Hello, Dear Reader. Perhaps you noted that there have not been any new posts for quite a while. It has been a hectic few years, to say the least. Back surgeries, the COVID pandemic, and a return to Papua New Guinea to resume translation of the Somau Garia New Testament have all squeezed our time and resources, leaving little for keeping the website current.
That said, it is time to take up the digital pen and begin scribbling again. It is an important season for recruiting prayer partners and to keep you abreast of each stage as we close in on completion of the New Testament. It is also a time to continually turn our attention to the Lord and his provision.
My prayer is that the coming posts will be informative, motivational, and useful to you and your walk by faith. In order to help make your prayer more informed and specific, I’ll be writing a series of articles about how translation is done, what the aims are, and to what end we are laboring.
I look forward to dialoging with you along the way, hopefully inspiring you to love Jesus more deeply, to know more about how He is providing for the needs of Somau Garia speaking people, and inspiring you to act on what you have either learned or had reinforced.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to stop by and spend a few moments here.
Blessings!
Dear Todd:
I look forward to reading your weekly updates each Sunday morning. Debby and I are grateful for you and Angela and your faithful work and ministry in the name of Jesus. Currently we are reading The Letter of Jude having just completed Second Peter. We are using the Tyndale Commentaries to guide us in understanding some of the more technical details and unique words. One phrase that Peter uses four times in 2 Peter is “make every effort.” This phrase appears in 1:5, 10, 15, and 3:14. I believe your life and Angela’s are evidence of following Peter’s exhortation because your lives are effective and productive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.(see 1:8). If you would like to schedule a phone or Zoom conversation, I would enjoy the opportunity to encourage and support you and your work and ministry. Grace and peace, John