Many of you know that at the beginning of January a construction team from the United States will be coming to us with an ambitious plan — to build a house of prayer for 400 people in just one month. As you can imagine, this will take a miracle, so we kindly ask you to support this project in prayer (first of all!) and financially.
Last week we met with the family of our pastor, Bumo, who gave us a piece of land free of charge back in 2015, which is now called Promise Land. And now — a double blessing! — they have agreed to expand this land so that we can build the house of prayer. We thank the Lord for this!
Please pray that the Lord would give wisdom and success for this project — in Papua New Guinea everything moves slowly, and around Christmas life practically comes to a halt.
At the moment, we are waiting for a grader to arrive, but everything is so complicated and confusing that only the Lord can sort it all out in time.
We URGENTLY ask you to pray that we will be able to prepare the land and purchase all the necessary building materials BEFORE the team arrives.
The number of people attending Sunday services is steadily growing! We thank God that He is adding those who are being saved to the church!
The church “Promise Land,” located in the village of Yonki, was founded in 2017 and has grown rapidly—from 15 people at our first service to over 200 adults, plus about 100 children and teenagers.
For this reason, we are forced to expand the building of our main church. We already expanded the prayer house in 2019, but now even this building has become too small. During Sunday services, people no longer fit inside, and many have to sit outside on the grass.
Therefore, a construction team will be coming to us in January 2026 to build a new church building. We are planning a hall that can seat 400 people.
We are looking for people who can join this construction team, as well as sponsors for this project. The estimated budget is about $50,000.
Thank you for your faithfulness, support, and prayers for our ministry in PNG!
The fields are indeed white, and souls weary from sin are seeking comfort in Christ. And the Lord, just as in the days of Isaiah, continues to look for those who will answer, “Here I am,” to the eternal question, “Who will go?”
I have been asked how the girls from my D-group are doing, and about Elina, whom her mother left with us at the end of 2023 and whom her grandmother had beaten until she bled. The girls continue to meet on Sundays as before, sharing the Word and praying for each other, as well as for us.
Elina continues to live at the Promise Land base, even though her mother returned (after almost a year and a half) with a newborn daughter. Elina refused to go home—and her mother did not insist. She continues to play the tambourine in our worship group, is finishing sixth grade, and is flourishing for the Lord. Please pray that the Lord continues to keep her close and guides her hand through life!
Since her mother left, Elina has lived at our base, repented, and was baptized together with Miroslava in January 2024. Other D-groups also continue and multiply.
A team from our daughter church in Obura visited our other daughter church in the village of Himarata (a 2-hour walk through the mountains). They were able to participate in the Sunday service there and bless widows and low-income members of the church with food. This is one of our newest churches, and we are praying and planning to build a better church building in the future. Let us know if the Lord puts it on your heart to take part in this need.
The youth from the main church in Yonki are actively laboring in the Lord’s harvest field. Our daughter church in the village of Barokira has built its first church building! (For now it is made of reeds and covered with bamboo, but at last they have their own place to gather on Sundays!) They not only hold youth meetings and D-groups, but also visit surrounding villages with evangelistic trips.
The women’s ministry Promise Land holds Saturday-night prayer meetings every week, and they also pray for you, dear friends, who support our ministry financially. May the Lord reward each of you!
We are grateful to the Lord that even though we are physically absent, all the ministries in Papua New Guinea continue and grow. This once again reminds us that the ministry is not ours, but the Lord’s, and He Himself will carry it on until the return of Christ.
We are only His servants, participating in what He is doing in people’s lives all around the world.
Since the ministries in Papua New Guinea are continuing even while we are in the States, we especially ask you: please don’t stop supporting the projects you’ve been a part of — whether it’s supporting local pastors, teachers, or other projects — let us remain faithful together in what the Lord is calling us to!
Earlier this month, we were able to celebrate the graduation of the Adult School! 11 students went from zero to graduation level in just 6 months. They’ve now learned to read and write, and as a gift, each one received a Bible. We thank the Lord for this fruit and look forward to the next group of students for the adult school…
Thank you for your prayers!
Ministry in Papua New Guinea – E. & I. Konstantiniki
This month our team had the opportunity to serve and share the Gospel at one of the largest schools in the region! The school is called Markham Valley Secondary School — it is the only school in the Markham Valley, and about 1,500 high school students study there, all of whom need Jesus. We were invited by our old friend, Pastor James, who now serves as a local pastor there, and we were very happy to spend time with the youth and share songs, dances (of course — how could we not in Papua New Guinea!), and most importantly, the Word of God.
As a result, many young people came forward in repentance and decided to fully dedicate their lives to the Lord. We praise God for this fruit and hope to make our visits to Markham Valley more regular — starting with a series of deeper seminars and, in the near future, organizing discipleship groups on the school campus — first among the leaders and teachers, and then among the students. Please pray for the successful development of this ministry.
