After spending a few months renovating our home and taking trips to the mountains, having meetings etc, we are finally back into translation. We have about 15% of the New Testament left to complete before we can print. This is a Big and Continual prayer point. We need wisdom, tenacity and strength from our Lord. This week we are working on John 12:21-50. By June 30 we would like to see up to and including John 13 completed. After we finish the Gospel of John, we will just have the Gospel of Matthew to do and then the New Testament will be completed.
Ministry
Hugely good is all we can say and to our Lord Jesus be the Glory!!! We have been up into the mountains several time since we have been home and all is going well in the churches. Today the “Dulangan” elders are visiting us after meeting with the “Lapoc” elders. (These are the names of the 2 areas we have worked in for the past 30 years). They are coming here to discuss a new mission team that we want to send out on a full time basis. This is exciting for us – us grandparents now of the work. Pray that the Lord will give wisdom and that a schedule can be set out. They are thinking that we will send the family from the Dulangan to live in Lapoc for 12 months before they finally move out so they can receive more training and bond with new team members who will go out with them. A big prayer point.
A New High-school
The Lord is opening it up for us to minister in a NEW high school this year - in the village of Ticalaan. There are about 800 students there. The men evangelists will do most of the work here. Students who attend this high school come from a large number of villages that make up the catchment area for this school. So we are hoping and praying that this high school will be hugely instrumental in the Word being taken to more places. The scripture teachers want colored pictures to be inserted into their teaching materials so we have just purchased 2 top end duplex lazer color printers which can churn out our new materials that we are developing. We also need to hold some seminars on these materials within the next 2 weeks and need wisdom to set dates. It will probably mean an overnight trip away into 2 different locations. Pray for this work and the other 14 schools that we currently minister in.
Our Health and our Family’s Health
- * Deb’s Dad is holding his own
with his cancer but certainly needs our prayers. IT has gotten worse and he is
on fairly heavy pain killers.
- *My Mum in Perth may need a knee
replacement soon.
- *My Step Mum in the USA has had
her brain cancer reoccur after it was absent for about 12 months.
- *Deb and I have the normal pain
that comes with age - wear and tear but overall we are good and happy.
Jubab is doing
GREAT at Bible College
The Lord has raised up
some people to partner with him financially each month so this is a huge praise
point as it has reduced the stress of not having funds to pay for the needs he
has. Praise God --- reduced stress on Mum and Dad too. Can’t help but watch
with anticipation to what God is going to do with our Sons’ life. Of course we miss Jubab terribly but we are
more comfortable with him being separated from us now and really happy with
what he is doing. We recently had a really great time with him when he visited
us.
