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We are David and Robin Watters and we are part of God's Team planting churches among the unreached peoples of Papua New Guinea. It’s a privilege to be a part of the work God is doing through New Tribes Mission in PNG. Find out all about New Tribes Mission at http://www.ntm.org/about

We have served in many different capacities on God's Church Planting Team. Presently David is working in Tribal Supply and Robin is teaching at Numonohi Christian Academy, our boarding school for missionaries’ children. It is a real privilege to serve our fellow missionaries as we buy their supplies and teach their children. As we have served them, it has allowed them to effectively teach God’s Word to many people and see many of them come to believe in Christ as their Savior for the first time.

It has been a joy for us to do whatever we can to serve our tribal missionaries. Without a team around them supporting them, they would lose valuable time in finishing the work God has given them to do.

We have included a number of things on our site to show you how we are assisting our missionaries. Follow these links to find out all about us and our ministries. Don’t miss the video presentations on those pages. Check out Watters Ramblings to read all the latest from us, both updates about our family, as well as articles David has written to encourage and uplift our co-workers in the remote areas. You can read the most recent update below. Don't miss our photo gallery as well as photo albums on Our Family page. Also, check out the prayer page to view updated prayer requests from us and our friends and coworkers in PNG. If you would like to receive emails of all The Latest From the Watters, please subscribe by following the link in the left column. I hope you enjoy our site.

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God's unending love
He Will Never Stop Loving Us
The Scene
God has a message for His people. But, instead of sending a verbal or written message in the usual fashion, He petitioned for a living illustration. Hosea was the lucky object of this divine illustration.
God’s instruction to Hosea was this, “Go marry an adulterous harlot. Take as your own the children who will be born as a result of her adultery and harlotry.” (NIrV) (1:2) Not only was he to marry her, but was expected to raise not just his children by her, but also the children she had by her other lovers.
After marrying Gomar, Hosea gave her everything she needed, a home, a loving husband and a father to her children. He also would be able to pass on a Godly heritage… She had everything she needed, but she continued to run back to her lovers. So too, God said, “My people had all they needed in me, but they continue to go back to the dead idols.”

God tells Hosea, “Go and love your wife AGAIN. She has run off with another man (or sold herself as a harlot). So, Hosea went and bought her back. (3:2) Again, God says, “My people have turned to other gods. And they love to offer sacrifices to Baal. In spite of that, I still love my people." (3:1) … and I will win them back.
The Scripture
Hosea 1-4:
Questions to Ponder

What would it have been like for Hosea? As a young person he probably dreamed of marrying and settling down with 10 kids and a nice Hebrew wife. What picture do we get in chapter 1 of what his family was like? Read the description of the children carefully. Were they all his? When God asked Hosea to marry Gomer, did He not factor in the emotional stress it would cause Hosea and his children?

In chapter 3 God tells Hosea to go buy his wife back from the slave market. Do you think he was excited to do this? God tells Hosea, “Go love your wife again.” Do you think this would have been a hard command to follow at this point?

God was using Hosea’s life to illustrate the relationship He had with Israel. Think about this, ultimately, God was glorified by Hosea enduring living with a harlot and her unfaithfulness. Think about that in relationship to the events God allows in our lives. Can we endure hardship in order for God to be glorified?

If you replace Gomer with your name and mine, and let Hosea represent God, what does God go through as He seeks to unconditionally love you and me? What are the “lovers” in our lives that we follow after in place of God? What is it going to take for God to “win you back?”
The School Master
God loves us desperately. Even more than a man can love his wife. Even though at times we prostitute ourselves to our work, to our pleasures to whatever distracts us from our true love, He is still working to "win us back." At times He has to endure our unfaithfulness and let us experience the ramifications of our lack of trust and dependence on Him, all the time, He is still there to "win us back." May you get a small glimpse of just how desperately your savior loves you and be encouraged in His unending, unfailing love for you today.

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David began training with NTM in 1990
Robin joined him after they were married in 1995
David and Robin became missionaries with NTM in 1997
David and Robin began their ministry in PNG in 2003

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New Brothers and Sisters in Christ

We are not sure what if feels like to win a millions bucks or even earn a million bucks but we are quite sure that the feeling that we have right now in seeing God do what He has just done here amongst our Bagwido friends far outweighs it. Let us just say we are on cloud nine, exhausted, spent, we have lost our voices, and we stand in amazement of God's power - all at the same time. We have just been a part of the experience of a lifetime. Right before our eyes, God has broken through history right here among the Bagwido people of Papua New Guinea.

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Tribal Supply

Have you ever thought about how missionaries living in remote areas buy their groceries? How much time would it take away from their work? Tribal Supply ensures that our friends can remain uninterrupted and effective, thus speeding the Gospel to those who still need to understand its life changing message.

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