Wayne & Gail Chen Bringing the Gospel to the Biem people in Papua New Guinea Several days ago we attended our first funeral here in Papua New Guinea. Dominic was a long-time friend of New Tribes and he lived right here on property. He had helped with bush health training, bridged community relationships and even helped NTM to move into his people group.
He took all four of us into town when we first got here and showed us around. He also promised that he would help us with our pidgin study. Two weeks ago, he had a massive heart attack in the middle of the night and soon passed away. NTM flied his body back to his village the other day. Dominic was a “big man” so his body traveled to different locations on the Sepik river so that people could pay their respsect.
Despite his many years of partnership with NTM, Dominic was not a believer. The loud wailings at the funeral painted the finality of a life who does not know Christ. We are reminded again of the urgency of missions to bring the Good News to those who have never heard.
Psalm 103:15-18 reads…
As for man, his days are like grass. He flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone and its place remembers it no more…
But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear Him, and His righteousness with his children’s children – with those who keeps his covenant and remember to ober his precepts.
