Orion & Keren Lawrence

Career Missionaries since 2014, serving the Ama people of Papua New Guinea.

We were both raised on mission stories, and as we entered our college years we felt God’s call to full-time mission service. We each spent time as student missionaries in PNG with AFM to confirm our call to lifelong mission service before starting life together as missionaries. Prior to joining AFM, we served as short-term missionaries in Zimbabwe, Nepal, Bangladesh and six years in India. We have been working among the Ama and May River peoples of PNG since October 2017.

Orion enjoys tinkering and fixing things, which comes in quite handy here in the bush. Keren has a love for all types of handicrafts. She is working on mastering the art of making bilums, the traditional string bag of PNG.

While many tribal groups live along the many rivers of the area, other smaller tribal groups live deeper into the jungle. Our dream is to see strong churches raised up throughout our region of PNG. In animistic cultures, it is often difficult for converts to fully separate themselves from the deep-seated customs of spirit manipulation and appeasement that filled their daily lives before they came to know Jesus as their Savior. Pray that we will hear and follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit as we seek ways to disciple the Ama and May River peoples into new lives completely free from fear of the spirits.

Frontier Stories

God’s Gift To Us

We look forward to joining David and Edie Hicks in PNG in a few months and getting to know the many people to whom God is preparing us to minister.

By: Keren Lawrence
August 01 2016, 4:47 pm | Comments 0

The Cost

I invite you to prayerfully ask God what He might be asking of you.

By: Keren Lawrence
July 01 2016, 10:41 am | Comments 0

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We are at training!

By: Orion & Keren Lawrence
May 30 2016, 10:31 pm | Comments 0

IT’S A GIRL! Baby Lawrence shopping list

Thank you to each one who gave us something for Anna. She is now sleeping until Jesus comes and no longer needs any earthly possessions.

By: Orion & Keren Lawrence
April 04 2016, 11:15 pm | Comments 0

The Precious Coin

Is God calling you to share the gospel with someone selling vegetables in the street?

By: Keren Lawrence
April 01 2016, 10:02 am | Comments 0

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