Our family was unable … Continue reading Nukna dedication of 10 epistles