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Howdy! Don’t judge… No one says that up here, so I have to get my fix in somehow.<\/i><\/span>

<\/i><\/span>It’s the little things, guys.<\/b><\/p>\n

We’ve been keeping busy, as you would expect from a couple of students. This weekend we cranked out three papers a piece, a week and a half of reading, and a whole book<\/a><\/i>. The whole school is preparing for “Field Day” this coming weekend – freshman vs juniors + seniors; I’m on the freshman coed softball team, I’ll let you know how we do! Josh started his new job<\/b> today at a local flight school – thanks for praying the Lord would provide!<\/p>\n

I could fill this post up with lots of random, irrelevant stuff from this week, but what I really wanted to share<\/i><\/b> today was this video<\/a>.<\/u><\/p>\n

We watched it in chapel the other day. One of the missionaries speaking, Ron Lindsey, is the President here at NTBI Waukesha. It’s the story of the Siawi people<\/b> in Papua New Guinea, and their brand new Bible<\/b><\/i> that they can hold <\/b>in their hands and read<\/b> whenever they want<\/i>, in their own heart language<\/i><\/b>. I was quietly trying to hide my tears as we watched this. I couldn’t help but be filled with excitement that we get to go and be a part of that, as well as incredible sadness that we aren’t there yet, and pride that we are part of something so much bigger than us. (And maybe a little bit of selfish pride that one day, Josh might be the pilot flying in a new Bible to a tribe). Over and over again, I get confirmation that we are right where God wants us<\/i> – and that’s going to Papua New Guinea. How can it be anything different, when I’m already so much in love<\/b> with a people I’ve never even met, in a country where I’ve never even been, that I am brought to tears by the thought of living among them and sharing God’s love with them? And I am overwhelmed that God would choose me, little ol’ me, with all of my flaws and quirks and brokenness to be His hands and feet<\/i>.<\/p>\n

You can follow the link above, or copy and paste this into your browser to watch:
https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?v=10201214813466964<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s totally worth the thirteen minutes it takes to watch this video, but I warn you, it’s a tear-jerker.<\/p>\n

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