We just arrived back from a wonderful visit with my parents and sister down in Arkansas. We were able to visit our training center down at Lake of the Ozarks and speak in two separate churches along the way. It was a much needed rest after being surrounded by students all semester, but we are back now and back to business.
This summer we are involved in several ministry opportunities. Andrea and I each tutor a Korean student once a week as they work on their English skills before going on in the missions training. (This is a new program requirement for our missionaries coming from South Korea; please pray for wisdom for those developing it and patient understanding for the families and singles taking it.) I (Ken) have the privilege to teach the adult Sunday school class at the church we attend here in town; we are going through the books of James and Jude. There is also the prison ministry on Thursday nights. Please pray for us as we are involved in these different areas and also find time to be with our children during their school break.
The children are doing fine and are moving on to the next level in their schooling–James to 3rd grade and Christina to 1st grade. James received an academic excellence award, and Christina is reading. Sarah can say her ABC’s and little Samuel is healthy. We are praying for their understanding of the Gospel as I take them through another chronological Bible series. And we are working on good manners this summer (especially table manners).
We are looking forward to a big freshman class coming this fall–9 couples and the rest are singles. Thanks for praying for enrollment to increase. Remember that 70% of the missionaries for New Tribes Mission come from these Bible schools.
We love serving here and will continue to do so until the Lord opens the door to return to Papua New Guinea. Our hearts are still in the Sepik region, where friends we helped move into tribes are now seeing many coming to know the Lord as Savior. As you know the economy is in bad shape right now so please be in prayer for our finances and that we can continue to get more people to partner with us in this ministry. We thank you for your continued prayers and support and hope to see those of you on the west coast next summer as the Lord provides. We had some auto repairs and medical this summer that have depleted some of our savings; so pray that the Lord would help replenish that for us. We will have more on that later as we work out all the details
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