I was born and raised in Southern California, I think I was out of the State of California 3 times. Once we went east through Arizona to New Mexico, once we went north to Oregon and once we flew to Wisconsin that was the level of my travel as a child. When I got older I spent my time working and Amy and the kids would travel I went on occasion we traveled mainly the Western States.

Deputation has been an amazing thing to me because I can see so much of this big beautiful country as you know we started deputation by traveling up to I-80 and then across to Michigan and finally Ohio. We left Ohio and went south through Virginia and down to Georgia stopping by in North Carolina and went into Georgia , then Texas and finally drove across Texas into Arizona and up California into Oregon and Washington.

We arrived back in Michigan at the early part of this month and what an amazing thing to be here, now you would think by the title of this post and that we travel so much that I was speaking about what time zone we might be in, but that is not what I am talking about.

What I am talking about is how late the sun sets up here, you see we were in Manistee, Michigan and after we presented our field of Papua New Guinea we stayed an extra hour and spoke to the Pastor, we left the church at 9:30pm and it was still light outside, we drove yet another hour to get to where we were staying and the sun was setting a beautiful red/orange in the sky.

Weird I have never been somewhere the sun stayed out so late at night and I caught myself saying, “What time is it?”

Just for the record I find Michigan stunning I love traveling this great country and visiting churches.

To be continued…

Sleeping

Some may have the notion that we live in a thatched-roof house, on dirt floors, and sleep on straw or something like that. I don’t think our health would hold out very long if we did. On the contrary, all of us sleep in beds underneath mosquito nets. That might sound romantic to sleep under a mosquito net but it is far from that fantasy. The truth is, we don’t even realize how different our lives have become to other Americans. Doesn’t everybody sleep under nets?

The nets are an irritation at times. They hold in heat, especially when dusty, and sometimes tear. Ana’s vigilance to keep our nets clean and maintained has protected us from the nasty Malaria sickness these past ten years in country, and allowed us to be more comfortable.

• None of the Russell family has ever had Malaria since coming to Papua New Guinea in June of 2000. That is amazing being that we live in the lowlands surrounded by swamps. This is mosquito heaven! We attribute our not getting malaria to #1 God protecting us, then to sleeping in nets religiously, and also to natural prevention like coming indoors at dusk, keeping standing water away from the house, and not having any bushes close to the house where mosquitos would like to hang out.
• Mosquito nets also lend us protection from other bugs and pests like spiders, crickets, cockroaches, centipedes and even snakes. Just today we heard David screaming like the boogie man was after him. We found him standing scared stiff because a centipede was crawling on a pair of trousers he had just taken out of his box and put on! Maybe we should store our clothes in nets as well?!

In our house we use both 240v power and 12v. The 240 comes from the station generator or our own 5.5kva genset and the 12v comes from a small solar system that we invested in when we came back on this term, two years ago. We installed small 12v fans (like the ones you would see in an RV) at each bed and it has made such a HUGE difference in our quality of sleep. I am naturally hot and sweaty all the time. Night used to be torturous! I would get up 2 to 3 times a night to take a shower just to cool off. Now I just turn the fan on. What a blessing!!!

To open in PDF file click link — Burton Prayer Letter – May 2012

Dear Friends, Pastors and Faithful Supporters,

Psalms 35:18a – I will praise thee among much people.

We are now entering our 6th month of deputation, and in that time we have been in 40 churches and have presented our call to the people of the Remote Villages in the Western Province to 31 of those churches.

We have in those months been able to raise about 40% of our support as well as having numerous churches express a strong desire to support us, we are anticipating their partnering with us shortly as God permits.

We have prayed and desire to be on the field by early 2013. While that may seem lofty, we have seen many people make great sacrifices by faith to allow us to go and are encouraged that with God all things are possible as we continue to seek His will and desire to be in the field working.

Every month we ask for you to pray for our safety as we travel, thank you to those who prayed for our recent travels to Michigan. We left California on Monday at 8:30am and arrived in Midland, Michigan at 3:15pm Wednesday on time for the Missions Conference. Drew said it well when he titled his blog post, “36 hours and a pillow” we praise the Lord for a safe trip in just 36 hours.

You might remember reading last year about how we lost our trailer in Wyoming while driving back to Ohio as we were starting out on deputation. Needless to say we had some reserve about that as we went through Wyoming with a trailer this time, but we know that because of your prayers God brought us through safely. I did have some concern though about the tires on the trailer, which we have worn out in just 6,000 miles. They were really getting hot and I thought I might lose one of them, but we were able to make it all the way through with no problems and the trailer still intact. Praise the Lord!

Deuteronomy 10:7 – From thence they journeyed…

We have started this month in Michigan and will travel to Ohio before finally ending up in Louisiana at the end of the month, please do not stop praying for our safety as we travel, pray also that we can get some more meetings for July and August to fill our schedule.

 This month from the Field –

I have started to post some information on our website from Jason and Ana Russell, who we will be serving with, on what it is like for Missionaries to live in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. He covers topics such as building, food, water, travel, etc… You can find our web site at: www.pngmissions.com and look for most recent blog posts section to see the updates.

And Finally… Burton Bloopers!

Funny things happen to everyone, but sometimes more than one person is involved, like last month. We had the opportunity to do some skeet shooting while in Washington, as well as also being able to shoot a numerous variety of guns. We purchased a hand held clay pigeon thrower to use while there and I was the first to use it. I lofted a great shot and Drew was able to shoot it right away, it looked easy so our host said, “let me try”. So I gave him the thrower and since he was struggling to throw it straight, I thought I would try to help. Big mistake! As I was walking toward him, he managed to launch a perfect one, right at me! Lesson learned: never walk in front someone about to throw a clay pigeon! “Ouch”!

The Burton’s – Hebrews 12:2

It has been another stretch of time since I have wrote anything on this blog, but it has been a busy past few weeks. I have been helping create another website, designing a prayer card for a friend, and numerous other things.

Since the last post we have been in Arizona, California, Oregon, and Washington. God has been blessing us as the past several churches have been a big blessing to my family and I. There is nothing better than to be in the will of God.  You can never out give God.

Out of all the states we have been to Washington has been my favorite. First of all Washington is such a beautiful state. Second it was there that I met several really good friends while on the road. One in Kent and another in Spokane. I also got to go on a teen activity with one of the churches. Overall I had alot of fun.

I also had fun while we were in Ventura, California. We knew some of the people there, as they had stayed at our house in San Diego, and some I didn’t know but got along really well with. While we were there also we had the opportunity to go to Six Flags. I rode every ride there which was unusual for me since I never used to like roller coasters. I actually first started liking them because a friends dad made me (literally) go on a ride. Ever since then I have liked roller coasters so that was alot of fun. But probably the best time I had there was being able to talk ( well more like listen, since I don’t really talk) to Bro. Ted Mullins and Bro. Matt Allen. They are both missionaries to Papua New Guinea. Bro. Mullins is a veteran missionary and Bro. Allen is a aviation missionary. They both had a wealth of knowledge and I enjoyed being able to listen to them.

As I mentioned in the first paragraph I have been busy building another website. It is for a missionary who we met while traveling. If you would like to visit it the website is: www.thejeromesfamily.com … I am still learning, but I am having fun doing it. I have also been busy designing a prayer card for Bro. Danny Bezet…when I am done with it I will upload it to the website. I’ve also been busy learning videography. I bought a DSLR camera to take pictures of my family while on deputation and also for while we are in PNG, but I also bought it to take video. So I have been watching numerous videos and have been visting google alot lately. So I am in the process of starting to collect the gear I will need.

Anyways now to explain what the title means. We have started our second trek across the country to Michigan. We started off in northern California and right now we are in staying at a hotel in northern Illinois. It takes a total of 36 hours and we have to be in Michigan by tomorrow . So we have been driving for 32 hours straight and now we are taking a little break. So in reference to the pillow, my family calls me a caroleptic. I usually fall asleep almost instantly when we travel in the car. So that’s were the pillow comes in.

 * Time for the Fact of the Day!*

Australian Graham Barker extracted his own belly button fluff every day for 18 years acquiring a record-breaking amount of fluff. He hopes to accumulate enough fluff to stuff a pillow.

Some people just have no life….

Well until next time,

Drew Burton

We are now in our 6 month of deputation and God truly has been blessing, but as you know blessings do not come without tests and trials.

We were recently given a trailer from a church in Arizona and they installed a whole new suspension just so we would not have a problem like the first trailer that was a great blessing to us. With that blessing came a trials, in that we have now done repairs twice to the trailer for leaks from the rain while we were in Oregon.

So now we have a new suspension and also some new wood that rotted on the frame and silicone caulking all around, the first time I did a patch job the second time I pulled it all apart and started from scratch, I’ll let you know if this one works.

I mentioned in one of my latest prayer letters that a church in Spokane paid for my children to take TESOL lessons and get their certificate to enter into PNG as teachers, that was a great blessing.

We are know looking into whether the kids (Abby and Drew) can enter into the country so pray for this situation to unfold in a positive way, I will try to give more details later.

So sorry for not posting more often lately, these last few months have been our busiest and we do not always have wi-fi available.

We are on our way to Michigan at the beginning of the month of May… please pray for safety!

Today, we still do not have 24-hour power, but that is ok. When the power man does have diesel, the town power will come on, on Tuesdays from 8am to 12 noon and on Thursdays from 1pm to 4pm. It is also on most evenings from 6 to 11 as well. When we first came here, there was no town power to speak of. Keeping meat for any amount of time became a real challenge. “Give us this day our daily [meat]” became a real prayer! Ana would bake bread in a pot on the open fire, trying not to burn the bottom or the top but keep the heat balanced.

Now we have a propane stove and oven (hallelujah) to bake our “daily bread” and a propane freezer (Glory to God) to keep our “daily [meat].” There is an abundance of deer, pig, cassowary, etc., somewhere in the bush but how to get it on a daily basis is still a problem for me. We used to get our meat from the capital when I would travel there bi-monthly, but the tickets for that 90-minute flight are now $500.00 one way! We are learning to be creative with our grocery shopping

We have discovered that if we raise our own chickens we can sell half and in the end eat the other half for free! That has saved us hundreds of dollars in purchasing and shipping alone. Another added benefit, besides educating our children about where chicken meat comes from, (I grew up thinking chickens came from the grocery store), and the financial savings, is that the manure is a great blessing to our vegetable gardens.

It is a risk, but difficult times require some risk if we are to stay on top — We now have a system set up where a trusted and loyal national pastor in the Capital has access to some of our funds to do grocery shopping for us. He normally escorts me around the capitol when I travel in so he understands where I shop and how to ship things to us. February was our first month trying it, and although it wasn’t exactly how I would have done some things, he did a great job, and again it saved us hundreds of dollars in traveling, accommodation, and security.

Another change that we have implemented is traveling with MAF up to Mt. Hagen every four months. Although from Mt. Hagen I cannot ship the heavy things like canned goods, building material and fuel, it gives me a chance, for half the price, to get some specialty items that may be in stock.

We try to blend our eating with what we were used to in America and also the local cuisine.

Coming from San Diego, we were used to eating a lot of Mexican food; hot and spicy. Here the only things hot and spicy would be a chili they call “bird’s eye” which is actually too hot to handle, and wild ginger. The “bird’s eye” chili is very small, maybe half an inch. Ana has been able to do miracles in the kitchen with what I am able to provide.

She bakes bread every week (without a bread machine!). There are no stores here in Wipim from which to purchase bread let alone to even purchase flour, so I send her out in the fields every day like Ruth to pick up some “handfuls of purpose” and then she beats it and has it baked and on the table by 0800. No, just kidding. We are able to purchase flour in Daru, bring it up the road or on the airplane and then she does her thing. Normally Friday is her baking day. The baking powder, more times than not, is either expired or useless so Ana has discovered the way to make baking powder. She mixes Cream of Tartar and Baking Soda. It works the best every time!

We often have pumpkin pie or apple pie on the weekends.

We grow our own pumpkins (squash) or sometimes the village people bring them for trade or sale; and then adding the special spices and making the crust, we have “homemade” pumpkin pie. It is best with whipped cream, or better yet, ice cream on top, as any good American knows; but the reduced cream is not often in stock, or what is, is already expired. Oh well.

Ana also makes a fantastic apple pie – without any apples! There is a certain type of banana here that when baked, feels just like baked apples in your mouth. The spices make it taste like apple pie. If you were blindfolded, you would never know the difference!

Pizza is a favorite but I think burritos still make the top of the list. Yes, we make our own tortillas. Homemade tortillas are the best. Even while we were in America, we still made the effort to make our own tortillas.

My specialty is Spaghetti. The secret is in the brown sugar, but don’t tell Ana.

Drinking

We receive precious drinking water from the skies! One visitor asked, “Is it safe to drink, it’s not filtered?” The answer is, “Yes.” God has an amazing filtration system up there. We catch this water from the skies on our metal roof that drains into pipes leading to two 2,000 gallon water tanks. We then are able to pump it out of those tanks to a 75 gallon header tank in the attic. From there the water is fed through the house using gravitational pull. We have two large tanks because during our dry season, which can last up to four months, we receive little to no rain. In those times we use the motto in the bathroom, “If it’s yellow, let it mellow, if it’s ________ flush it down.” We also recycle our laundry water at this time by doing two to three loads with the same water (do I hear, “Yuk?”). The last load is dumped on our trees and plants.

We acquired a water well drilling machine recently and hope to drill some wells for the surrounding villages.

Living in a remote place is gratifying in many ways but also grating in other ways

Building

It is like living in the “settling” days of America. If you want a house to live in, you do not rent it, you must build it. This is the second house that we have built.

• The first one in Daru is on the church property so when we turned the church over, we also turned our house over! They have been very gracious to us about that, but none the less it now belongs to the church.
• This one we live in now in Wipim is on its own property by itself. When we turn this work over, we do not want to have to lose our house in the process.

When we were planning on leaving Daru for Wipim we understood that this would become the new HQ for the district government. It would be like a newly settled town. Things would be inconvenient for some time, but things would gradually become developed. That has not eventuated. Wipim is only 30 miles (15-minutes) from Daru by air but is an unknown distance (3-hours with a 60hp banana boat) from Daru up the river to where the “road” begins. From the river to the house it is only 20 miles, but it has taken anywhere from 5 – 24 hours with the tractor – The road is BAD!

Knowing that transportation would be very expensive to get things to Wipim, the Lord led us on our first furlough to purchase a Kubota Tractor and a portable Sawmill (www.woodmizer.com) to assist in building a house for the family and the churches that would be started.

What I am trying to say is that, because of the remote location, we have built our buildings from trees that we cut down and processed. It may resemble a house you may have seen from the settling days of the West except it is 10’ off the ground. Our house and buildings are not fancy, just highly practical.

To Print in PDF- Click link -Burton Family Prayer Letter – April 2012

Greetings Friends, Pastors and Faithful Supporters,

James 1:17a – Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above…

Last year as we were preparing to go on deputation I was reading how Joshua was told by God to have the priests step into the Jordan (that overflowed) and when they came to rest (cease from action), the waters of the Jordan would open for them to cross over to the Promised Land.

I believed by faith, God had our family step out into deputation with only a skeleton schedule five months ago, and with zero supporting churches at the time.

We left on deputation and set our faith in Him and have seen God now supernaturally open doors that I by sight, could never have imagined.

Currently we have by God’s grace, raised almost 35% support consistently. In addition we have had two more churches partner with us for support as well as several more individuals this last month. There are still several churches that have
expressed an interest and are waiting to approve us for support as well.

We are still actively booking meetings, although we have a few holes in July and August. Could you pray with us that God would fill these and even more with the churches that would consider us for support.

Thank you to Faith Baptist Church in Spokane for a very special gift. They took up an offering for our schooling costs for Abby and Drew to get certified in TESOL so they could work in Papua New Guinea with us. This was a huge blessing to us!

This month from the field…
A few weeks ago while Jason was in Daru, he put in a request for land in an attempt for us to get property in both Oriomo and also Morehead, so that we can plant churches there. Please pray for these parcels to be approved for us as both of these areas are key places for us, as we seek larger villages to reach out to the smaller ones around them.

Our Traveling Schedule…
We started out in Spokane this month, and will visit two churches in Oregon before leaving for California for meetings in Ventura, Burbank, Manteca and finally Santa Rosa. At the end of April we leave for a Missions Conference in Michigan. Please continue to pray for our safety as we travel.

And finally Burton Bloopers…
As we were driving to a meeting we saw a license plate from Alaska. Beth commented, “Wow, I did not know you can drive here from Alaska”. We all looked at her thinking, really? Beth stopped as if we were weird and said, “Haven’t you ever seen on a map where Alaska is? She continues to say, ”On a map it is in a little box next to Hawaii.” We all erupted in laughter!

Thanks for you faithfulness in prayer and support!

The Burtons – Hebrews 12:2

As I wrote in my series Deputation through the eyes of a Missionary Kid, I was privileged to grow up in a church where we had a lot of missionaries stopping by all the time. Through the years my family has been able to be come really close to several missionary families. I am blessed to count among some of my best friends several missionary kids. For this first blog , I interviewed just my close friends to see if anyone actually has an interest in this subject. It would help me to decide whether or not I will write this series anymore if you help write in the comment section your thought or ideas. I appreciate your help and encouragement.

I would like to introduce the three missionary kids that I interviewed for this part. The first missionary kid grew up in Papua New guinea from the time she was 2. Her Parents along with four of her 9 siblings are currently in Papua New Guinea still. Her name is Ulysa Girard. The Girards and our family have been close friends for about 6 years now. If you ever happen to hear my brother , sister and I sing , we usually will sing a song or two in Pidgin-English.( Side note: The country of Papua New guinea has over 897 different Dialects. They use Pidgin English as a trade language so everyone can understand what the other is saying.) The Girard family taught us most of the Pidgin you will hear us speak.

The Second Missionary Kid is another Missionary kid to P.N.G. ( One thing I love about P.N.G. is that The country is so huge. It is the size of the state of Texas and has 19 -20  states and thee country of P.N.G. may be adding 2 more this year, like we have 50. Each area is so diverse. Hopefully I will be able to show you in this blog just how different the areas can be.) Her name is Libby Russell. Our family is going to go work with the Russell family in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea I will be helping to answer different question with Libby and hopefully give you both of our ways of thinking. Libby has grown up in New Guinea since she was 3 years old and is currently still in P.N.G.

The Third Missionary Kid is Levi Jalowiec. We had the blessing of meeting the Jalowiec family while on Deputation. The Jalowiec family are missionaries to Zambia, Africa. I was able to learn a whole lot about the country of Zambia while interviewing Levi and I hope it will give you a glimpse into the country as well.

These questions that I am going to ask my friends in this blog were questions that I have always wondered myself. If there any question that you have wondered about either of these countries I would be happy to answer them to the best of my ability with the help of my missionary friends.

     Q:What kind of cult influences are in your area?

1st  A: In the Area my family is in now there are many different types of cults . There are Catholics, Methodists, Assembly of God. There are Pentecostal’s but they die in and out. The biggest cult on our island is 7th day Adventist. The reason why it is so big is because the main political leader on our island got converted . When he got converted so did his family and his followers. ( Ulysa Girard) New Britain Island, P.N.G.

2nd A:There are actually a host of different denominations just in the Wipim area alone! The Seventh Day Adventists and United Church (Congregationalists) seem to have the largest following. United is not a cult, but they do not preach the pure truth anymore. There are also the Evangelical Church of Papua, which has also dimmed its Light though it is not a cult, and the Pentecostals, which are not strictly a cult but have cultish branches such as the CMI. The CMI (Covenant Ministries International) was started in PNG and has been brought into Wipim by a former government official; it is a confirmed cult if there ever was one! One local cult is called the Five Wise, referring to the five wise and five foolish virgins in the Bible. The CMI cult is all about money and tells people they will all become rich if they follow them. These churches have a great deal of influence; the mentality seems to be, once a ______, always a _______. Fill in whichever church you like. The SDAs actually preach and live more truth than any of the other churches in our area. In the others, the people have been dulled to the message of the Gospel; it’s like a blade that wears away by much grinding. They know the truth, they know of God and what Jesus did for them–they just don’t care anymore. The universal apathy that pervades the people of our region is appalling at times; but most of the people think they’re all right because they believe all humans are children of God. They don’t think they need to personally accept and follow Jesus Christ, because God is their Father and He doesn’t send anyone to Hell. They don’t see that they need to be “born again”. Dad has joked before that no matter what  kind of person the deceased was, he always seems to end up in Heaven at his funeral. Other people say they ‘gave their life to God’ or they ‘changed their life’. But whatever the true circumstances of their professed conversion, there does not often appear any spiritual fruit in their lives. Some people join our church and profess Christianity just so they have an organization to be identified with. These folks love to clump together and go with the flow, bending to general opinion till one doesn’t know what they believe, if anything. There have been many people who were supposedly lead to Christ by other Christians, who never attend church and live like total heathen. Others walk the walk and say the right things for a while and then fall away when they’re tired of the charade or don’t feel there is any personal profit in pretending to be saved. There are so many facets to this seemingly simple culture, it is rather hard to explain. One has to be steeped in this way of life for several straight years to really delve into all the twists and curves and bush trails that make up the traditions of these unique communities. We are yet unraveling many aspects of this culture, which is certainly rich in its mind-boggling nooks and crannies, but we are grasping more of the way these people of the Western Province think. ( Libby Russell) Western Province , P.N.G.

3rd. A: There is alot of witch craft, Catholics , Muslim Islam or just the fact that they think they live, die and that’s it. Some of them mix this with that and make that their religion.     (Levi Jalowiec) Zambia , Africa

Q: How do you Soul win given all the different cults where you are?

1st A: Since there are so many cults where we are at they do have an idea about God and who he is. Mostly how we would do soulwinning is we would go out dad would teach in the market and us kids would pass out tracts . Dad would invite the people to ask us any question that they might have. ( Interesting fact is the Nationals in New guinea are do not like the attention to be on themselves. If they have done something bad like steal or cheat ect..  if they get caught they will apologize in third person alot of times. Example. “You know that the person who stole that apple was very wrong?” ” Yes that person was very bad. and is very sorry. They will never do it again.” This is a common way of doing soulwinning i the bigger cities in P.N.G.) Another way we would soul win is by bringing up conversation while we were at the swimming hole or at the market. ( Ulysa Girard) New Britain, P.N.G.

2nd A: One inconvenient factor to the witnessing process here is that the people are so unresponsive. If you ask them probing questions, they just clam up and become emotionless walls. So I’m hunting for a way that works. Since we have no cult influence we must start at the very beginning with who God is. It can be very difficult sometimes.            (Libby Russell) Western Province, P.N.G.

3rd A: Soul winning is pretty much just like here( America). I mean you tell some one that Jesus died for their sins and the witch doctor is not the way, they are being mislead. They are like anyone else in the World they can either accept Christ or reject him. It’s their choice. ( Levi Jalowiec) Zambia, Africa

I hope you have enjoyed this question and answer time with the different missionary kids and that you have walked away with some information that you never knew about those countries before. I also hope it will help you understand how to pray for missionaries and their kids . As I said before I will only continue this series if I get some interest from people. If I do continue this series the next part will be about the culture and how the missionary kids adapt.

Thank you as always for reading.

Clink link to see in PDF – Burton Family Prayer Letter March.2012

Dear Friends, Pastors and Faithful Supporters,

Psalms 35:18a – I will praise thee among much people.

My family and I rejoice continually in the graciousness of God. We praise him for His care and protection of us, for His teaching and nurturing of us and His ability to put us just where we need to be.

One of our constant prayer requests for you all is to pray for us as we travel. We rejoice in that God is protecting us monthly as you pray. While we were traveling from Texas to Arizona there were two helicopters on the side of hte highway. A van with a family in it had rolled and they were being transported by the helicopters. My family stopped what we were doing and prayed for the family and rejoiced in God’s protection of us.

I rejoice that I had the chance to attend Pastors Training School with Good Shepherd Baptist Ministries in New Caney, Texas in February. The information I was able to learn was so valuable to us as part of our goals is to seek to plant churches and teach pastors on the field. I was able to sit with other Pastors and learn as they spoke in an open forum setting. The men who taught us had no other desire than to help us learn.

I sometimes question why God allows us an open week in our schedule, sight tells us this is bad, but faith proves to us that God ordains these times. I tried to come to the Leadership Conference at our home church in February, but God would have none of that. He put us just where he wanted us and as divine appointment would have it, God spent time with me, through others in an effort to conform me to the image of his Son. I am learning daily to ask God where he may want us now, so we can continue to learn.

Deuteronomy 10:7 – From thence they journeyed…

We started the month in Arizona and then had two meetings in San Diego area around our home church. We leave San Diego and drive to Portland, Oregon area for several meetings, then to Washington for two Mission Conferences to the end of the month. If you would; pray for hte price of gas to come down, that would be a blessing.

This month from the Field -

As you know I have a desire to put radio into the Western Province of Papua New Guinea as a tool to help us reach out as well as supply Godly Christian music to listen to. Please pray with us as we are presenting a proposal to a major company, they have expressed an interest in helping us not only put radio in Wipim, but possibly into the entire Western Province. Last I spoke with Jason, he made mention the meeting went very well with the company and to prepare for blessings.

Answered Prayer…

Thank you for the prayers in regards to our trailer as we traveled, we have been asking God for liberty to purchase a trailer, but have had none. We now know that is becuase God had prepared on for us. we praise god that as we stopped in Arizona a church had a trailer they have allowed us to use. They even rebuilt all the suspension and put new tires on it for us – God is so Good!

And Finally… Burton Bloopers!

This month we were looking for a game to play with friends and chose Gestures, a game where you use gestures so people can guess words, when Drew said, “Wouldn’t it be fun to play Gestures after you inhale helium?” we laughed as one of our friends told Drew, “You do not speak, you gesture”!