Volume 6; No.5                                                                     MAY 1983

Dear Brethren;

Greeting in the name of the Lord!

ON THE ROAD STILL
The month of April was one of those months I really felt we hop-scotched around. During April we visited: Round Rack Texas; Herne Texas; Dallas; Sylvan Hills, No. Little Rock Ark.; Wewoka Okla.; Rocky Comfort, Mo.; Shreveport La. 2965 miles.

UNDER THE KNIFE AGAIN
During the last few days of March our family was in Sulphur Springs Texas where Kathy had surgery. Dr. Claude Reynolds operated and fixed a hernia she had. She had been told several years ago that eventually she should have something done about it. During March she experienced pain when doing exercises (see, exercising can be hazardous to your health). Surgery was recommended, so she had it. She is doing fine now.

BIBLES NEEDED DESPERATELY!
Andy Scott recently wrote me and said that we are in desperate need of more Bibles to be used with the English speaking brethren and also those English speakers with whom they are currently studying. He requested the NIV Bible because of its ease of comprehension. The English speaking people of PNG have a hard time understanding the KJ version. If you or a congregation would be interested in this special need we can obtain 300 copies for approximately $600.

SONG BOOKS NEEDED ALSO
In the same letter Andy mentioned that we are needing song books to use with the English speaking congregations. If your congregation would like to donate your old song books (or send new song books) to a good cause please send them to:
GOROKA CHURCH OF CHRIST
P.O.BOX 427
GOROKA, E.H.P.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
These song books can be sent a special "MAIL-BAG" PRINTED rate. You can mail 22-66 lbs per mail bag.
CURRENT FIGURES OF THE PNG CHURCH
CHRISTIANS: 3000 +
CONGREGATIONS: 128
TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 5000
BAPTISMS IN 1982: 1066
BAPTISMS IN 1983 (thru April): 400

OUR DEPARTURE DATE HAS BEEN SET
We will be departing from Tulsa International Airport (Lord willing) on the 12th of June. Please be aware that this is not very far off. Many of you expressed a desire to help us in a financial way before we left. Please send your funds to:
PAPUA NEW GUINEA WORK
NORTHSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST
2510 HWY 62 JEFFERSONVILLE, IN. 47130
or
TOBEY HUFF
2721 SALEM
JOPLIN, MO. 64801
If you will make out your checks to "New Guinea Mission Work" all funds are tax-deducible.

We would like to make a request of all of you who receive this newsletter. If you don't already help on a monthly basis financially, would you please send in $20 just this one month. Your $20 with everyone else's $20 will help us to reach that goal we have set to buy equipment needed for the printing work. Please help won't you ? If you can help more, please do. But please do not feel obligated to give if you cannot. Regardless of what you do you will continue to receive the newsletter monthly. Thank you so much.

OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND
"Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes." Isa. 54:2
How would you feel if, as you looked over thousands of acres of land, you realized that it was up to you to keep the soil, plant the crop and keep the fields clear of weeds. All of this to be your responsibility or there would be no harvest? I am certain it would overwhelm you and you would not feel like enlarging the place of your tent, especially if your equipment was not adequate for the job that was to be accomplished. That is how we feel when we view the opportunities that are before us in Papua New Guinea. Sowing the SEED of the WORD is being accomplished through the printed page and that is why I have ask for your financial assistance.

OUR THANKFULNESS OF YOU
We could want nothing greater for you than that which Paul desired for the Ephesians when he said, "the eyes of your hearts may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the Saints and His incomparable great power to us who believe. That power is like the working of His mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when He raised him from the dead ..", Eph1:18-20a. Brethren, how exilerating it is to think that Christ's victory was our victory, that God has raised us up to sit together with Christ in heavenly places.

Among the many things for which we have to be thankful and the greatest is the faithfulness of you brethren who are having fellowship with us in our labors in PNG. Fellowship is a real work with a real meaning. It means simply, joint participation, which means we are all sharing in this work. It is God's work and to Him be all the glory and praise. But you and our family are sharing in this work of sharing the Gospel to the world. We hope this means as much to you as it does to us to know that we are engaged in bringing Light to a world in darkness.

Please remember the PNG Christians in your prayers and us as we prepare for our return to the work there.

Yours servant because of the cross.

the Huffs