Been Quiet

If you have been checking back you have noticed no added projects.  Even though this is the case, please continue to stop by and pray for the projects posted.  We have been cleaning the property up, cutting unwanted trees and trimming others. This helps keep the mosquito population down. So far 3 people (including Cheryl) have gotten malaria. Could be from the little blood suckers in our area. We want to buy a sprayer ($30-$50) and some insecticide for regular sprayings. We will let you know soon if this needs to be a "project" or if we already have enough for that.

 The Garden area has been cleaned up and much of it planted with long green beans. This will help supplement the students diet.  These type of things we do have some funds for, and once the beans are full grown we can use some for the next planting.  We also bought eggplant and various greens to plant that will help with having nutritious food. 

Coworker Nicho chopping away

Recently we had a short wind storm that blew down two trees. This resulted in our power being out for about 27 hours. Nico and I went down after church and lunch to see if we could help out. No chainsaw, but that axe came in handy.  We chopped what we could and then with some prodding got help moving them from some folks just hanging out and watching.

The program starts August 15th. Pray that we will have things all lined up, lessons begun and ready to teach. We will have the first few days for orientation. Once all are settled in and orientated we will begin teaching from Genesis 1:1 to the Ascension of Christ. We are planning on teaching Mon-Fri from 8-12. The plan right now is for this teaching to take 12 weeks. Afternoons will have other discipleship ministries going on. The next step will be practical ministries in local churches. After 8 weeks of this we will spend more time on teaching them how to teach.   Then practical ministries in local churches again.  We will use this rotational model over the course of 1 year.  

As you can see, your prayer and participation in these projects will help advance the gospel to various parts of Papua. As the church is strengthened, discipled, trained and equipped, the Gospel of Grace will be preached.