{"id":835,"date":"2019-09-27T13:38:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T03:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/?p=835"},"modified":"2019-09-27T13:38:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T03:38:20","slug":"looks-bad-and-feels-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/2019\/09\/27\/looks-bad-and-feels-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"Looks Bad and Feels Cold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This Doesn\u2019t Look\nGood\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aaron and I both listened attentively to the Patpatar Pastor as he was talking to us through the phone. \u201cI have had this pain over the last few months. It happens to me. I have this terrible pain like something is stabbing me and burning me all at the same time. It goes from the my fingers to my wrist. It doesn\u2019t usually happen a lot. Last night, though, it went from my fingers all the way up to my elbow. The pain lasted so very long and it was intense.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Aaron and I listened to Tokiung, something ran through my\nmind, \u201cThis doesn\u2019t look good.\u201d  Tokiung\nand his family are the ones who had moved up onto the mountain to share the\nGospel with the village there. Tokiung had faced persecution when they lived on\nthe coast, but he is facing it now in his new-found home as well where he is\nsharing the Gospel.  The rumor has gone\nout that if you believe and go to the Bible teaching that your life will be\nfull of sickness and hardship. Rumors are only intensive now because for months,\nTokiung has been struggling health-wise. \nHe\u2019s had episodes of pneumonia, and now these symptoms as well.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please pray for Tokiung, and for the other believers as well,\nto continue on in the work and for the Lord to give them good health. Up to\nthis point the local health services have not been able to diagnose or treat\nhim and some of the initial diagnosis possibilities from our offsite mission\ndoctor are a bit scary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026But this looks\nreally good<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pain continues, but so does the group of new Patpatar\nChristians. Right now, in the mountain village there is a course for them, as\nwell as 3 other Evangelistic teachings being taught by the church on the coast.\nAaron goes back into Patpatar in two weeks to spend some time with them. These\nare exciting days that we can all be involved with as we pray for the Lord to\nenable the workers, the Patpatar believers, and as we pray for Him to open\nhearts and help them see the truth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is way too\ncold\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy does it have to be so cold?\u201d Sierra kept repeating this\nmantra as she shuffled through our fog enshrouded house trying to get ready for\nschool robed in her sweatshirt and mitten socks. Minutes later, we scouted her\nand her two sisters out the door to catch the \u201cschool bus\u201d to Numonohi\nChristian Academy in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Then it is off to the\noffice for Mom and Dad. Wow, there is a lot we are adjusting to as a family:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • For the first time in 14 years on the field Lori is not homeschooling.<\/li>
  • Avalon, our oldest daughter, is at Ethnos360 Bible Institute doing life back in the United States.<\/li>
  • Our 2nd<\/sup> daughter, Sierra is attending NCA, but able to live with her parents this year and not in a dorm.<\/li>
  • Kylee and Briella are also attending the school and involved in some extracurricular activities.<\/li>
  • We are living in the cool mountains of PNG rather than the hot coastal lands.<\/li>
  • Aaron\u2019s full-time job is the Church Development Coordinator, but is continuing work as a consultant to missionaries and ministry with the Patpatar.<\/li>
  • Lori is working part time as Aaron\u2019s assistant as well as getting involved in literacy training, homeschooling board, and work at the missionary center.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    This year has been a whirlwind and we\u2019ve moved to 7\ndifferent homes all across PNG. Now for the first time, we are fully unpacking\nour belongings and trying to settle in. Here is a quick recap of our year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • July – November \u201918 doing e2 in the Madang province to train all the new missionaries arriving to Papua New Guinea prior to them heading into different tribes throughout the country.<\/li>
    • December 2018 \u2013 Moved back into Patpatar to spend time with the church on the coast and the outreach in the little mountains of Patpatar.<\/li>
    • January \u2013 April 2019 \u2013 After a month in the guesthouse in the Eastern area, we moved into another house on center for the missionaries in the islands of Papua New Guinea, to be a part of the team there in meeting the needs of our tribal church planting teams.<\/li>
    • May 2019 \u2013 Spent a month in Goroka, working from home and spending time with Avalon during her last month at school in PNG before graduation and heading back to the United States.<\/li>
    • June \u2013 July 2019 \u2013 Moved back to the Madang Province to be on staff for the college short-term missions program called Interface.<\/li>
    • August 2019 – ? \u2013 Moved to a small center near Goroka town, where we can have our girls in school, do the Church Development Director role for the field, and continue to be involved with the Patpatar ministry and consultant needs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      \u2026but this is\nreally cool.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      In this new phase of ministry, we get to not only be\ninvolved with Patpatar, but with many other tribal church planting works as\nwell. With Aaron as the church development director in Papua New Guinea, we\nhave the privilege to be involved with 77 families and singles working in 43\ndifferent tribes throughout the country. These works are in all different\nstages with some who are just moving in and beginning language study and others\nare working with an established church and finishing the Bible translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Thank you for your involvement with our family and ministry, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Aaron and Lori Luse and family <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      This Doesn\u2019t Look Good\u2026 Aaron and I both listened attentively to the Patpatar Pastor as he was talking to us through the phone. \u201cI have had this pain over the last few months. It happens to me. I have this terrible pain like something is stabbing me and burning me all at the same time. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3430],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news-article","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}