{"id":823,"date":"2019-04-06T22:02:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T03:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/?p=823"},"modified":"2019-04-06T22:22:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T03:22:52","slug":"a-spring-in-our-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/2019\/04\/06\/a-spring-in-our-step\/","title":{"rendered":"A Spring in our Step!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dear Friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Hello from a very hot place. We\u2019ve been sweating bullets\nlately and are thankful the rains have returned this week to at least cool it\ndown to 75 in the afternoons. Hope your home is showing signs of spring and\nwarmer weather, especially those in the North thinking the 50\u2019s sounds like a\nheat wave!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many of you may have heard about the terrible flooding and landslides that happened recently on another island here. Here is a brief update from some Ethnos 360 missionaries serving in that part of Asia Pacific:  \u201cThere are over 100 bodies found, still 100 missing, including a friends 13 year old daughter. About 10,000 displaced people \u2013 homes, churches, schools, and livelihoods gone. Please pray for wisdom for us as we try to help. There isn\u2019t such a thing as flood insurance here. They have no homes and no means to rebuild other than to ask help from friends and family\u2026.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just like Spring weather brings with it signs of new life, we\u2019ve\nrecently been seeing some signs of life and baby steps with the believers here.\nAlthough to an unaccustomed eye new growth coming out of the ground could look\nlike weeds that need to be pulled, we see these small steps of maturity and are\nrejoicing! A few of the men have offered to take turns hosting the house church\nmeetings. They are seeking to take ownership of their own fellowship together.\nWe are grateful that we can be here not lording over them but seeking to disciple\nthem through this process. Thank you for praying with us and for them!!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tim getting a water filter ready for a village friend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was reading in Colossians today and was praying Paul\u2019s\ngoal for the believers he was ministering to: \u201cMy goal is that they may be\nencouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches\nof complete understanding in order that they may know the mystery of God,\nnamely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.\u201d\nCol. 2:2 Oh that this would be true for our dear friends here. Christ is our\nlife and treasure!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We\u2019ve been fairly healthy this last month in the village,\nthankfully the rubella and mumps epidemics have not spread much into the area\nwhere we are. Especially since Torin has not had his MMR shots yet. We praise\nGod for good health and safety, as we are living so far from professional\nmedical help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fruit comes in spurts interior. Currently we are enjoying\nlots of bananas. We had fun chopping down a huge stalk of \u201cking\u201d bananas the\nother day. Naomi and I got to go out harvesting sweet potatoes with a friend.\nIt always amazes us how \u201cdumb\u201d we can be compared to our friends here. We were\npractically stepping on the sweet potatoes yet still unable to find them. We\nall had a good laugh and after a few hours our baskets were full (thanks to our\nlocal friends). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another provision for us this past few weeks has been some\nnew vegetable sellers. These guys come by on their motor bikes selling veggies.\nIt\u2019s a huge help for us when they come. But so far this year, none have been\ncoming. So when they pulled into the yard this past we were very happy to see\nthem. These are just a few simple everyday kinds of things that are actually\nbig to us as God\u2019s direct hand of provision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were given a baby flying squirrel this past week. The kids have enjoyed trying to keep it alive. Another fun thing this year has been a new zip-line. With the help of a friend from the US bringing us some equipment, we got it set up in the village. It has definitely been a hit for our kids, as well as others in the village. Dina and Abby have really enjoyed their home school teacher Naomi. This week Abby and Naomi will travel out to town on their own. Abby has 4 days of standardized testing and Naomi needs a new visa renewal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. mustache 11 months<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to each one of you for praying and giving toward\nthe ministry here in the jungles of Borneo! Teaching continues in 2 villages.\nThis month we are planning to visit a new village. One of the believers has\nfamily there. They have heard about the teaching meeting and they have\nexpressed interest. Pray that God would open a wide door to the gospel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tim has come up with a few more tribal praise songs which have\nbeen well received. It\u2019s been great to be singing praise with the believers in\ntheir own language. Our coworkers have had a really great month of translation\nas they are getting the book of Mark closer to being ready to check with a consultant\nlater this year! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treasured in Christ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrea, Tim, Dina, Abby, Titus, & Torin Ullum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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