{"id":307,"date":"2017-10-25T00:29:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T05:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/matt-long\/?p=307"},"modified":"2017-10-25T00:29:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T05:29:42","slug":"time-to-celebrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/matt-long\/2017\/10\/25\/time-to-celebrate\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Celebrate!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” – 3 John 1:4<\/h1>\n


\n(We just had a conference for all the NTM missionaries in the central region of PNG. \u00a0Look at all these people who are laboring for the Lord here!)<\/p>\n

We’ve made our first disciple here in PNG! \u00a0Last week Ty\u00a0prayed to receive Christ as his Lord and Savior! \u00a0We have been talking about this for a long time, and God has been working in his heart a lot. \u00a0He now understands that he is a sinner, in need of a Savior, that Jesus died for his sins, and rose from the dead. \u00a0Now we get to continue to disciple him and teach him about Jesus- what a privilege! \u00a0We are so thankful to the Lord for the work He is doing in Ty’s little heart. \u00a0Ty has also begun to pray for Wyck’s salvation.<\/span>
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\n(Wyck with our neighbor’s cat. He LOVES the cats! \u00a0He also turned two this month.)<\/p>\n

We have some other big news to share with you all- at our last evaluation, both of us\u00a0checked out on Tok Pisin, the national language! \u00a0This doesn’t mean we don’t have more to learn (because we do!), but it means that we are fluent enough that language learning will no longer be our main job. \u00a0We are thankful for how the Lord provided language helpers and helped our minds to learn.<\/span>
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\n(During conference, the kids got to have a VBS and have lots of fun.)<\/span><\/p>\n

So, now our main focus is trying to find other missionaries to partner with. \u00a0This mostly looks like just getting to know each other and having conversations with other couples\u00a0about all kinds of things, like ministry philosophy, parenting styles, theology, thoughts on simplicity, strategy, and other things\u00a0that impact how we will work together as a team. \u00a0There are a few\u00a0different couples we are having conversations with. \u00a0Please pray for God’s guidance in this.<\/span>
\nWhile we are getting to know potential teammates, we will also soon start another ministry to either serve other missionaries or people in the local community. \u00a0This week Matt is on a trip helping to build a house for some missionaries who are moving into a tribe, and Karissa is holding down the fort at home.<\/p>\n


\n(Us at Conference!)<\/p>\n

Thank you for all of your prayers for our language learning. \u00a0Please pray that God will provide His team for His church in His timing.<\/p>\n

Till All Know,<\/span>
\nMatt, Karissa, Ty, and Wyck Long<\/span>
\n(Tribal Church Planters in Papua New Guinea)<\/span><\/p>\n


\nFounded in 1942 as New Tribes Mission<\/p>\n

Please Pray:<\/span>
\n– That God will provide us with coworkers and guide us in this process
\n– That we can continue to disciple our kids well
\n– That we will be able to survey the Umeda tribe soon (This means going and learning more about the status of the tribe and area)
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\nPraise God:<\/span>
\n– For what He is doing in Ty’s heart<\/span>
\n– We have a new nephew– Malachai!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” – 3 John 1:4 (We just had a conference for all the NTM missionaries in the central region of PNG. \u00a0Look at all these people who are laboring for the Lord here!) We’ve made our first disciple here in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1074,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/matt-long\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/matt-long\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/matt-long\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/matt-long\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1074"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/matt-long\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/matt-long\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/matt-long\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/matt-long\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/matt-long\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}