Chronological lessons in demand

Jim, working with New Tribes Mission in Papua New Guinea, contacted me about a month ago, requesting a pre-publication copy of the lessons on Ephesians. When I mentioned that 1 Corinthians, 1 Timothy, and Titus are also done but not yet published in book form, he asked for them too.

Jim is translating the chronological lessons of the Epistles into the trade language of PNG, Melanesian Pidgin English. These lessons will be a wonderful tool to strengthen the churches in PNG.

Jim e-mailed me the other day, "Appreciate all you are doing there. I can’t help but think about how these lessons will strengthen the faith of so many people in the future. It keeps me plugging away."

Encouragement like this keeps me plugging away too.

This week, I’ve been doing the final layout of Volume 5 which contains the Romans and Ephesians lessons. And I’ll soon be doing the final layout of Volume 6 with lessons on 1 Corinthians, 1 Timothy and Titus. And then I’ll begin drafting the revision of lessons on 1 and 2 Thessalonians and Revelation (Epistles about future events).

• Pray for Jim as he translates the lessons into Pidgin English. Pray also for other missionaries who are translating the lessons into various tribal languages.
• Pray for wisdom as Mr. McIlwain and I continue to revise the chronological lessons.
• Pray for me as I prepare Volume 5 and Volume 6 for publication.