Dear Family and
Friends,
Thank you for
all of your prayers for us and the ministry here in PNG over the past
month. Fourteen men and women graduated from the Bible college last
month, and graduation and pastor’s conference went great. We are thankful
for these graduates who are so willing to make the sacrifice to serve the Lord
with their whole lives and deeply appreciate your prayers for them.
We continue to
work through the organization process at Hosanna. Pastor Abol and Dan
have scheduled a baptismal service on December 27th. Please continue to
pray that many will take this important step in their walk of faith. Amy
is continuing to teach the children chronologically through the Bible using
“The Story of Hope”, an evangelistic program developed by ABWE.
The ladies
conference with our graduates, Moses and Rose, went very well. Amy spoke
on Titus 2:3-5, with the main theme “Becoming Women of God”. Several
ladies were saved, and many more rededicated their lives to being godly women,
wives and mothers.
We just returned
from Simbai, a remote area where some of our colleagues serve. Dan had
the opportunity to speak at their annual youth camp, where the theme was,
“Beware of the Lies of the World.” Many teens were saved and many others
rededicated their lives to Christ. It was such a joy to watch the
invitation time on Thursday night, where youth after youth raised their hands
for decisions. We are so thankful for that opportunity to minister.
We also really enjoyed being with our missionary friends for the week. It
was kind of like a little vacation for the rest of us, including Dan’s parents,
whom we have greatly enjoyed being here.
Many of our
churches have Christmas conferences coming up this month, so we would
appreciate your prayers. Dan was scheduled to speak at Lifeway Baptist
Church’s Christmas conference, but they are planning to cancel it. Please
pray that God’s will be done. This is a key church in the church planting
movement in the Daulo region, but they are really struggling. They were
without a pastor for a long time, but now have a new pastor. Many have
backslid, and about one-third of their members still attend. Please pray
for us as we as we seek God’s will as to how we can be involved.
Amy is pregnant
with our sixth child, and the baby is due March 24th of next year.
Because of the poor health care in PNG, we will be having the baby in Cairns,
Australia. The last date that Amy can fly internationally is February
15th, so we’ll be leaving PNG around that time. Ty’s birthday is February
10th, so we’d like to be in Australia for that. We’ll hopefully return to
PNG in May. We are sad to leave our ministries right now, but we are so
grateful to God for this blessing.
We hope that you
all have a wonderful Christmas. We miss and love you all.
Love, Dan, Amy,
Tyler, Kate & Claire
P.S. We
all miss Ty so much this year at Christmas. It is just so hard without
him around. We are so thankful to God for His sacrifice in sending His
precious Son. Without that, we would have no hope of seeing our precious
son again.
Additional Prayer
Requests: Please pray for…
1.
The organization
of Hosana Baptist Church.
2.
The great need
for additional missionaries with ABWE in PNG (Kerowagi in particular).
3.
Overcoming
cultural barriers in sharing the Gospel with the lost here.
4.
Daily strength
for life without Tyler.
5.
Our individual
relationships with Jesus Christ.
6.
Good health for
Amy and baby during the pregnancy.
7.
Amy and Rachel
Prigge as they learn to diagnose and treat illnesses.
8.
Supplies needed
for medical shipment from US: cold medicines, Ibuprofen, and Naproxen.
Please contact us if you are interested in helping!
9.
Discernment of
God’s will for graduates.
10.2010 GBBC budget and staff contracts.
11.Various administrative duties at the college.
12.New students for 2010.
13.National staff house: $28,000 remaining.