2019 Church Camps Full Of Fun

Trekking around the regions.....!

As we have trekked around the mountains recently visiting some of our churches, it has been a blessing beyond words to see first-hand the things that God is doing through our team of Gospel workers. It was truly an incredible and overwhelming privilege!

In the photo above is the church in Man-ai, the newest region that the Gospel has reached. The two missionary families in Man-ai are our youngest and least experienced missionaries but God is bringing many people to Himself through these two couples. The work has grown so much since they moved in there Aug 20th, 2018. They took us on an afternoon walk to meet some of our new brothers and sisters in Man-ai and we were thrilled to see the deep relationships they have formed in just 8 months…..every person has an incredible story and that story is packed into the photo above, a new living baby church being transformed by our Lord Jesus!

In one of the churches in the Ricodo region, we got to talk to, eat with and comfort a young couple who are ministers of the Gospel, who we hadn’t seen since their 4-year-old son died from pneumonia. Their tears fell but their faith strengthened us as they talked about God’s goodness and their trust in His plan.

No one could pour on the hospitality better than the churches throughout the regions that we went to – even in the areas that are hurting for food. They had teams going out hunting, the ladies went to huge lengths to cook special things out of cassava and coconut and goat meat and plantains and the church-family meal-times were amazing to see and to eat! It was a lot of work but so much fun and done with so much love.

We have just sent out the video about this trip so you may have seen this already. Other news is that we are going to take a few months of home assignment in Perth which we are really needing. The Talaandig New Testament is scheduled to come off the printing press in October, and as we wait for this, we are going to take some much longed for family time – with Jubab (who is enjoying Uni in Perth) and with our families, especially our two Mums. We will be doing some sharing in churches and a little travel and hoping the Lord opens doors for us to see you! Please pray for our travels and especially for the printing of the New Testament.                                           

To The Regions and Beyond

Welcome Ernesto and Jane Lopez!

We are thrilled to say “WELCOME TO THE TEAM“ to our newest co-workers, Ernesto and Jane Lopez who just arrived from the US last week!! Praise God for growing our team and providing through Ernesto and Jane's skills and gifting - Ernesto will be able to provide some hugely needed IT help for all the regions we are church planting in. As well as this technical help with all the computers and other equipment, Ernesto and Jane both love to teach the Word and Jane shines in administration and ministry to young women. We're hugely excited that they are here. Please PRAY for them as they start setting up a home this week and begin their initial transition year of culture and language study - which is a vital and necessary first step for them so they can communicate well (even though we can't wait for the day they can actually take over all the IT work and other ministry they have come to do! 😊)

Cauyunan Youth Ministry

Missions and Community Development

Mario, Flor and baby Hezekiah......!

Introducing Mario and Flor Talo and baby Hezekiah! The Dulangan Higaunon churches are sending out yet another missionary family!!!

The elders of the Tumpagon and Cauyunan churches are supervising their preparation and also getting ready to start building their house in Balintad which is the area they are being sent to. The church plant in Balintad was founded by Udi, our son-in-law along with his fellow-workers, Roel and Nelmar, but they are passing the work on to Mario and Flor as they want a family to be assigned full-time to this area to bring the church on to maturity as well as to start church plants in the surrounding areas.

They are a gifted and steady young couple, equipped for the job they are being sent to and we believe that we will see much fruit from their lives. Please uphold them in prayer!

In the past couple of weeks, five of our churches have been affected by a peace and order situation which is causing a lot of difficulty. Mothers and fathers have been unable to do their normal work on their farms as it is unsafe so the food-supply has been cut off or made very scarce. This past week we were able to send 20 sacks (1,000Kg or 2,200LBS) of rice up to that area which has helped and there was quite a bit of fun involved in divvying the rice out as you can see from these photos below! Please pray for the churches in these areas as they exercise caution together with faith in our Lord’s protection for them during these uncertain and trying times.

The last bit of news before we close is that we are just about 2 months away now from having the Talaandig New Testament ready to take up to the printer!!! The last revisions and checking have been going awesome and we just ask that you KEEP PRAYING PLEASE for this!!

We are so thankful for each of you – our God-given team members and co-workers in the work of the Gospel!