{"id":574,"date":"2017-03-08T12:23:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T16:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/?p=574"},"modified":"2017-03-08T12:23:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T16:23:01","slug":"dressers-are-overrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/2017\/03\/08\/dressers-are-overrated\/","title":{"rendered":"Dressers Are Overrated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suitcases here.\u00a0 Bags there.\u00a0 Boxes shoved here AND there.\u00a0 That has been our life since we left Papua New Guinea on December 9th.\u00a0 It has been a whirlwind three months.\u00a0 Thanks for praying.\u00a0 We want to share with you how God answered your prayers:<\/p>\n

\"\"We went from 85F at departure to \u20132F in Kansas where Paul\u2019s parents picked us up with coats in hand. From four fairly relaxing weeks with Paul\u2019s parents (to include our first family tummy bug which we shared with grandpa and grandma) over the Christmas Holidays with only one doctors appointment for Paul to a rushed long drive to the Eastern Shore of VA to help Andrea\u2019s sick mom. We assisted in mom\u2019s transfer from the hospital to three weeks of inpatient care in Waldorf, MD (greater DC area). From settling in upstairs in Newburg, MD with Andrea\u2019s mom and sister to moving downstairs into the newly finished basement apartment (still yet to happen, Lord willing within the next few weeks). From no idea how to plan this home assignment to having a rough sketch of a long road trip planned for July\u2014August and late September\u2014October 2017. (Side note:\u00a0 We would love to see as many of you as possible.\u00a0 We have new contact info on the back\u2026drop us a line).<\/p>\n

\"\"Again, thanks for the prayers. Diana, Andrea\u2019s mom, is doing much better and back to life as normal bouncing from Newburg, MD to the Eastern Shore, VA where she cares for her mother in nursing care. Paul has been able to see his allergy doctor and begin his much needed shots every two weeks. Andrea just had an eye appointment as we begin to work our way through the long list of things to get done while on home assignment.<\/p>\n

We have been welcomed and loved on by our home church of South Potomac Church\"\"; as well as having had our first sit down talk with a pastor of a new church to us about presenting our work and ministry. Thank you Patty (Andrea\u2019s friend) for seeing this through.<\/p>\n

Mixed in throughout all this were many playgrounds, parks, home schooling and library visits for the kids. Thank you Lord for the light winter and the beautiful sunny days.<\/p>\n

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Iski Are Hearing!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Iski people of Papua New Guinea are currently hearing the good news of God\u2019s Word from creation to Christ.<\/p>\n

During the teaching, most people sit on tarps. Some sit on a board they put across an empty oil drum. For the first time the Iski people are hearing the word of God in their language. One of them said (translated to English<\/i>), \u201cWe used to see only the leaves, now we are getting to the root!\u201d \u2013 meaning, they used to hear some stories about God but they didn\u2019t know where they came from, how they fit together or where they originated.<\/p>\n

\"\"In this culture the people think that sicknesses are the result of their \u201csins\u201d (breaking a taboo). They\u2019ve been shocked to hear that the world God created was perfect, not like the world they see today. There was no death, no sicknesses, no suffering. Next they heard that death and sickness are the consequences of the fall. This is totally new to them and we pray that it will change the way they see the world.<\/p>\n

Now they see that their hands are tied.\u00a0 The Iski people love to follow rules…how to be better…how to be good.\u00a0 Of course they quickly fail (as we all do) and then do what they think makes them right.\u00a0 But the missionaries are sharing from God\u2019s Word that there is nothing they can do, in themselves, to please God.\u00a0 This is eye opening to them!<\/p>\n

Some are already connecting the dots!\u00a0 One Iski man shared (translated to English<\/i>), \u201cWe\u2019ve heard before of Jesus dying to save us, but we did not know why he died and why we needed to be saved.\u00a0 Now we know it\u2019s because we are separated from God because of our sin and the only way we can be saved is through the Savior!\u00a0 Now when we remember the stories we\u2019ve heard about Jesus we start to think about Him differently!\u201d<\/p>\n

Praise & <\/b>Prayer Requests<\/b><\/h3>\n
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  • Praise: The basement apartment is almost completed!\u00a0 Moving in soon.<\/li>\n
  • Praise: Paul\u2019s expensive but very effective allergy shots are being provided through financial assistance by the manufacturer for $5 every two weeks.<\/li>\n
  • Praise: Andrea\u2019s mom, Diana, is healed and doing much better.<\/li>\n
  • Prayer: <\/b>For our many appointments and coming road trip to see supporters.<\/li>\n
  • Prayer: <\/b>For the Iski people to understand as they hear God\u2019s truth.<\/li>\n
  • Prayer: <\/b>Wisdom & discernment as we parent our kids through this home assignment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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