After many months of planning and preparing to work with the Ama (also known as the Sawiyano), we finally made it to their village in Papua New Guinea the second weekend of April. It had only taken a canoe ride from the village of Tipas and an hour-long ride in the back of a dump truck to meet the Ama. So much emotion was welling up within me!

I grew up in a remote village in Nepal, ministering with my family, and I loved it. After we left, I wanted to go back. Although the doors to return there never opened, I earnestly wanted to serve overseas wherever God called me. As I was riding in the back of the dump truck, it hit me that my dream of going back overseas was finally a reality! It was so hard to hold back the tears. The emotion was too great. God directly led me and fulfilled my dream.

The Ama people greeted us so warmly, showering us with a confetti of flowers and leaves. I was happy—but I was also choking back tears. The Ama people have longed for a missionary for years, and now it was like a dream come true for them as well.
Shortly after arriving we were escorted to the house of Daniel, a dear member of the Ama tribe who was very ill. His family was not sure how long he had to live. We tried to help as much as we could, but his health was so frail, if he were to make the trip to the hospital, he would probably die along the way. It is a very difficult and treacherous trip to get to medical care from the land of the Ama.

Daniel was the one who donated the land on which to build our house and where it is planned for a new Seventh-day Adventist Church to be constructed. Daniel had been wishing and waiting for a missionary for years, and now his dream is being realized, even if it is as he is dying. God knew that dreams would come true in Ama—both my dream of being able to serve in a remote tribe that needed the gospel, and the dream of the Ama people to have missionaries among them.
I realized that being among the Ama provided me with a deep sense of meaning and peace. While my years of ministry in the United States after being in Nepal were a blessing, I never felt as deeply needed as I once had when my family served overseas. Here, the Ama not only deeply need the gospel, but they also need education and medical help. Seeing so many children with open sores and fungal infections deeply moved my heart. I felt like, What can I possibly do among them when the need is so great? But I know God has called Sean and me here. We really appreciate you being part of this ministry through your prayers and gifts.

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