{"id":311,"date":"2011-08-05T14:08:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-sullivan\/2011\/08\/05\/summer-update\/"},"modified":"2011-10-12T14:48:08","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T18:48:08","slug":"summer-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/2011\/08\/05\/summer-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for your faithful prayers for my ministry.\u00a0 Without God, our human<br \/>\n&#8220;accomplishments&#8221; amount to nothing. It is only by His power that we yield<br \/>\neverlasting fruit.<\/p>\n<p>Headlines:<\/p>\n<p>Mwinika complete evangelistic lessons<\/p>\n<p>Radio Program Wrap-up<\/p>\n<p>Video editing about Siawi and Uriay people<\/p>\n<p>Writing for the website<\/p>\n<p>Siar people begin Bible lessons<\/p>\n<p>Travels to meetings and to midwest<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mwinika complete evangelistic lessons<\/p>\n<p>Some of the Mwinika people say, \u201cWe understand these truths in God&#8217;s Word,<br \/>\nbut when we start trying to line them up with what we have been taught<br \/>\npreviously\u00a0 we\u00a0 just\u00a0 come\u00a0 away confused. It seems that God&#8217;s Word is<br \/>\ncontradictory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a common site to see missionary Phil drawing a picture of a tree in the<br \/>\nsand as he talks with villagers.\u00a0 He explains that the truth of God\u2019s word<br \/>\nis\u00a0 like\u00a0 a trunk, but man-made religions branch off the trunk and get<br \/>\nconfusing.\u00a0 Many villagers are agreeing that they want to follow the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Please pray for Phil and Elin as they continue talking one-on-one with the<br \/>\nMwinikas who have just heard the Gospel. Pray that many of the Mwinika will<br \/>\ntruly understand and put their faith in Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Radio Program Wrap-up<\/p>\n<p>We are making a CD of 260 radio episodes to distribute to stations.\u00a0 It\u2019s<br \/>\nexciting to complete this CD and turn our focus to other projects.<\/p>\n<p>Video editing about Siawi and Uriay people<\/p>\n<p>Macon (my boss) and Dale (a still photographer) came back from Papua New<br \/>\nGuinea with missionary interviews to edit, and we just released a new 3<br \/>\nmin video online this week. Pray that we&#8217;ll be able to<br \/>\ncome out with several more short videos in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the new video in <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-sullivan\/2011\/08\/03\/siawi-bible-translation\/\">my previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Writing for the website<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve added new pages to our website about the Interface experience in Papua<br \/>\nNew\u00a0 Guinea. The homepage will feature some new stories or ways to get<br \/>\ninvolved.\u00a0 I\u2019ve also helped a small bit with getting the pages ready to edit<br \/>\nfor the new NTM Canada site.\u00a0 We\u2019ll be creating more international sites for<br \/>\nNTM, and I\u2019m helping a small bit to get the pages ready for them to edit.<\/p>\n<p>Siar people begin Bible lessons<\/p>\n<p>The Siar people are learning about Genesis and will study evangelistic<br \/>\nlessons\u00a0 for several months.\u00a0 Pray that the people will understand and<br \/>\nbelieve as they compare the truth of God\u2019s Word with what their ancestors<br \/>\nhave always told them.<\/p>\n<p>Travels to meetings and to midwest<\/p>\n<p>The Enrichment meetings in Missouri in June was very encouraging.\u00a0 After<br \/>\nthat I traveled to my home church in Michigan for Pastor Larkin\u2019s retirement<br \/>\ndinner, then visited friends and supporters in the area the following week,<br \/>\nwhich was encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see what adventures this fall holds&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for your faithful prayers for my ministry.\u00a0 Without God, our human &#8220;accomplishments&#8221; amount to nothing. 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