It costs too much to go to church! That is one reason given by some unsaved people in our village for their deciding to listen to the evangelistic lessons taught by teachers from the Manubu’ church here. A few months ago a good-works-for-eternal- salvation preacher starting coming to our village each week and preaching. A number of unsaved starting attending his meetings. But, the preacher travels quite a long ways each week to come here to preach, and he expects to have his considerable expenses covered by the unsaved people listening. And people are also finding it hard to keep all the rules in order to go to heaven. So a number of them have started listening to the evangelistic lessons taught by the teachers from the Manubu church here and more have expressed that maybe they will also listen. Most of these people come from families that have been especially heavily involved in appeasing spirits and have rejected listening in the past. There will be great pressure on them to stop listening to the true gospel. So, please PRAY that these folks will go on listening, be saved, and go on with the Lord.
Two Manubu’ Bible teachers from the church in our village will be checking out two other villages where they have heard that there are people interested in being taught. They are all unsaved people in those villages. PRAY that there will indeed be those wanting to be taught and there will be profitable outreaches in those villages.
A number of other Manubu’ churches have been active over the years in reaching out with the gospel to people in their villages and also in other villages around them. However, the Manubu’ church in a village not far from us that has been in existence for many years has never reached out beyond their own village, although over the years they have seen a number of people in their own village saved through their teaching. But, for the past year or more the Manubu’ Bible teachers there have been lackadaisical and ignored unsaved people who have asked to be taught. The Bible teachers just never got together to discuss who would teach these people. Those people who wanted to listen a few months ago are now no longer interested in listening. Church leadership from here in our village have started advising and encouraging the Bible teachers there to get them moving on spreading the gospel. Please PRAY that the believers there would become excited about spreading God’s Word.
Gene takes coumadin each day and self monitors his blood coagulation with a meter. His test strips for the meter expired the end of January, and the Roche company distributor presently has no stock of test strips. Please PRAY that the test strips will become available very soon.
Can you imagine how encouraging it is for missionaries to be providing translation and other teaching material to tribal churches that are very active in spreading God’s Word? And all who support our ministry through prayers and gifts have an active part in that!