Greetings. After six weeks out in town overseeing our NTM guesthouse on
\nour island, working on translation of the Scriptures, doctor and dentist
\nvisits, and buying supplies, we were helicoptered back here to our home
\nin our Manubu’ village this morning. We’re both still low on energy,
\nbut doing better each day – or maybe it is each week. Carol is still
\nhaving spells of feeling overfull, but is beginning to eat more now.
\nShe hadn’t been eating enough to keep a canary alive! Our most
\nsuccessful treatments have been papaya seeds, Aloe Vera juice, coconut
\noil, garlic, vinegar, ginger, and homeopathic remedies.<\/p>\n
We were told earlier today that a number of adults and children here in
\nour village have been experiencing the same symptoms that we have been
\nexperiencing. According to New Tribers in town they also have found the
\nsymptoms keep returning over a period of weeks.<\/p>\n
Please *PRAY* that we and others who have whatever this sickness is will
\nsoon get over it.<\/p>\n
But, we can see a *purpose of God* in what we have been experiencing.
\nCarol had been prescribed an antibiotic after a lab test found a lot of
\nbacteria. But, each time she took a pill, she got a terrible headache
\nand felt faint. So, this past Sunday we went to the emergency room at
\nthe little Baptist hospital we use. It took quite a while for the
\ndoctor on call to arrive. While waiting we got talking with a Filipina
\nlady who is probably in her sixties who was also waiting for the
\ndoctor. She belongs to a religion that teachers eternal salvation
\nthrough good works. She was very open to talk about religion and said
\nshe keeps asking the Lord if she is on the right track.<\/p>\n
We asked her what she understands she has to do in order to be eternally
\naccepted by God. She gave us a list of the good things she tries to
\ndo. She listened carefully as we explained Ephesian 2:8 and 9. We also
\nexplained how according to the Bible there is no future judgment where
\nGod weighs our works in order to determine whether we go to be with Him
\nor to the lake of fire for eternity. We had a long time to explain and
\ndiscuss with her God’s plan for eternal salvation. She seemed to
\nunderstand. *We praise God* for the opportunity He gave us. What is a
\nlittle affliction compared with the opportunity to share about salvation
\nwith a lost person?<\/p>\n
Her name is Virgy. Please *PRAY* for her, that she has now understoon
\nor will clearly understand God’s plan of salvation through faith in what
\nJesus accomplished on the cross and not of works, and that she will put
\nher in faith in what He has done for her.<\/p>\n
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