Update - October 23, 2007

Dear Praying Friends,

We would like to ask you all to join us in praising our Lord for the ways that He's worked in the following situations:

• Elderly Fita is still gaining strength.  We praise the Lord for sparing hislife and thank each of you who prayed for him!  Our prayer is that one day you'll be able to see him in heaven and tell him personally how you interceded for him before he even knew the Lord.


• Our culture and language study is still progressing well.  We praise the Lord for wisdom He's given us in figuring out difficult things and for the good relationships He's giving us with the Akolet people.


• We have had a much-needed break from language study for a few days during our short stay on our missions base in Hoskins.  Adam and I both feel refreshed and ready to push ahead in our studies once again.

Here are a few current prayer requests for us as well:

• Our co-workers the Colemans have a strong desire to return to Akolet land as soon as possible but are experiencing some holdups in government paperwork in the US.  Please pray that these things would be resolved so that they can return in the Lord's time.


• While our house-building costs have been taken care of (praise the Lord for that!) we still have some debt from the cost of shipping all our building materials to Akolet land last year.  The actual costs were beyond our best estimates so we are still working to get that all paid for.  Please pray for the Lord's provision.


• Our first of four official language and culture evaluations is scheduled for mid-December.  Please pray for clarity of thought and lack of nerves for Adam and I as we seek to demonstrate the things that we have learned over the past 9 months.  Please also pray that our fellow missionary evaluator would be able to give us good advice for how best to continue on in our study.


• Please pray for wisdom for us as we seek to build solid relationships with as many Akolet people as we can and that their hearts even now would be stirring with a desire to one day hear God's Word in their own language.

Thank you all for interceding with and for us in these ways!  We serve a ighty God Who delights to have us come to Him with everything.