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This is the time of year when our village is almost empty of men every day. They are of out the village preparing land for rice and corn fields. Please PRAY for the right weather at planting time and following planting time and for a good harvest. In our last update we asked you to […]

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 […]

We received a text message Sunday evening (Sunday morning USA time) that Astun had just gone to be with the Lord. When we told Piduy he said, “We who are left behind are the ones to be pitied.” Please PRAY for Astun’s family.

In our last update about the Manubu’ Bible teacher, Astun, we reported that the doctors sent him home to die. It was said that his gall bladder had burst, and his liver had shriveled – no hope for him. He made it home to his village, but he wasn’t able to eat, was very weak, […]

About three days ago a Manubu’ bible teacher who attended the believers gathering here in our village went up on a hill above our village where there is cell phone signal and received a text message saying that Astun had died. A short time later he received another text message that Astun was breathing again. […]

We recently asked for prayer for Astun who has been a faithful Manubu Bible teacher for some years now. He was very ill and had been hospitalized in a city. We’ve just received an update on his condition. It is always difficult to find out just what sickness a person has. When a tribal person […]

Please PRAY for Astun. He is a Manubu’ Bible teacher who lives and teaches in a village about a 1 1/2 day hike from us. He has been faithfully teaching God’s Word for perhaps six or seven years now – we don’t know exactly how long. Many Manubu’ have been saved through his ministry and […]

We have arrived safely home here at the tribal village where we live. Drove in the rain this morning through lots of mud holes, very narrow places with drop-offs going far down on both sides of the road because of washouts, and across a fast river waist deep. Thanks for praying. The people here in […]

We’ve received a number of emails saying that people were praying for us in response to our email about a typhoon coming. Gene was able to talk with Piduy via a prearranged cell phone call earlier today and learned that all our area saw of the typhoon was a little light rain! Bushels of thanks […]