We now have even more things to praise the Lord about. First, on Sunday morning, a husband and wife both made professions of faith. Their names are Tu (the man) and Wari (the lady). Wari is pregnant and has been coming regularly to the prenatal clinic and listening intently to the devotional at that time. They have also been coming to church for several weeks. It was a real blessing to see them come forward at the invitation. Please pray for their growth and discipleship.
Also on Sunday, Ben Ritschards, the 17 year-old son of GFA missionaries in Goroka, developed appendicitis. They initially hoped to fly him to Australia for surgery but ran into a lot of red tape. With his urgent need for surgery, they instead flew him to a hospital here in country that has a number of foreign doctors. He had surgery on Sunday evening and was up walking a bit Monday morning. Please pray for a complication free recovery for him.
Yesterday, Monday, Dale Crawford arrived in Kiari via helicopter. He is one of the directors of GFA and has come for a couple of weeks to operate the bulldozer on the airstrip. His willingness to come and safe arrival are a real blessing. Please pray for him as the work on the airstrip starts today (Tuesday).
Last evening, we had a special time of praise and fellowship for the many things that the Lord has done. The church people wanted to do this just to rejoice over the goodness of the Lord. The people cooked a meal in the ground that we all shared, then we had a testimony service. One man read a prayer request list from 1998. It was really neat to see the requests that the Lord has answered -- a bulldozer, a Christian school, a clinic, and even an airstrip (soon to become a reality). At the bottom of the list was names of people that they were praying would be saved. Some of those very people were present in the service and are now faithful Christians, raising their families for the Lord. What a blessing!
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name. (Psalm 103:1).
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