Glimpses of God at work in the world...

We know that God is the great orchestrator at work in the world, and that He cares about the details of our lives, but sometimes He allows us glimpses of it in marvelous ways. The Tok Pisin church we attend in Ukarumpa supports a Papua New Guinean missionary named Gabby, who serves along with his family in Greece, where they have been an integral part of an amazing ministry to refugees from many Middle Eastern nations. It turns out, Gabby trained in Sri Lanka with a long-term missionary sent by our home church in Dover, NH. Last summer, Gabby was able to visit and speak at Dover Baptist Church and thanked them for sending us to serve in Papua New Guinea. Then, on our way to the US this June, we met him and his family for the first time while passing through a small guest house in Port Moresby. We returned back to Ukarumpa in July just in time to hear him speak at church on the “ecclesia,” the Greek word used in the New Testament for the Christian believers “called out” from the world and into God’s marvelous light. What a beautiful example of the ecclesia, serving around the world, woven together by God, and what a gift that He would allow us that glimpse of His hand at work!

Above Evie and Gabby Markus with Scott and Kathy, after the Tok Pisin church service in Ukarumpa.