{"id":2342,"date":"2015-02-05T11:18:07","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T15:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lance-ostman\/?p=2342"},"modified":"2015-02-05T11:19:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T15:19:28","slug":"returning-to-the-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lance-ostman\/2015\/02\/05\/returning-to-the-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning to the village…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Laura<\/a>Isaiah 41:10 <\/strong><\/em>(NKJV) \u2014 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.<\/p>\n

Happy New Year greetings to all!<\/em> This will be our last communication with most of you before we return to the Philippines next week; so here\u2019s the latest Ostman news from Oklahoma:<\/p>\n

Translating Isaiah<\/strong><\/span> \u2014 I (Lance) have been re-reading the rough-draft translation of Isaiah I finished in December. Apart from the encouragement I find in the truths of God\u2019s Word, I\u2019ve noted some passages that need improved translation work before I review the text with my translation assistants in the village. Thank you for praying for this important work<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Back to the village!<\/strong><\/span> \u2014 God willing we will arrive in Manila on February 13; waiting for us there will be our daughter and her family. We\u2019ll spend a week together before they leave for meetings and we travel on to \u201cour\u201d Higaunon village. Please pray for safety as we travel.<\/em><\/p>\n

Prayer needs in the village<\/strong><\/span> \u2014 Please continue to pray that our Internet connection in the village will be reliable. It\u2019s a useful tool, and we need it to function dependably. Also, please pray about our supplies situation: Unfortunately we have no one in town to buy supplies for us like we’ve had in the past, so we will have to make monthly trips into town to purchase them ourselves. It\u2019s an added expense\u2014and time away from our primary mission in the village\u2014but it can\u2019t be helped. Pray for efficiency and safety as we make those trips.<\/p>\n

Planned SYIS workshop<\/strong><\/span> \u2014 We\u2019re planning to facilitate an SYIS<\/a> (Sharpening Your Interpersonal Skills) workshop in Manila (June 7-12). However, we need at least 16 participants for the workshop to go ahead, and we don\u2019t yet have any committed. Thank you for praying!<\/p>\n

Potential house purchase<\/strong><\/span> \u2014 Thanks to everyone who is praying with us about buying a house in Oklahoma. We\u2019ve found a house we like very much, and a local bank started to work with us on buying it. However, when they found out we were about to head overseas, they said it wasn\u2019t worth working on until until we return in July. Please continue to pray<\/em> for God\u2019s will to be done<\/em>. We want God\u2019s best and we know that\u2019s what He has for us. We\u2019re especially grateful to everyone who has donated or is planning to donate.<\/p>\n

Finally<\/strong><\/span>, our most heartfelt thanks to every one of you for partnering with us as we continue to serve our wonderful Lord and Savior among the Higaunon people in the Philippines!<\/p>\n

Secure in Christ’s love,<\/p>\n

Lance & Laura<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Isaiah 41:10 (NKJV) \u2014 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Happy New Year greetings to all! This will be our last communication with most of you before we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":241,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[3,4,3621,143],"tags":[61839,2279,1623,240,406,2040,61841,61836,22],"class_list":{"0":"post-2342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-family","7":"category-ministry","8":"category-news-article","9":"category-prayer-request","10":"tag-higaunon","11":"tag-housing","12":"tag-isaiah","13":"tag-philippines","14":"tag-prayer","15":"tag-thankful","16":"tag-translation","17":"tag-travel","18":"tag-village","19":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lance-ostman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lance-ostman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lance-ostman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lance-ostman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/241"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lance-ostman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lance-ostman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lance-ostman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lance-ostman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lance-ostman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}