APRIL 1978
DEAR BRETHREN:
GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
AFTER EXPLAINING OUR TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM TO YOU IN
OUR LAST NEWSLETTER (IE WHEN OUR BUS IS BROKEN DOWN OUR ATTENDANCE
FALLS OFF) THE BUS QUIT. THE END REPAIRS RESULTED IN A NEW ENGINE
BLOCK FOR $600. THIS NEW ENGINE THOUGH SHOULD GIVE US A BREATHER
BETWEEN BREAKDOWNS. WE STILL ARE PRAYING FOR FUNDS TO PURCHASE
AN ADDITIONAL BUS FOR THE WORK.
DURING APRIL AND MAY THE STUDENTS FROM OUR BIBLE SCHOOL
IN LAE HAVE BEEN OUT PREACHING IN THE VILLAGES. THIS TERM OF SCHOOL
THERE ARE 58 BOYS PREACHING THE WORD. THEY GO TO SCHOOL OR TWO
MONTHS AND THEN THEIR GO OUT PREACHING FOR TWO.MONTHS. WITH THEM
OUT IN THE VILLAGES NOW THIS ALLOWS US TO SPEND MORE TIME BUILDING
UP AND STABILIZING THE TOWN WORK HERE IN GOROKA. WE GO OUT DURING
THE WEEK AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED HELP.
OUR ATTENDANCE HERE IN GOROKA AVERAGED OVER 180 AGAIN
THIS MONTH FOR WEDS NIGHT. SUNDAY AVERAGE INCREASED TO 95.
I BEGAN A PREACHERS TRAINING CLASS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS
WITH 8 IN ATTENDANCE.
MAY 1-5 SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL OUR MISSIONARIES HERE
IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA COME TOGETHER, FOR OUR 5th ANNUAL MISSIONARY
WORKSHOP. USUALLY SOMEONE IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND BUT THIS YEAR
EVERYONE WAS HERE. THE MAIN THEME WAS "WALKING WITH GOD"
40 ADULTS AND 17 CHILDREN WERE PRESENT. THERE WERE SPECIAL CLASSES
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. MEN'S DISCUSSIONS WERE: "WHO MUST WE
SEEK?", "MAKING OUR WAY TO THE LOST-, PREACHING TO SAVE",
"HOW MUST WE TEACH", WOMEN'S DISCUSSIONS WERE: "ENCOURAGING
WOMEN TO GOOD WORKS". "WHAT CAN WE TEACH THE WOMEN!",
"LEADING WOMEN TO CHRIST."
DURING THIS WEEK OF FELLOWSHIP AND RECREATION. WE LEARNED
TO UNDERSTAND AND LOVE EACH OTHER MORE. THE RICHNESS OF THESE
WORKSHOPS CAN BE COMPARED TO USING EAGLE BRAND MILK TO MAKE MILK
SHAKES, WOW REALLY RICH! EACH OF US LEFT THE WORKSHOP WITH RENEWED
DEDICATION AND ZEAL TO DO THE TASK WHICH CHRIST HAS SET BEFORE
US.
BY GOD'S GRACE WE HOPE TO SEE PAPUA NEW GUINEA EVANGELIZED
IN 25 YEARS. THIS IS TO BE ACHIEVED BY PRAYER AND THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF MISSIONARY TEAMS IN 20 STRATEGIC CENTERS HERE IN PNG. THESE
CENTERS ARE RECOGNIZED AS POPULATION CENTERS WITH INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES
MAKING THEM CROSSROADS INTO OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THESE
MISSIONARY TEAMS WOULD THEN HAVE THE TRAINING PROGRAMS NECESSARY
TO ENSURE STABLE AND CONTINUOUS GROWTH OF THE CHURCH WHERE THEY
LABOR. TO REALIZE THIS GOAL WE NEED ADDITIONAL WORKERS FOR THE
VINEYARD HERE IN ADDITION TO YOUR PRAYERS. WHO CAN BE A WORKER!
ANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO ALLOW GOD TO USE THEM. DON'T PRAY "OH
LORD USE ME UP IN YOUR SERVICE" UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO
"GO". ARE YOU RETIRED AND FEEL LIFE IS PASSING YOU BY,
COME HELP US. ARE YOU YOUNG AND FEEL NO PURPOSE IN LIFE, COME
HELP US FOR A YEAR OR SO AND PUT PURPOSE INTO YOUR LIFE. WE NEED
YOU: BIBLE TEACHERS, LITERACY (SCHOOL) TEACHERS, MEDICAL WORKERS,
SECRETARIES, THOSE WHO LOVE THE LORD AND WANT TO HELP IN THE HARVEST,
2 1/2 MILLION PEOPLE WHO SPEAK 750 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ARE ASKING
FOR YOU.
TIDBITS:
ANDY AND CATHERINE SCOTT RETURNED FROM LEAVE THIS MONTH.
THEY LIVE IN WATABUNG 30 MILES FROM GOROKA AND WILL BE HELPING
US SOMEWHAT IN THE WORK HERE
UPCOMING EVENTS INCLUDE A GOSPEL MEETING AND VBS IN JULY.
ANDY WILL BE PREACHING THE MEETING AND WE PLAN TO HOLD VBS FOR
THE CHILDREN CONCURRENTLY. PRAY FOR US OUR GOAL IS FOR 350.
THIS AUGUST THE TEAM HERE IN GOROKA WILL BE STARTING
A BIBLE SCHOOL WHICH WILL BE IN SESSION FOR ONE MONTH AND OUT
PREACHING FOR ONE MONTH. WE HOPE TO START OUT WITH 10 STUDENTS.
PRAY FOR THIS PLEASE.
I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR SOME TIME THAT WE ARE GOING TO
PRINT A PICTURE REPORT OF THE WORK AND THIS WE HOPE TO FULFILL
NEXT MONTH. WE WILL TRY TO LET YOU SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING AND ALSO
HAVE A PICTURE OF YOUR CO-LABORERS ON THE FIELD, HERE IN PNG.
WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE LETTERS AND MAIL WE RECEIVE
FROM YOU ALL.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THESE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA AS THEY CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE STRENGTH AND
ADMONITION OF THE LORD.
YOURS BECAUSE OF THE CROSS
TOBEY & KATHY HUFF