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\"\"<\/a>\u201cJesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.\u201d\u00a0 Hebrews 13:8<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been two full months now since we\u2019ve moved out of the village, and we are blessed and so thankful to be able to tell you whole heartedly, that we are doing well!\u00a0 Thank you so much to all of you who have been faithfully holding our family before the Lord in prayer as we work through this major transition in our lives, we know you have been a huge part in helping us get settled in our new home and in many ways, our new lives.\u00a0 Everything is different.\u00a0 New house, new school, new friends, new coworkers, new jobs, new everything.\u00a0 Yet, there are a few constants, a few aspects of our lives that have not changed, One in particular, and because of this, we can go on, living and serving in joy and peace, no matter what.\u00a0 What is the constant?\u00a0 Actually, the constant is a WHO\u2026\u00a0 \u201cJesus Christ is the same, yesterday and today and forever.\u201d \u00a0Geography is of little consequence when you\u2019re walking with the Lord, following Him who holds the universe in His hands, and not only that, but holds all of our yesterdays, all of our todays, and all of our tomorrows in His hands as well.<\/p>\n

Jeremiah<\/strong> has a new office!\u00a0 It has been wonderful for him to be able to go over to the office building and work away without having the constant rolling of chairs, dropping of books, and all the other fun noise that came from his office being right underneath the homeschool room when we were in Dinangat!\u00a0 He continues to work steadily on translation while preparing the curriculum for our new missionaries in the E2 program (Equipping\/ phase 2 of assisting missionaries get into their new ministries, the first phase being the training the receive in their home countries.)\u00a0 One of his new coworkers is Aute, a young believer from a village near our mission center who carries the bulk of the responsibility of the language side of the orientation program.\u00a0 Having a national speaker to listen to and gain insight from is an invaluable part of orientation, and Jeremiah has loved getting to know and work with this enthusiastic teacher!\u00a0 At the moment, there are no orientees here as their arrival dates continue to be pushed back for various reasons, a large one being lack of support.\u00a0 Pray for our Jehovah Jireh\u00a0 to send us those new missionaries, as the work is plentiful and the laborers truly are few!!<\/p>\n

Mark- CHECK!!<\/strong>\u00a0 This month Jeremiah was able to get the whole book of Mark officially checked by a translation consultant!\u00a0 Our consultant flew over from the Philippines (since we are very short on consultants in PNG) to assist as and several others in getting their translated Scripture portions checked.\u00a0 This is a huge process, one that took several days, and we flew out 3 of our Dinangat Bible teachers to help.\u00a0 Jaspa, Lukas and Basa joined us on the center here for a week to help us prepare for and work though the check, as well as work with Gary on Bible lessons for the church.\u00a0 Overall, the check went very well.\u00a0 It did reveal some areas that need more attention as they didn\u2019t seem to be communicating as clearly as they could, and we are so thankful for this process that gives us direction on how to make an even more accurate and meaningful translation.\u00a0 We\u2019re dealing with God\u2019s Word, it is a fearful task, and we praise the Lord for all these checks in place that help us to keep it as faithful a translation to the true text as possible!\u00a0 Please continue to pray for this daunting task of translation, we need His wisdom every step of the way! \u00a0It was also a WONDERFUL time to be together with our friends from Dinangat, to fellowship with them, give them a glimpse what our lives look like out here, and hear the stories and catch up on how things are going in Dinangat.\u00a0 The HF radio we\u2019d left with them wasn\u2019t working properly, and so we hadn\u2019t had any news since we\u2019d moved out in January.\u00a0 We are excited to hear how the teachers are remaining faithful and burdened to see the church grow, they\u2019re meeting regularly every week for prayer and planning, and we\u2019re hearing stories of some friends who had previously been \u201con the fence\u201d that are now coming to the teaching!\u00a0 Our hearts were blessed and encouraged by this news!\u00a0 This is what we wanted to hear!<\/p>\n

The Kids<\/strong> are doing very well in school and have risen to the challenge of this transition.\u00a0 They\u2019re in school from 8 until 2:45 (they come home for lunch) and then usually have a couple hours of homework as well.\u00a0 It has been a delight for us to see how the classroom environment (not to mention their wonderful NCA teachers!) really motivates them and pushes them to achieve more than they thought they could. \u00a0I can\u2019t tell you how thankful we are for such a compassionate bunch of excellent teachers who have been such a huge blessing in our kids\u2019 transition!\u00a0 Alayna loves her first grade teacher, and her reading skills have really taken off in the classroom!\u00a0 For Jordan and Judah, another part of what keeps them motivated is the after school sports programs.\u00a0 They have both discovered a new love for basketball, and have been faithfully plugging away at their homework and then enjoying sports a couple of evenings a week.\u00a0 HOWEVER, in our enthusiasm to get out there and enjoy these facilities, we must confess that we have had not one, but TWO sprained ankles since we\u2019ve been here!\u00a0 Jeremiah sprained his ankle pretty badly and was on crutches for about a week, and the day we were ready to return his crutches, Jordan sprained his ankle in a soccer incident, and spent a few days on crutches as well!\u00a0 They\u2019ve both enjoyed a steady diet of ibuprofen and humility! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Please continue to pray for wisdom for them and for us, as we seek to train them up in the love and knowledge of the Lord!<\/p>\n

Dinangat Trip\u00a0 <\/strong>Next week, term 3 will end for the kids and shortly after that we will take a 10 day trip as a team back into the tribe.\u00a0 Our goals: Reconnect with the Dinangat church for a time of encouragement and discipleship, work with translation helpers to further many portions along in the process, and help implement a new children\u2019s Bible program.\u00a0 I will also be working on organizing what\u2019s left in the house that needs to get shipped out.\u00a0\u00a0 Lofty goals for such a short amount of time, so please pray that it would be a productive trip and for the Lord\u2019s wisdom to prioritize our time well while we\u2019re there!\u00a0 I also fear that our electrical system has gravely suffered in our absence as things were starting to die before we left (namely our refrigerator and main batteries for the house!) so it will be an \u201cinteresting\u201d \u00a0task just to get ourselves back up and running!<\/p>\n

Support\u00a0 <\/strong>As most of you know, this move was not only a huge one- time expense (moving out, setting up our new house, etc.) but also a huge increase in our regular expenses.\u00a0 The Lord has faithfully provided and we are NOT in debt!\u00a0 We are SO thankful for our wonderful support team, who sacrifice monthly for us that we might remain here, active in what the Lord is doing in PNG!\u00a0 We now have new housing charges, school fees, fees for renting curtains and other house hold items, security fees for living on a guarded mission center, plus the flying that Jeremiah does for his consultant trips as well as our trips back into Dinangat.\u00a0 We hate to talk about money, but we\u2019re asking you to pray for us in this area as well.\u00a0 We are currently functioning at a deficit of about $2,000 per month.\u00a0 Yikes, I realize that sounds ridiculous!\u00a0 But when you consider the crazy prices in this country (a gallon of milk is about $10) and the amount of traveling that is a regular part of our ministry, it makes sense.\u00a0 We\u2019re asking the Lord to bring new members to our support team who have a passion to see His church in Papua New Guinea coming to maturity, especially as it pertains to reaching out to those who have Never heard, and would love to be a part of it by partnering with us in a financial role.\u00a0 Do you know of anyone like that?\u00a0 Let us know!<\/p>\n

THANK YOU <\/strong>so much for standing and kneeling with us!\u00a0 To God be the Glory!\u00a0 The tasks before us are often overwhelming, but we take comfort in our never-changing Lord whose grace is always sufficient!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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