{"id":3904,"date":"2026-10-29T18:29:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T22:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=3904"},"modified":"2026-10-29T18:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T22:29:38","slug":"they-are-not-here-you-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2026\/10\/29\/they-are-not-here-you-are\/","title":{"rendered":"They Are Not Here; You Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last Saturday, we hosted a Celebration of Life for Corinne Palmer. \u00a0What a life lived for God\u2019s glory!\u00a0 Corrine and her husband Tom worked for decades among the Hamtai people in Papua New Guinea, teaching literacy, and translating God\u2019s Word into their language.\u00a0 Her role in literacy enabled many to read God\u2019s Word in their own language.\u00a0 How could the Hamtai people read God\u2019s Word if no one taught them how to read?\u00a0 What a team Tom and Corrine were for God’s glory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corrine herself said it best: \u201cYes, there may be others who could do this job better than we can, but they are not here; You are, and you must believe and trust God to do it through you.\u201d\u00a0 And God did do it through her and her husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before and after the memorial service, Tom would walk up to the piano and play song after song with no sheet music.  He just played what was on his heart. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Tom Playing the Piano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The memorial service only lasted an hour, but as chaplain, we spent many hours with the family over the last two weeks in preparation.  Our desire is to assist and to provide what we can during this time of grief.  We met together, planned the order of service, made the bulletin, arranged who would help as a pianist, song leader, audio\/visual\/zoom operators, and so on.  As the memorial service was coming to an end, we quietly got up out of our seats and went to the kitchen to place out the food and refreshments.  And then there was clean-up.  We are the first to arrive and the last to leave. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You just read a bunch of \u201cus . . . we . . . our . . ,\u201d but it is never about us.\u00a0 It is always for God\u2019s glory and the edification of the family.\u00a0 Thank you for your partnership.\u00a0 Through you, God enables us to serve Him at The Homes of Ethnos360. What about you? What does God have you here to do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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