{"id":281,"date":"2014-07-17T21:46:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T01:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ned-beall\/?p=281"},"modified":"2014-07-17T21:46:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T01:46:38","slug":"first-literacy-class-is-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ned-beall\/2014\/07\/17\/first-literacy-class-is-completed\/","title":{"rendered":"First Literacy class is completed!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Thank you for praying for us as we are in transition. We have many important decisions to make as we attempt to guide our adult children. At the same time we are having to learn to step back and let them make their own decisions that will affect the rest of their lives! It is such a balancing act, isn\u2019t it??<\/p>\n

The first literacy class has been completed and there are now trained Tigak literacy teachers to teach the next literacy class which will start in a month or so. Please pray for our co-worker, Aimee, as she prepares for the class and has a much needed break before the class begins. We want the Tigak to be excited to learn to read and also motivated to go beyond a beginner reader level so they can study God\u2019s Word on their own.<\/p>\n

Last week our \u201cground owner\u201d (landlord) unexpectedly died. It has been quite a shock to all of us. Tongi has been a source of much encouragement and discouragement over our years in the tribe. He apparently had a heart attack when he was out canoeing and almost drowned. He never recovered and was in the \u201chaus sik\u201d (house sick or hospital) until he died. Tongi is Paska and Robin\u2019s uncle and Tongi had no children so the family expected a lot from them in regards to the funeral and burial.<\/p>\n

The teaching in Romans is going well. It is a time of encouragement and growth for the believers. Thank you for praying and please keep praying!<\/p>\n

I wanted to share with you a way you can bless other missionaries. There is a ministry called \u201cFriends in Action\u201d (or FIA) that comes alongside missionaries to help them with various needs such as helping missionaries get things shipped overseas to their place of service. Another ministry they have is a hospitality network so that when we are traveling to speak at various churches we can find a family to stay with and not have to pay for a hotel. If you are interested in opening your home to missionaries that are traveling through your area \u2013 please email Linda at Hospitality@fiaintl.org<\/a> and let her know. It has been a blessing to us over the years. My parents have been on the list for many years. They don\u2019t get a lot of calls but have enjoyed getting to know missionaries passing through the area when they have had the opportunity.<\/p>\n

Thank you for standing with us in ministry!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thank you for praying for us as we are in transition. We have many important decisions to make as we attempt to guide our adult children. At the same time we are having to learn to step back and let them make their own decisions that will affect the rest of their lives! It is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"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-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ned-beall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ned-beall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ned-beall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ned-beall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ned-beall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ned-beall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ned-beall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ned-beall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ned-beall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}