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Here are portions of an update I sent to our co-workers Jonathan and Susan Kopf Hey Jonny and Sue, Thank you so much for taking the time to write. I know you are crazy busy – but it was really nice to read the letter to Yanis and Unai. They seem to be taking it […]

“Son wake up – get up, the sun is going down and it is time for you to eat.” Those are the heartbreaking words sung in a wail-ful cry by Unai, our neighbor who was mourning the loss of her firstborn son.  Unai is the wife of Yanis.  Many of you will recognize Yanis as […]

May 25, 2011 I woke the last two mornings at 5:30 am to someone outside singing and praying. I could hear at one point that they were praying . “… we don’t know if he is going to die or not, but it is your work (euphemism for “Up to you or in your hand”)”. […]

May 24, 2011 Brooks (Fellow missionary in another part of the jungle) and our pilot came buy and did an airdrop to get us some decent battery terminals. VERY COOL – I hooked them up and the system and the batteries are working finishing perfectly — so, we are looking good for batteries as of […]

May 28, 2011 Ongoing translation/teaching dilemma — “Saving Faith” – how do you communicate that? In Hewa was translate Faith = to believe-completely with your heart – We do not use “to do a good job of thinking completely” even though that is what the people originally wanted us to say… we felt that made […]

May 23, 2011 Another cool highlight – Faimbat came tonight and gave me K50 for the 10 Bibles I brought in – he said – yeah, I will cover the debt until they get bought up by the folks from another location.- This is a major risk taken by Faimbot – K50 takes several weeks’ […]

May 29, 2011 Recently the Hewa people had a writing assignment – They were to write Jonathan a letter. Some wrote their favorite passages out – and some wrote more personal notes… I typed them into the computer and sent them out. It was fun. I asked if I could share a few excerpts with […]

May 16, 2011 After the first night of teaching Ephesians – here is an excerpt of what I wrote my co-worker Jonathan Kopf – ” I am PUMPED about Ephesians. Chapter one is a killer. After the teaching tonight we had a big discussion about eternal security. I really tried to hit it home that […]

I recently had the privilege of traveling with my 2 oldest daughters on a Church Plant Consultant visit.  Angie stayed home with the 2 little ones due to there not being enough room on the plane, but the 2 older ones joined me for a time of traveling to see two different Church Plants in […]