Continuing to pray for more teachers and administrators…

 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”  -Proverbs 3: 5-6  NKJV

Thank you for continuing to pray for the needs of UIS. This school is a blessing to the families of translators and support workers from 20 different countries and serves local families from the Aiyura valley as well. It is an amazing place to teach, alongside gifted colleagues who love God, their subject areas, their students and each other. We are so thankful for returning teachers, filling the needs for high school English, Computer and Social Studies for next year. We are grateful for the incredible administrators who have supported and encouraged us this year, but some are leaving permanently and some are going on home assignment for 6-12 months. So, there are still many needs at our school for next year. Please continue to faithfully pray, and even consider if the LORD could be leading you to come and serve with us!

Highland life…

Living in the highlands of Papua New Guinea is beautiful, but isolated. Our location is remote and relies on aviation heavily to get people and cargo to the capital city, or to other villages where translation teams serve. This is why critical infrastructure is necessary to support our translators and aviation team, including the school we teach at and Scott’s crisis management and security roles. One perk is that part of our land lease is agricultural, requiring fruit and vegetable gardens and pastures for cattle. This provides our store with fresh milk, yogurt and meat, and we enjoy the lovely pastoral views (and moos!) as we walk around Ukarumpa.

Prayer Points:

• Papua New Guinea (PNG): Pray for wisdom and discernment for local village leaders and peace and justice in the Aiyura valley.

• Bible translation: Pray for the Healing the Wounds of Trauma workshop underway in Enga, for people to engage with God’s Word and find healing and peace.

• Our roles in PNG: Pray for a good start to Term 4 at UIS and for more teachers for next year. Pray for Scott, the Security team, and the Crisis Management Team, for wisdom, discernment and safety.

• PNG missionaries: Pray for the new families coming to serve with our Aviation team, and praise for the family that has recently arrived. We appreciate and rely on our pilots and mechanics very much and need more very soon!

• God’s provision: You are a part of what God is doing here in PNG and we could not be here without you thank you for your prayer support & encouragement!