…Joel’s ears and the Ata church

I have been reminded a few times lately that you are still praying for Joel’s ear. We would like to thank you very much for your prayers of healing. At this point he is doing really well which is a real miracle based on the past 2 months. After the last dose of antibiotics he had to wait and be infection free for 2 weeks before we could do an Pneumococcal Conjugate vaccine immunization that was recommended to us by our doctor. It has helped several other families who have had children with chronic ear infections. Living in the tropics is not the place to come and get and stay healthy all the time. There is always fungus and bacteria to cause problems. We do covet your prayers for the continued good health of Joel and his ears. His hearing is still not 100% back to normal but we are praying it will continue to improve. We are in the process of ordering an air purifier now that kills the mold and cleans the air. We have heard about it from several families who work with us in PNG. One family could not even function here if it was not for this machine. They have too many other health problems and this is the one thing that has helped. We hope this will also help Joel’s ears to stay healthy.

Yesterday I returned from a night trip to a tribal church that was planted by a New Tribes Mission missionary in the 90’s. New Tribes Mission is going to do a survey of the Nakanai language group in New Brittan and we wanted to collaborate with the Ata church to see how we can work together the most effectively. We had such good fellowship it was really exciting to see this church take such an active role in helping new missionaries move into neighboring language groups and ones that are in other areas of PNG. Please be praying about the actual survey that is being planned for the first week of February. We are really seeking the Lord’s will in whether or not to locate in the Nakanai tribe. Secondly if we do where should we locate new families. These are exciting days for all of us. The pictures are of the Ata church and some of the believers.

In Christ,

Aaron, Erika, Rachel, Micah, Joel, & Grace Weatherl