Paraguay: Advanced Language Workshop
The missionaries at the workshop in Paraguay.
The Lord is at work in Paraguay. Dennis’ 2 weeks there were very profitable. It was good to see old friends and to hear how the Lord is meeting their needs and working through them. The missionaries were greatly encouraged by the help and tools they received from the advanced language workshop. This will enable them to move forward more quickly in their language learning and to improve their translation skills.
Our students
The students from our last class are scattered around the world now. We enjoyed learning with them and are excited to see how the Lord will use them in the future.
It is highly motivating for us to hear from any of our former students. Some are making good progress in learning the tribal language and hope to teach the Gospel soon and others are getting ready to move into a tribal work.
An excerpt from a recent update by some former students:
“Here in Papua New Guinea, New Tribes has implemented a new tool called People Group Assessment (PGA). Tribal groups that are surveyed are evaluated in several different areas. Teams of missionaries looking for a tribal work can then study all the available evaluations to aid them in choosing a location. Our team began by looking at seven different tribes. We slowly narrowed those down and finally landed on our top choice, which was the highest on the need scale according to the PGA criteria. It was very hard to study the information on each tribal group and know that we could pick only one! They are all so needy. Through this process, though, we have been reminded that in order to say “yes” to something, you have to say “no” to many other equally good things.We pray often for more laborers to join us here in PNG to help reach the many tribes that are still unreached.
Will you pray with us?”
Germany
We enjoyed our stay in Germany and were able to spend time with our family and friends there. Unfortunately, we couldn’t visit anybody for about two weeks due to a severe stomach bug going around in our family. It was an opportunity, however, to spend more time with Monika’s parents which was a blessing.
Family
Our son Lukas decided to take his
first family picture.
Anna is a thriving 6 month old who gives us much joy. Her brothers love to love on her. Lukas and Niklas are active boys who enjoy swimming in our lake.
Three kids
His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints, [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ’s body (the church) Eph. 4:12