{"id":44,"date":"2009-12-07T21:25:23","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T01:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/keith-copley\/?p=44"},"modified":"2009-12-07T21:25:23","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T01:25:23","slug":"update-from-kul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/keith-copley\/2009\/12\/07\/update-from-kul\/","title":{"rendered":"Update from Kul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now glory be to God!\u00a0By HIS mighty power at work within us, HE is able to accomplish infinitely<\/span> more that we would ever dare to ask or hope.\u00a0May HE be given glory in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever through endless ages! Amen.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ephesians 3:20-21 NLT<\/p>\n

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\nThank you for all your prayers and encouragement during our recent visit to Hewa-land.\u00a0As you know, we were able to spend 3 \u00bd weeks at the small hamlet we refer to as Kul.\u00a0At this location there are about 40 folks involved in a church that was established in 2008.\u00a0Our co-workers, the Kopf\u2019s, shared the Good News with these folks at that time.\u00a0Since then their appetite for The Word has been voracious. They have been taught through key Old and New Testament portions including Acts and Romans 1-3.\u00a0On this trip, we had the opportunity to go in and share with them Romans 4-8.\u00a0During this time they often sat with HUGE smiles on their faces, shaking their heads in amazement, and saying, \u201cMomale*.\u201d They were excited to hear just how secure their salvation is in Christ.\u00a0The Hewa ancestors taught them that in the spiritual world, the spirits were always in need, and nothing was secure.\u00a0Some of the other churches in the area teach that God is very much the same, always demanding perfect behavior, and nothing is secure.\u00a0However, to now see clearly in God\u2019s Word that Christ paid their debt and therefore they are declared \u201cperfectly right (righteous)\u201d in the sight of God, brought forth praise for all that Christ accomplished on the cross.\u00a0(*Momale \u2013 Hewa term for \u201cIt is good, true, or amazing.\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Life in Kul \u2013 it was an incredible family time.\u00a0We lived in a house that is 16X25.\u00a0That means one bath, one Bedroom (8X9) and one other room that encompassed a kitchen, desk, dining table, and another bed.\u00a0The kids slept in the bedroom in a 3 man tent (didn\u2019t want critters to get them).\u00a0We arrived in Kul in the middle of a drought.\u00a0So, Keith carried water most every day \u2013 about 25 minutes, round trip.\u00a0We were thankful for the strength and health to accomplish this.\u00a0And as a bonus \u2013 Keith lost no weight but lost one belt notch in just 3 weeks.\u00a0If you are interested in the Kul weight loss program I can send you the details (and it won\u2019t even cost you 3 installments of $19.95).\u00a0Angie and the girls carried the laundry down to the creek.\u00a0It was a good time of working together to keep us all clean and healthy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Psalm 139 was the passage God laid on my heart to study most every day during our time in Kul.\u00a0We are 2 hours helicopter ride from anywhere, and sitting in a group of people that are different from us in most every single way.\u00a0As I spent time in this Psalm I read the words, \u201c\u2026you chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest.\u00a0Every moment you know where I am.\u201d\u00a0When I struggled with how to say the deep truths of Romans in the Hewa language I read, \u201c\u2026You know what I am going to say, even before I say it\u2026\u201d\u00a0When we were lonely and missing family I read, \u201c\u2026I can never escape from your spirit! I can never get away from your presence!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 When I was exhausted from carrying water or from teaching 6 days a week twice a day I read, \u201cyour hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.\u201d\u00a0It was wonderful to live in a beautiful rainforest in the heart of PNG and know that God was right there, looking over us, guiding us, and protecting us.\u00a0What a privilege.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our trip was fantastic and we are praying about when we should go back.\u00a0Please pray for God\u2019s wisdom and provision so that we can move in sync with HIS leading.\u00a0We want to be where HE is working.\u00a0We want to be tools in His hands that do HIS will.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thank you for the tremendous part you play in our ministry through prayer, support, and encouragement.\u00a0We are privileged to serve our wonderful Savior.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is a pleasure to serve HIM together with you,<\/p>\n

The Copley\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now glory be to God!\u00a0By HIS mighty power at work within us, HE is able to accomplish infinitely more that we would ever dare to ask or hope.\u00a0May HE be given glory in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever through endless ages! Amen.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ephesians 3:20-21 NLT \u00a0 Thank you for all your prayers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/keith-copley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/keith-copley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/keith-copley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/keith-copley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/keith-copley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/keith-copley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/keith-copley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/keith-copley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/keith-copley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}