Dear Friends and Family;
It has been a little while since our last update, 6 weeks, and life has been moving along at a steady and busy pace.
It has been about a month since Greg returned from interior. His visit was very productive. He was able to spend valuable time with each of our teammates individually as well as with the team as a whole. He was also able to bring back new materials for the translation work. Now he is spending his days “processing” that material, and we have also been busy doing some family/marriage counseling.
We are very encouraged that one of the church leaders from our village has moved down to the coast to provide housing and oversight to the village children that are living there in order to attend school. They are also teaching weekly Bible lessons to these kids. This is a huge ministry, as there are 18 or 19 children on the coast going to school, and it is really neat to see these new believers putting their faith in action and ministering to these kids and their families.
The kids and I have also been keeping busy with school. Hannah arrived home from her 6 weeks with Grandma and Grandpa about 2 weeks ago. She had a great time, but we are all happy to have her home. Another missionary dad here has started teaching P.E. 3 times a week to all the homeschool children, and this has been a huge blessing to us.
We have a few things coming up down the road. Greg will be headed back into Buru in April sometime. I will also be headed to some education committee meetings at the end of April, and will be administering standardized tests to many of the kids in our region this spring. You can pray for the details of all of these things to be worked out, tickets, finances, shipping, etc.
I would like to share a short anecdote with you. Nate (age 10) came up to us the other day and said, “I am sure Jesus is coming back in the next few years”. We said, “It is possible, Nate, but the Bible says that no one knows the day or the hour for sure”. Then we showed him that verse in the Bible. He then started crying and said, “But Mom, what if He does? What about all my friends in America that don’t know Him yet? I won’t have another chance to tell them!” I explained to him that this is where Jesus wants us right now, and we need to be doing all we can do HERE to tell people about Him, and that the Lord also has people in America that He is using to do His work there. So, thank you, for doing your part there, to spread the gospel. Maybe you will unknowingly reach out to one of Nate’s friends! And thank you also for the important role you play in allowing us to be here ministering to the people of Indonesia. We appreciate you.
Prayer Requests:
1) Please continue to pray for the Buru people. There has been some threats from a neighboring village towards one of the villages we work with. Please pray that the new believers there will be able to put their faith into action and deal with this in a Godly way and without resorting to violence. Pray also for their growth in the knowledge and grace of the Lord Jesus.
In Him;
Greg and Pam Berglund
Nate (age 10), Hannah (Age 8), Grace (age 6), Katie (age 4) and Caleb (20 months)
P.S. Greg and I both have facebook accounts and often post pictures of the family there. If you have a facebook account and want to be our “facebook friend” let us know, or if you would just like us to send you links to the pictures when we post them let us know. We, of course, also have our website; (the link is below), where you can catch up on our latest news, contribute to our ministry, or find out what else is happening in Indonesia and other countries NTM ministers in.
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