Heading to Mibu

I'm really excited to have the chance to go back to Mibu in Papua New Guinea in just a week and a half here! Actually I've been looking for the opportunity for at least 6 months. I have three surgeries I'm needing to have done before the end of the year and so finding the time between each, where I'm done with rehabilitation has been a challenge. But the Lord orchestrated things so that I was able to put something together even fairly last minute here with pretty decent ticket prices! I'm scheduled to leave on Aug 18^th and return Sept 4^th.

 

I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to connecting with my friends in Mibu! While there, along with just generally being a mutual encouragement to each other, I have a few tasks I'm hoping to accomplish. With everything that's happened over the last couple years with the gang, there's been a slow down, and even halt on some of the ministry work that needs to continue to move forward. I'm hoping to re-up some of the training with those I work together with, so that they're comfortable using the tools we need to use to work together from opposite sides of the world. I'm also hoping to wrap up a bit of comprehension checking that's been hanging in limbo a bit too long. And then finally I'd like to help get the literacy store back up and running again. The gang stole everything and all those years of work came to a screeching halt. The literacy store was very successful at raising capital to help fund literacy efforts in Mibu and other local villages.

 

It was fun today to share the news with some of my buddies in Mibu and talk for a while!

 

I'm so thankful for the generous financial gift that allowed me to make this trip! Even when finances are a challenge as they have been this last year or so, we still see God providing. We couldn't continue ministry to Mibu without your support and your prayers, and we want to thank everyone who has contributed, prayed, or otherwise shown their support over the years, and those who continue to support us now! Thank you!

 

Just a little side note here for our friends in AZ: We'll be at the ministry fair at Arizona Community Church in Tempe this weekend for anyone who might want to come catch up face to face and ask us any questions about the ongoing ministry in Mibu. It'll be this Saturday, Aug 12 in the evening for the 5:30 service, and Sunday during all the morning services. Come by and take the opportunity to chat with us and grab a prayer card!