Dear Praying Friends,

2025 had a rough start! I don’t recall a time here in Papua New Guinea we had so much opposition coming simultaneously from a variety of directions: equipment that broke, new items purchased that didn’t work or were the wrong part, bad weather for sea travel, and physical illness.

After spending a few weeks in Cairns, Australia, we spent the third week of January in Port Moresby shopping for four months of supplies. That week seemed profitable. We still had the next week scheduled to be in the city to finish up shopping, see the dentist, and prepare to return to Baimuru the 24th. Students were to start arriving on Monday, January 27th. However, by the end of that second week, Trina was much too sick to travel 7 hours on the road to Kerema and then take the dinghy home. So we split up, myself returning to Baimuru with part of our cargo, and Trina staying in the guesthouse under the care of a local doctor and the guesthouse managers, both of whom are retired nurses. It turned out she had several illnesses, the worst being two strains of malaria. I spent two weeks in Baimuru without her, not something I enjoy at all! I put the students to work in their gardens and helped them settle into their assigned housing. I was not feeling very well myself, and troubled by the items not working properly upon my return, especially the generator and the refrigerator. I am very grateful for fellow missionaries that helped me out with a replacement (cold water keeps me alive here) and who were willing to help me get tools or parts needed for repairs.

Trina made the trip back to Baimuru on February 7th, and we began classes the 10th. This is a different kind of class then we have done previously. We have four returning students that you already know: Judas and Lynne, Miki, and Aii. They are back for a third year of study, with an emphasis on practice and ministry experience and developing the personal spiritual disciplines that will keep them useful in God’s work. We have added two couples, and a widow with 3 daughters. Jerry and Aileen have moved out to us from Port Moresby, although they are originally from Harevavo, a village where Pastor Murphy (2016 graduate) now shepherds the flock. Vesti, the widow, is also from Harevavo, and has a desire to be a better servant for the Lord. Jones and Mimi have been trying for 8 years to get a church planted in their home village of Yukia, but as he has had no Bible training, that work has not had a successful start.

We have had a good three weeks together! Well, GLORIOUS actually, as three of these new class members have come to Christ for salvation! Yes, on their application to the Bible Institute, they all write a salvation testimony, but it is not at all unusual for some in the first months of school to be convicted and enlightened by the Word that they are holding onto something besides Christ for their salvation. Jerry, his wife Aileen, and Jones have each become a child of God in the past few weeks! Aileen was first, coming to me with tears during a break time, saying she did not want to be a pretender anymore. Jerry saw me after classes at lunch, explaining how he had not even been able to sleep well after hearing Jesus’s warning from Matthew 7. Jones came last Friday and said he was confused and had concerns about his salvation! God is at work. I can’t wait to see what God will do in the lives of all these students. Pray with me that this group will be greatly used by God! Thank you for your prayers and support!

Presenting the Person of Christ,

Wil & Trina
The Muldoons