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wood,
Thank you.
We love you.
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Progress linguistically.
2.
The
Sunday
School. -
Pray
for the
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4.
Wisdon
to know how
to divide
our
long
term
unless
the
linguistics are
their
Maju
Gabang,
809
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and
let
the
church die
either.
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area.
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New Christians
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"For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord^ and ourselves as
your servants for Jesus' sake."
II Corinthians 4:5
DLAH FRIENDS:
beautiful
country
of
Papua New
Guinea.
ed the
oot.
Results
The
STINGING ANTS.
BEES,
found
another
closer
location.
It's
needless
with it is
clear Jungle
airstrip.
in order
direction
filled
to build
nending
attack
much
not suitable
to
to
the
vhiat v;ere
the worst
problems
bhey encountered"?
Stinging ants,
bees,
and a clay pot.
I'm sure most of you can understand
the bee and ant problem, though it may
be hard
to visualize bees
'li
,tv;o inches
in
of an im-
by an enemy
for a newsletter.
in
to warn
village.
with blood
The main
that we nave
seen
were
I'iany exciting things have been hapsoning in our ministry here and we v/ant
to share them with you.
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are
down.
That's when the pot broke.
Later one of the men took it into his
leaders
house,
but strange things started
happening.
His oldest son started
having fits of madness.
So the pot
v/as taken into the jungle, and the
problems stopped.
And there, in the
jungle, the pot stayed, until.......
v/hoops! One of the women knocked into
spot.
The generoil consensus is that
the pot should be desposed of in a
would gather
around the
Y:>ot
be thrown
into a
It will either
river
some anthropologist
or given
to
to be carried
to
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Well,
in spite of the stinging ants,
the bees,
and the interlude with the
clay pot,
the airstrip site has been
Tractor?
what tractor?
S/Ve were able
to purchase a used Kabota tractor
for
about half
the price of a new one.
(mostly) cut.
to allo'w us
lage.
v;e
hope
off
V/e
completed
by
Orarth moving
r.hase
can
and shaping
to have someone
our
aspects
of the
you.
We v/ere recently given
#2,000; v/e used this, along with
to purchase our tractor,
told
that a group
ness
men
Tht^n we
of Christian
Oallaf
fexas,
from
experienced
them
several
have
before!) v;e
our
familyall
black.
expressing interest
P,T,L,
to G+ling
small church.
the churches.
in
when v/e
there was
one
villages.
averaging
in two of
de are pleased
ihasn't
alone.
language
would
be brought.
Instead,
turbed sleep,
(v/e
outgrew
the
all
NEW BABIES
first
to mark
guess,)
more
of celebration
werei
busi-
project.
"babies"
days
alcohol
never
we
It
some
will apply
o^eh'
to help,
ditional music.
This September
finally saw this become a reality.
As
been
just
tell you
through
that
our
and
it
work
Churches from
neighboring
groups have sent Christian
leaders.
The only
trouble
was
that
The visitors
v/ere so im
They were
pleased
at the invitation,
was almost
It seems
CHRISTMAS IS COMING
Maybe
to be reminded.
But
that will be a
special
will certainly~b'^r^\^rdin^
TovTcan
Our language
going well,
work
too.
in other areas
is
in
Bach time
we know
v/e
W'e ordered.her
in
late
were
They
for them
were supposed to hcive been sent airmai.lbut have never arrived. Because
we are confident that they will even-
to re-order.
So
we are constructing
to use while
of our time
Vi/e
Beth completed her first grade.
were most pleased with her progress,
She can read quite well. In fact, she
reads in preference to other forms of
play and is suffering in areas of
physical skills because of it.
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