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Becoming Islanders

August 2026

Three quick updates:

  • kids’ visas

  • ministry budget

  • Noah’s book

 

[ just going to church ]

 

The kids’ visas

We received word that Teddy and Emma Jane’s visa applications have finally been registered with the PNG government and they will now start processing them. Once they are processed, we express mail their passports to the PNG embassy in Washington, DC to get stamped.

Please pray with us for the Lord’s good timing in this matter.

 

[ two of Teddy and Emma Jane’s favorite church friends, Marty and Mario! ]

 

Budget update

For each season of ministry, Wycliffe helps us set a budget. Our budget has gone up a good bit for this next three years in Papua New Guinea, and we are required to have 100% of that monthly need promised or coming in before we buy plane tickets to PNG.

A few partners have already increased their regular donation or made new commitments to support our Wycliffe ministry. We just need a few more hundred dollars per month.

Would you like to help sustain our ministry in Bible translation? Any monthly, quarterly, or annual gift helps meet this need. Click the button below to give.

And please thank God with us in advance for meeting this need through His people, the Church.

 give here 
 

[ Teddy’s first day of first grade. He’s seven days in and doing great! ]

 

Noah’s book

This is a short book describing Scripture memory as a practical spiritual discipline and sharing some ideas on how to do it well. It presents my own seven week cycle of Scripture memory in a devotional format.

Royalties from this book will be donated to the National Translator Education Fund, which helps provide Bible translation training to Papua New Guineans who could not otherwise afford it.

It’s available on Amazon in print or ebook:

https://a.co/d/0aa5M0UE

 

Thank you

Thank you all for reading.
Thank you to you who pray to the Almighty on our behalf.
Thank you to you give financially to sustain our ministry.
You are all a blessing to us.
May the Lord bless you with His presence,
the Holy Spirit,
and in many other ways.

 
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Noah and Vicki Lynn Smith

Becoming Islanders, 4086 Willow Neave Rd., Falmouth, KY 41040, USA

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