David and Shari Ogg - Simbari, PNG Ogg's Blog 
I just got back from a trip down the valley to kickoff a new outreach. For years we have been receiving invitations to come down to a very large village to teach but we have not been ready. Recently one of the main teachers at the community school down there sent us an invitation to teach our chronological “Creation to Christ” Bible course as well as vernacular literacy in the school and we decided that the time was finally right. He was wanting us to teach in all the grades but we didn’t have enough trained teachers or materials to attempt that so we came to the agreement that we would teach in the two upper grades and the teachers from the community school would participate so that later they themselves could teach literacy in the lower grades.
Posts Tagged ‘God’s Talk’
More Open Doors
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
We have been so thrilled with the open doors the Lord is giving the Simbari believers to share the good news of Christ\’s love not only in our village but in the surrounding villages as well.
Recently two of the Bible teachers were invited to the largest Simbari village about a four-hour rigorous hike from here to meet with the headmaster of the community school there. For quite awhile now he has been expressing his desire to have God\’s talk brought to his village. The people have been exposed to some religion and in fact there is a big “church” building but he says it leaves them feeling cold. (more…)
Above the noise of the river
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
The noise started a few days ago.
It was the eerie sound of the “bullroar” which is a bamboo switch with a small noise-maker tied to the top which is twirled around at high speed to produce the eerie sound. The noise marked the beginning of a “yumbunja” which takes place a month or so after a death to drive away the ghost of the one who died. It’s not a noise that we like to hear because it’s ringing in the air is indicative of many people who are still blinded to the truth and under the powers of darkness. As the Simbari believers came and went around the village when they came upon the people with the bullroars there was a strong reaction. (more…)