Our team is back down to two. The Lockwoods have decided that “for multiple reasons, living in Pal has become an unwise/unhealthy situation for their family to continue in.”
We will miss them dearly but we are glad they are not that far away. They’ve accepted a support role position on one of New Tribes’ centers here in Papua New Guinea as they still desire to see His Kingdom built here.
As for us and the Claasens, well, we move ahead. We are only a few short months away from our proposed Literacy start date and we’re working like mad to get ready for that. Our goal is to begin the first class (of teaching the Pal people to read and write) in April. Also, 3 of the 4 of us are still persevering onward through the fog of language learning. The sooner we finish language study the sooner we can begin Bible translation and Bible lesson writing.
Thank you for your continued prayers and support.