I took this picture of Zane at the NTM conference this year.
A few years ago the Epps were our coworkers on northern Luzon. They worked in a different language group than we do, but we would hear from them every morning at radio roll call. Shortly after their third child, Zane, was born, they noticed that something was not right with his swallowing. They took him to a doctor and after a few check ups it was discovered that he had a very serious problem of infantile spasms. This condition causes a huge percent of children who suffer with it to suffer severe mental retardation. The doctors said that it was absolutely essential that Zane be taken back to Canada for help. The Epps packed up quickly and left, not knowing if they would ever return to the people group that they had wanted to share the Gospel with.
Many people prayed for the Epps and especially for baby Zane. Their prayers have been answered in an amazing way. Zane is well and is developing correctly mentally and physically. We are thanking the Lord for His goodness and for bringing the Epps back to work on N. Luzon again. We are so glad they are back. Please pray for them as they get their house ready to live in again. While they were gone, rats invaded their home. When the guys went into the village last week to work on the house and get rid of the rats they didn’t find any recent sign of the rats. They concluded that the rats must have gotten bored and moved to another place…. until they found the big python skin. Now they are looking for the python.
Please pray for the Epps as they move back to their village and get set up to start their ministry there again.