{"id":602,"date":"2017-04-22T21:27:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T11:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/?p=602"},"modified":"2017-04-22T21:40:52","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T11:40:52","slug":"on-the-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/2017\/04\/22\/on-the-move\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Move!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cTherefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,\u201d\u00a0 2 Tim. 1:8<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>Teacher\u2019s Training<\/a><\/strong>
\nPraise!<\/strong><\/em> We had a wonderful teacher\u2019s training conference in early February!<\/strong><\/em> As a result of this course, some have said that they\u2019re going to begin teaching Chronological Bible lessons to their loved ones who have not yet believed the Truth.\u00a0 PLEASE PRAY that their words turn into action!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Meanwhile, one elderly man has already begun!\u00a0 The Lord burdened Bau\u2019s heart for a few of the elderly in our village who have continually clung to their animistic beliefs, including his own wife, and he has been faithfully teaching this small group in his home for several weeks now!\u00a0 Please pray for the Lord to use this man\u2019s faithfulness to bring these dear folks to salvation!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Post Literacy<\/a>\u2026first course, check!<\/strong>
\nOur first post literacy course has 12 students who are steadily improving in their reading skills.\u00a0 Next week will be the end of the official course, although we are encouraging them to continue drilling and practicing to increase their proficiency.\u00a0 We have been so encouraged by their faithfulness, and our evaluations tell us that almost every student has moved up 2-3 levels<\/em><\/strong> since the initial evaluations 3 months ago!\u00a0 You\u2019ll recall that we had begun a fund to build a new literacy building.\u00a0 Sadly, at this time, there is no one willing and available to continue teaching this program, so for now we have had to put a stop to that project. Please pray that the Lord would fan the flame for literacy in our village!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Bible Study<\/strong>
\nThe women had a great time on Good Friday \u201cacting out\u201d many of the scenes from the Bible the led up to the Resurrection!\u00a0 What joy was mine as I watched them fully engage with me as we read verse after verse, and then acted it out with minimal props, no stage, no audience but the LORD HIMSELF, and ALL HEART!\u00a0 To God be the glory!\u00a0 Their love for Him, their belief in His actions on their behalf was written on their faces, in their tones and bodies through this spontaneous drama.\u00a0 They are growing!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 They are leading the Bible studies mostly on their own now.\u00a0 Just today in our session Badoma told us the story of her oldest daughter recently giving birth.\u00a0 Sadly, the baby was still-born, and the labor very nearly killed the mom as well.\u00a0 Several people pushed her to use their old animistic rituals that involves ginger and a certain type of plant called yasit.\u00a0 Badoma\u2019s daughter refused, and together the family called on the name of the Lord, proclaiming that if she was going to live, it would be by the power of God alone, nothing else could help.\u00a0 Praise God, she did live, and is a wonderful testimony to His goodness and strength!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Translation Status Report<\/strong>
\nJeremiah and our co-worker Ralf continue to push ahead with the translation.\u00a0 Jeremiah is tackling the Gospels and has completed Mark, the drafting of Matthew is finished and in various stages of the checking process, and he has now begun drafting Luke.\u00a0 Lately, for various reasons, he has had a really hard time getting helpers for checking.\u00a0 It\u2019s frustrating when you can\u2019t move ahead because of circumstances beyond your control.\u00a0 But as always, the work is plentiful, but the laborers are few.\u00a0 This is the Lord\u2019s work, it\u2019s His Word, and we know He will see it accomplished!\u00a0 Please pray that the Lord will raise up helpers with a heart and passion to see His Word come into their language!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We are Moving!<\/strong>
\nMay 17 is our official move-out date.\u00a0 We will continue to translate itinerantly, making several trips back into Dinangat, while living WITH our children. We praise the Lord for the good year they\u2019ve had and for the many wonderful people who have poured into their lives!\u00a0 But since this will be Jordan\u2019s senior year, we feel the Lord is leading us to be together to help prepare him for his next steps.\u00a0\u00a0 We can\u2019t wait to be a family again!\u00a0 Please pray for the Lord\u2019s provision!<\/strong><\/em> This move will be expensive.\u00a0 We will have flights to move some things out and house set-up costs like a washing machine, etc. (Praise the Lord, we have already been given several furniture items<\/strong><\/em> that we will not need to purchase!<\/strong><\/em>)\u00a0 However, we will be living in our region\u2019s church planting support center, away from the school and will therefore need to purchase a vehicle (about $10,000 to purchase from PNG!)<\/strong>\u00a0 Nothing is too big for our Jehovah Jireh!<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for standing with us!\u00a0 We are privileged to be your hands and feet in PNG!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  \u201cTherefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,\u201d\u00a0 2 Tim. 1:8 Teacher\u2019s Training Praise! We had a wonderful teacher\u2019s training conference in early February! As a result of this course, some have said that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[448,637],"class_list":{"0":"post-602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"tag-ethnos360","8":"tag-new-tribes-mission","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jeremiah-markley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}