Current Support Status and Partner Development Outlook

Tammy and I are very encouraged. Since Kingdom Training online in July and training at Wycliffe headquarters in August, we have been busily engaged in raising support and already are over 12%.

Currently, we have four churches and an unknown number of individuals from a recent Ohio tour that are considering becoming our ministry partners. On that tour, I found blessings coming from every direction. Dear brothers and sisters opened their homes giving me a place to rest. Their love was humbling and encouraging. Hundreds came to the banquets to hear what God is doing in Papua New Guinea. Many prayer cards and invitations to partner were taken from the display table. I met with a group of high school students at a Christian Missionary Alliance church and had a special time with Darrin, Mini, and Grace (the Wycliffe ministry team). To minister along with this sweet, dedicated group was an honor. Glory be to God.



Although it is often difficult to find openings in December, we are already scheduled to speak at 2 local churches, meet with Dr. Ware of Crossroads Bible College to discuss support and networking possibilities, and share our mission and needs with the Missions Director of the Northeastern Conference of the United Methodist Church.

January will be a very busy month, as we return to Ohio to speak in churches and homes. Four families from our church in Cicero, Indiana have opened their homes for us to make small group presentations. In addition to these and other home presentations, we hope to hold a local banquet event in January or February.

We would love to have raised full support by now so that we could be preparing to arrive in Papua New Guinea in March, as planned. However, we are assured that we will arrive at the scheduled time God has planned for us - not before or after.

Until then, we will continue to present our ministry, which is to help provide critical physical support for Wycliffe translators in Papua New Guinea. That rugged island country located north of Australia is about the size of Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Kentucky combined. PNG has 7 million souls and over 400 of the 860 language groups do not yet have the Good News of Jesus Christ in their mother tongue – as we do.

Please Pray

That God would contenue to provide opportunities to present this vital ministry and raise up ministry partners. That our transportation needs would be resolved and that we would be able to arrive in PNG by March as planned. Lord Willing

Brata, sista blong yu long Jisas Kraist (your brother and sister in Jesus Christ in Tok-Pisin)