Bearing the Load

All those years you prayed and gave have been worth it!  Kodiak #2 for Papua New Guinea is on its way!  

And Kodiak #1 is on location serving grateful missionary teams.  Take the Oggs, for example. 

David and Shari Ogg have lived in the jungle since 1991 when they located among the Simbari people of Papua New Guinea, in a village accessible only by air.  They settled in for the long haul of bringing Christ to a people group who would otherwise be hopelessly lost.  

For 24 years, the Cessna 206 was their grocery store, school bus, ambulance – their supply line in the sky.   Even if they only got a supply run every 3 months, that comes to about a 100 flights packed with everything from flour and sugar to band aids and toilet paper.  

In the beginning, they both could fit in the plane with their supplies.  But as their family grew, they needed not one but two flights to get everyone and all their supplies into the jungle – a tricky proposition when weather did not cooperate. 

“We often talked and prayed about the Lord’s provision of a larger plane that would be able to fit us and our supplies on one flight.”   

“So when we heard that the Lord had answered those prayers in an amazing way by providing not only one, but three Kodiak planes for PNG, our hearts were filled with gratitude.” 

Gratitude was probably an understatement the first time the brand new Kodiak took the Oggs into Simbari.  “It was wonderful how much space there was for all of the necessary passengers and supplies for jungle living.” 

The Kodiak is just beginning its work for the Oggs as they continue to serve the growing Simbari church.  “David completed the preliminary draft of Hebrews on New Year’s Eve 2015.  He is now drafting James chapter 3.  The total amount of the New Testament now in draft form is 95%.”  And the Oggs also fly to mentor young tribal teams just starting to reach new people groups   – just as others mentored them 25 years ago.