Category: Prayer Request

A busy month! Our plates are full!

A busy month! Our plates are full!

Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Psalms 107:1 (NKJV) In this update: A full month ● Online workshop ● Translation ● Global Equipping ● Travel ● Thank You! A full month: Greetings! Our plates are full! It’s been a full month with translation work, Global Equip, and the Sharpening Your […]
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Of taking a break, celebrating a New Testament and other things!

Of taking a break, celebrating a New Testament and other things!

“I know that You can do everything,And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. Job 42:2 (NKJV) Greetings once again from our jungle home. What a joy it is to see God at work in and through His children. He is fulfilling His purpose and for that, we are eternally grateful. Here’s a […]
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Ezekiel and Hosea are checked!

Ezekiel and Hosea are checked!

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised. Psalm 145:3a (NKJV) Greeting from our jungle home. We hope this finds you doing well and that you are encouraged by all God is doing in your life. Checking progress: We arrived in the village on January 20th and after spending just two days settling in, […]
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Praise the Lord for travel, 26 baptized and tickets!

Praise the Lord for travel, 26 baptized and tickets!

Join us in praising the Lord. We are thrilled to share the latest news from our Higaunon brothers and sisters in Christ. Just last week, we received a message from one of the outreach villages reporting that 26 new believers were baptized! While we usually see pictures of baptisms in rivers, this time the baptism […]
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He has done excellent things.

He has done excellent things.

Sing to the LORD, For He has done excellent things… Isaiah 12:5a (NKJV) Biannual seminar Every May and November, the  Higaunon church holds a seminar for the church leadership and their wives. The meetings in May are held in a different location. The meetings in November, are held in the village where we live. I […]
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Thankful for the HOPE we have!

Thankful for the HOPE we have!

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3 (NKJV) Translation work: In our last update, we had a typographical error. You probably didn’t see it because […]
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Ostmans – back in the Philippines

Ostmans – back in the Philippines

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities… for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. from 2 Corinthians 12:10 Our arrival Hello from our jungle home where everything has been very wet since our arrival. In our previous updates, we mentioned Lance’s health and what the doctor said. Here we are in […]
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Ostman News with some unknowns

Ostman News with some unknowns

But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Psalm 5:11a (NKJV) In our last update we mentioned that peace was the word God was impressing on us. That we needed to keep our focus on HIM to have His peace, joy, and hope, regardless of the situation in which we find ourselves. […]
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Merry Christmas from the Ostmans

Merry Christmas from the Ostmans

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans15:13 (NKJV) Peace Peace is the word God was impressing on my heart and mind the other day. I was feeling stressed, and it was as clear […]
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