All Posts | James and Judy Burdett

Literacy

October 10, 2012

Judy has started a new Dom literacy class and already the distractions of Dom life have kept some of them away from classes. Most of Judy’s students are sticking with it but some have fallen away. Now is a busy time for the women in particular as they are busy planting their new gardens. This […]

Other Ministry Happenings

October 10, 2012

Jim is doing all the teaching again as Gena and his wife Ros (Rose) have had some major problems lately so he has stepped down from teaching. Please pray for them. Gena will still help me in the office but he feels that public ministry is inappropriate until his marriage is what it should be. […]

DOM TRANSLATION PROGRESS

August 21, 2012

Jim continues to make progress with translation. This is the lineup as of now. Mark, Acts, Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Thes., 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, 1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2, & 3 John and Jude are totally done until the final read through. In October, […]

August Prayer & Praise

July 31, 2012

Praise: Brian has a job that he likes and Ilai, Heather and Darren have work God’s provision of a reliable vehicle No fighting in our area due to elections Functioning generator Continued progress on translation and revision of outreach lessons Safe birth of Richard to the Wuests Pray for: A reliable vehicle and housing for […]

Back to Normal in the Dom

July 31, 2012

August 2012, #81 Dear Friends and Family, We shared in previous letters that some aspects of our ministry were on hold due to this time of campaigning and elections here in PNG. Our Dom believers, some of whom have been a bit distracted by it all, felt that we should wait on starting literacy, Gospel […]

November Prayer and Praise

November 16, 2011

Praise For: 1. The lives of Rose and Alua were spared. 2. Good outreaches at the Kakwa location. 3. Fairly decent hospitals about 45 minutes to an hour drive from us and for our mission doctor that we can call or email for advice. 4. For continued progress in Translation. For consistent helpers in checking. […]

Spiritual Healing and Taking Care of their Physical healing

November 16, 2011

“Great multitudes followed Jesus and he healed them all” (Matt. 12:15 KJV). Even though our primary goal is to help the Dom people spiritually by providing them with God’s Word both in teaching and in written vernacular form their physical needs are ever before us. We can not heal them miraculously as the Lord did […]

Breaking Through the Darkness

November 15, 2011

One recent Sunday morning here at our little village church we had the pleasure of hearing Yal Ki share his testimony. He is not a man of many words. He is quiet and a bit serious on the surface. So it was a courageous thing for him to get up in front of everyone and […]

Progress in Translation and Literacy

November 14, 2011

[singlepic id=92 w=320 h=240 float=]In May Jim had a translation check of: 2 Corinthians, 2 Timothy, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2, 3 John and Jude. He has finished doing the comprehension checking of James, Matthew, & Hebrews. James & Philemon is ready to have the final check by a translation consultant. He is almost […]

A Recap since our return to Dom last year

November 14, 2011

We arrived back on the field August 7th. We made a couple of trips up to check out our fallen house. (See pictures under House Building). On September 7th, we moved up to the Dom. Since our house was not really liveable, we slept in our former clinic across the road from our house, as […]