\u201cGreat multitudes followed Jesus and he healed them all\u201d (Matt. 12:15 KJV).\u00a0 Even though our primary goal is to help the Dom people spiritually by providing them with God\u2019s Word both in teaching and in written vernacular form their physical needs are ever before us.\u00a0 We can not heal them miraculously as the Lord did but we provide what medical help we can everyday.<\/p>\n
We are not physicians.\u00a0 We do not operate, give injections or suture wounds.\u00a0 We do provide primary care and first aid through our little \u201cclinic\u201d here at our home.\u00a0 Coughs, colds, sores, tropical ulcers, infections, malaria and wounds of every sort are the daily routine in the afternoon.\u00a0 From newborns to the elderly the Dom people of the community come to us for help since the nearest hospital is nearly two hours walk away.<\/p>\n
[singlepic id=71 w=320 h=240 float=]We are also the de facto ambulance for the more serious \u201cgotta get \u2018em to the hospital\u201d situations that arise.\u00a0 Sometimes it is life or death.\u00a0 This was Alua\u2019s situation not long ago.\u00a0 And then recently Gena\u2019s wife,[singlepic id=73 w=320 h=240 float=] Rose found herself in crisis after the tragic still birth of their son.\u00a0 Praise God that both times the weather and road conditions allowed us to get them both to professional medical help.<\/p>\n
We have lost track of how many times we have made such emergency runs to both the larger hospital in Kundiawa (the nearest town to us) and to Nera Gaima Medical Clinic (previously mentioned).\u00a0 Both are good hospitals that we are very thankful to have available.\u00a0 Both are also a long walk away from here and subject to weather and road conditions for us to drive to in emergencies.\u00a0 It goes without saying that it is all in God\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n
As you can see it is imperative that our vehicle is kept running.\u00a0 However it is nearly twenty years old and itself in need of constant \u201cmedical\u201d attention.\u00a0 The years of rough, off road use has taken its toll on our Toyota Hilux.\u00a0 At the present we have no mechanic down at our field office (3 hours\u2019 drive from here) to do any major repairs so we are driving by faith so to speak.\u00a0 Needless to say that we need to replace our vehicle as soon as possible.[singlepic id=85 w=320 h=240 float=]<\/p>\n
Speaking of vehicles, both Heather\u2019s and Ilai\u2019s vehicles are down, making things difficult for them.\u00a0 So we would appreciate prayer for wisdom for them in what to do.\u00a0 We would appreciate prayer also for Ilai to know what to do with his future.\u00a0 He has really only two choices of location, both with problems, but he is trusting in the Lord to work things out.\u00a0 Heather needs employment that suits her class schedule.\u00a0 Ilai needs a consistent on the books job.\u00a0 He has been able to get work here and there but nothing consistent.\u00a0 \u00a0Brian and Terra are busy with work and two boys.\u00a0 Darren loves his job looking after the two men that he is a caregiver for and he is ready to start his online seminary courses.<\/p>\n
Translation is moving along.\u00a0 Lord willing, in January, Jim will have Matthew checked, Jude, James and Hebrews are ready to check, and he is working on getting Luke, John and Revelation ready for checking later in the coming year.<\/p>\n
2012 is election year in PNG which is always followed by fighting here in the Dom as they are poor losers.\u00a0 Also climate scientists are predicting a severe drought which will cause garden food shortages. \u00a0Papua New Guineans rely on their garden produce to survive so a drought is a very serious thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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