Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Friday, January 27th, 2012
Want to see someone really excited about their salvation in Jesus Christ? Then check out this video from the Siar tribe in Papua New Guinea. God is doing amazing things around the world.
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Monday, September 19th, 2011
New Tribes missionary Jason Swanson prays for the Siawi church.
New Tribes Mission seeks to establish mature churches among people who are isolated from the gospel. After teaching chronologically in the tribes’ own language and culture, believers are discipled to lead the church and partner in the Great Commission.
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Monday, May 16th, 2011
New Tribes Mission is working with many different people groups in Papua New Guinea. Many of the people we work with have never been into town, so riding and escalator for the first time can be quite entertaining, if not for this grandfather, then for those of us watching.
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Here is one example of a tribe exposed to the Gospel. In fact, more than 100 people groups have asked New Tribes Mission for help. They have a desperate desire to learn the message of God’s Word. This is what Angie and I are about—reaching the unreached with the Truth.
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
On October 5th I posted a new tribal video from New Tribes Mission of Canada. That version had English dubbing. I have since found a version with English sub-titles and Awayo telling his own story.
Here is a bit more information to go with the film:
Awayo lives in the mountainous jungle regions of West Papua, Indonesia. His tribe is called “Moi”(’moy’); there are only 700-800 Moi in existence. The Moi have a language and culture completely their own. Their primitive lifestyle is one that you wouldn’t think still truly exists in the 21st Century. Awayo’s home is as “ends of the earth” as you can get.
This is Awayo’s story. Though he lives in an indigenous, remote tribe, Awayo’s life is anything but simple. Riddled with pain, murder & deception, life in the Moi tribe was spent in constant fear. There was no hope. Then something happened that shook the foundation of Awayo’s life.