Statistics...!

Every week, teams of evangelists, Bible teachers and church planters leave from here on their motorbikes and travel to many, many outreaches and church plants where we are evangelizing, teaching the Word and discipling and training new Bible teachers so we can continue to further our outreach amongst the Tala Andig and Higaunon peoples.

Teams like the group here in this picture (photo taken at Lantod). 

These teams are amongst God’s elite evangelists - you would have to search a long time in this world to come across many teams as dedicated as these men and as skilled in spreading the Gospel! Rain hail or shine, they leave each week as they have been doing for the past 10 years or so. Our hearts, when we see these faithful servants of our Lord Jesus.....well, the feeling we have is indescribable!!!!

2012 has been a year with many, many trials, hardships, attacks from Satan and discouragements but with this has come HUGE ADVANCEMENTS FOR THE GOSPEL!!!!!

So, let us share with you some statistics of what God has been doing through us and you and our Tala Andig and Higaunon brethren as we have all partnered together as a team this 2012. Thanks so, so much for partnering with us this year in prayer, financial support and encouragement.

* New outreaches into Sinicabog, Bayanihan, Talid-talid, Malunong, Basak, Mauswagon, Miarayon, Awang and Patpat. 

* Over 300 unsaved currently being taught evangelistic materials to bring them to faith in our Lord Jesus.

* A huge push on training new bible teachers and evangelists – there are 51 men currently being trained to teach the Word as well as 16 women.

*  21 Churches planted so far in total over the course of our ministry.

*  7 Villages currently in evangelism stage and others on the drawing board.

* Plans currently being made to send a 2 family, full time missionary team to the strategic village of Man-ay.

Grace.....!

This is Grace Tart and she is the delightful new evidence of God’s grace in Ben and Leonie’s lives!!!! (You can read more about her on Ben and Leonie’s blog – there is a link to their blog from ours.)

Leonie delayed her return to Ballina for the birth for as long as she could and still be allowed to fly on the Airlines, and Ben followed five weeks later and thankfully made it in time to be there for Grace’s arrival!

We are so grateful that three weeks later, Leonie and Ben both felt God leading them for Ben to come back here to Lapoc to finish up Jubab’s Year 8 school year. We know it is a huge personal cost for them and we just praise God for them and their willingness to serve. It has been a huge blessing to have Ben back here at this time and Jubab’s school year is almost finished.

Please pray for Ben as he endures the loneliness and the hardship of isolation and as he spends this time here away from his two beloved girls. Pray for a safe journey for him as well on his return trip to Aussie in a couple of weeks.  

They plan on returning in January for the new school year and we can’t wait to meet Grace!