{"id":585,"date":"2020-10-23T14:42:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T19:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/?p=585"},"modified":"2020-10-23T14:42:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T19:42:39","slug":"happy-fall-yall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/2020\/10\/23\/happy-fall-yall\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Fall Y&#8217;all!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Things we&#8217;re thankful for&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7172-585x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"586\" class=\"wp-image-586\" 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Hazen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7184-600x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"587\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/?attachment_id=587\" class=\"wp-image-587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7184-600x791.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7184-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7184-768x1013.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7184-1165x1536.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7184-1553x2048.jpg 1553w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7184-83x110.jpg 83w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7184-190x250.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7184-192x253.jpg 192w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7184-1920x2532.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7184-scaled.jpg 1941w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Emmanuella<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7232-587x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"588\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/?attachment_id=588\" class=\"wp-image-588\" 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Noah<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7754-584x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"589\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/?attachment_id=589\" class=\"wp-image-589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7754-584x800.jpg 584w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7754-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7754-768x1052.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7754-1122x1536.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7754-1495x2048.jpg 1495w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7754-80x110.jpg 80w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7754-183x250.jpg 183w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7754-185x253.jpg 185w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7754-600x822.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7754-1920x2630.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_7754-scaled.jpg 1869w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Sam<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/sugar-house-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"590\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/sugar-house-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/?attachment_id=590\" class=\"wp-image-590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/sugar-house-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/sugar-house-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/sugar-house-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/sugar-house-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/sugar-house-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/sugar-house-125x94.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/sugar-house-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/sugar-house-337x253.jpg 337w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-swenson\/files\/2020\/10\/sugar-house-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fall Foliage<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cGive thanks to the&nbsp;<\/em><em>Lord<\/em><em>, for he is good,<\/em><em> for his steadfast love endures forever.\u201d Psalm 136:1<\/em><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fall in the USA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp; We\u2019ve had a busy fall season so far. Hazen, Noah and Emmanuella are enjoying our local Christian school. Sam is settling in at college and enjoying his classes. He loves the many art classes associated with his architectural\/design major. We are all thoroughly enjoying the fall season and the changing leaves. We have not seen that in a while! As a family we\u2019ve enjoyed our church youth group as well. We parents have studied and written papers for language and culture learning, driven the kids around, taught driver\u2019s education (all 3 boys now!) and now we have left the younger 3 kids with grandparents for a couple of weeks so that we could visit a few more churches and supporters before going back to PNG. We were also able to visit Sam on his birthday.&nbsp; Thank you for praying for the return travel situation. A couple of weeks ago, a couple of routes opened up to get back. We\u2019ve been asked to wait until early November to buy tickets so that it is more likely our tickets won\u2019t cancel.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bush Happenings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for praying for our Tanguat friends.&nbsp; Continue to pray for Justin who was featured last month.&nbsp; He has made some decisions that are not allowing him to teach at church for the time being.&nbsp; He also fell out of a tree recently but seems to be alright now.&nbsp; Pray that the Tanguat would see the joy in having a daily relationship with Christ and not see Him as just a \u201cticket to heaven.\u201d Pray also for the rest of our believers as there seems to be a resurgence in the popularity of sorcery and the like.&nbsp; The younger generation especially is looking toward people who claim to have powers to share with them on how to make quick money and gain power over enemies.&nbsp; Ironically, these \u201cknowledgeable individuals\u201d charge a lot of money for their workshops.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Family Spotlight: <\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arnold and Susanna live in a tough neighborhood.&nbsp; Their days consist of working and living around people who are very often talking about things surrounding the spirit worship of their ancestors and the south pacific cargo cult.&nbsp; We know because that is what we hear talked about when we are visiting that hamlet. Arnold is a Bible teacher-in-training and is one of our literacy teachers. He is one of the best readers in Tanguat and it seems to come easy for him. We are praying that he will continue to grow in his ability as a literacy teacher to be able to help others who do not have as easy of a time with reading. We also pray that they will be able to continue to stand firm in faith and not be swayed by the other influences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pray:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the continued growth of the Tanguat believers and for the Bible teachers-in-training to continue to grow in faithfulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That routes would stay open, the kids\u2019 passports\/ visas get returned and we test negative for Covid in December right before our trip back to PNG!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For us as we continue to work on language tasks while here in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Praise:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the beauty of God\u2019s creation and specifically for very colorful foliage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For our teammates who can continue to encourage the Tanguat believers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the time that Ellen and I were able to spend with Sam over his birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Swenson Tribe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tribal church planters serving in Papua New Guinea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Please note that we are not posting much to the web any longer. If you&#8217;d like to receive our regular updates, please let us know by emailing us at <a href=\"mailto:paul_swenson@ntm.org\">paul_swenson@ntm.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things we&#8217;re thankful for&#8230; \u201cGive thanks to the&nbsp;Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.\u201d Psalm 136:1 Fall in the USA &nbsp;&nbsp; We\u2019ve had a busy fall season so far. Hazen, Noah and Emmanuella are enjoying our local Christian school. Sam is settling in at college and enjoying his classes. 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