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NEWS AND PRAYER REQUESTS FROM
JOHN
AND BONITA PRYOR
June,
2001
J u n e s a m o n t h o f c e l e b r a t i o n f o r
J o h n
a n d B o n i t a
P r y o r ,
m i s s i o n a r i e s among
h e
Ap ma
s p e a k i n g p e o p l e o f
P a p u a N e w G u i n e a w i t h P i o n e e r B i b l e T r a n s l a t o r s . T h i s m o n t h h e y b e g i n
t h e i r
2 5 ^ e a r i n P a p u a N e w G u i n e a . T h e i r y o u n g e r s o n , o s h , c e l e b r a t e d h i s 2 1 = *
b i r t h d a y
o n
J u n e
1 2 ,
n d t h e y c e l e b r a t e d t h e i r w e d d i n g a n n i v e r s a r y on u n e 1 3 .
M i s s i o n a r y
A v i a t i o n
i = e l l o w s h i p ( M A P )
s c e l e b r a t i n g 5 0
e a r s o f
e r v i c e
i n P N G n
a p e c i a l
c e r e m on y o n
J u n e
6 . J o h n
h a s
b e e n
a s k e d
t o b e a k e y n o t e s p e a k e r , r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e
m i s s i o n s
i n
Madang.
J o h n a n d B o n i t a a n d C a l e b
a n d
R u t e r e t u r n e d t o M a d a n g J u n e8 n d
w i l l
h e l p w i t h t h e r i e n t a t i o n
o f t h e P B T / P N G
i n t e r n s
5
o u n g
p e o p l e a n d t h e i r 2 e a m l e a d e r s ) , who i l l
b e
i s i t i n g
v a r i o u s
b u s h a l l o c a t i o n s
t h r o u g h o u t
t h e s u m m e r . P l e a s e p r a y t h a t t h i s w i l l
b e
a g o o d e x p e r i e n c e f o r t h e
i n t e m s a n d
t h a t
G o d w o u l d u s e h i s
t i
me
o
s h o w
t h e m
H i s
i l l f o r
t h e i r l i v e s .
D u r i n g
t h e
i
me
n
t o w n ,
a l e b
a n d R u t e i l l a l s o b e
h e l p i n g
l e a d t h e P B T
h i l d r e n s
R e t r e a t
s c h e d u l e d
f o r t h e e n d
o f
J u n e . T h e y n t i c i p a t e r e t u m i n g t o
Samban r o u n d
J u l y 6 .
P r a i s e G o d w i t h
u s
o r t h e g r e a t S u n d a y c h o o l a t t e n d a n c e a n d t h e h i l d r e n s e a g e r n e s s
t o
e a r n .
T h e y
h a v e h a d
a
c o u p l e m o r e p e o p l e
j o i n t h e m
i n h e l p i n g t o t e a c h , w h i c h i s a n a n s w e r
o
p r a y e r
a s t h e y n t i c i p a t e t h e r e t u r n o f C a l e b a n d R u t e to t h e S t a t e s i n
S e p t e m b e r .
T h e r a n s l a t i o n w o r k s p r o g r e s s i n g w e l l , a s
M a s o
h a s o m p l e t e d t h e r o u g h d r a f t o f E p h e s / a n s a n d
i s n o w
w o r k i n g
o n
G a l a t i a n s . P l e a s e c o n t i n u e
t o p r a y f o r
h i m a n d h i s f a m i l y a n d ^ a t h e o u l d
r e c o v e r t h e m o n e y h a t i s
o w e d
h i m ;
p r a y o r
h i m
t o
h a v e p e a c e a b o u t t h e i t u a t i o n .
P l e a s e c o n t i n u e
t o
p r a y f o r t h e c h u r c h i n
S a m b a n , s p e c i a l l y
t h e l e a d e r s , t h a t
r e l a t i o n s h i p s
w o u l d
b e r e s t o r e d a n d t h a t t h e r e
w o u l d
b e r e p e n t a n c e a n d r e v i v a l
i n
t h e c h u r c h .
T h e w a t e r t a n k s l o w e r t h a n no r m a l o r
t h i s
t i m e o f y e a r a s t h e r a i n s h a v e s t o p p e d s u d d e n l y .
P l e a s e p r a y t h a t
t h e
r a i n s
w i l l
c o m e u f f i c i e n t l y
t o
k e e p
t h e w a t e r t a n k
f i l l e d
a n d
t h a t
t h e
p e o p l e
o f
S a m b a n
i l l h a v e a g o o d g r o w i n g s e a s o n , o m et h i n g t h ey h a v e n o t h a d f o r a o u p l e y e a r s .
P l e a s e c o n t i n u e t o p r a y f o r
J o h n
a n d B o n i t a a n d t h e i r s o n s .
J o s h
a n d J e s s e ( a n d
h i s
w i f e K a r i e
a n d d a u g h t e r
N a l e h ) ,
a s
e l l a s
o r
t h e i r e x t e n d e d f a m i l y . I t i s d i f f i c u l t
b e i n g
s e p a r a t e d b y
s o
m a n y i l e s . P r a y f o r s a f e t y f o r a i l
a n d
o r t h e i r p e a c e f
m i n d
a t b e i n g s o a r
a w a y .
T h a n k
y o u o r
y o u r
p r a y e r s a n d
y o u r
i n t e r e s t
i n
t h i s m i n i s t r y . M a y
G o d
b l e s s y o u i c h l y
JOHN O N I T A
PRYOR FORWARDING
G E N T S :
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NEWSAND PRAYER
REQUESTS
FROM JOHN AND BONUA
PRYOR
July 2001
John
and B o n l t a
and C a l e b
and
Rute enjoyed
a
p r o d u c t i v e time
i n
Madang l a s t
month. The y o u t h r e t r e a t was a
g r e a t s u c c e s s .
Rute had had an e a r I n f e c t i o n and then
adverse
r e a c t i o n
to
the
m e d i c i n e ,
so
she
was
not
b l e
to
a t t e n d
a l l
of
t .
C a l e b s
g i r l f r i e n d . Dawn M o r r i s , was h e r e v i s i t i n g and h e l p e d
o u t .
B o n l t a ,
C a l e b
and R u t e
r e t u r n e d
t o Samban on J u l y 6. P r a y
t h a t
C a l e b and R u t e w i l l be b l e
t o
a c c o m p l i s h a l l
t h e y w o u l d l i k e t o d u r i n g t h e i r
l a s t
two months n t h e v i l l a g e b e f o r e
r e t u r n i n g
t o t h e
S t a t e s
n S e p t e m b e r . P r a y
f o r
t h e i r Sunday
c h o o l c l a s s e s a n d
t h e o t h e r
t e a c h e r s , a n d
f o r
the
other
c l a s s e s
that
Caleb
and Rute are
t e a c h i n g .
P l e a s e
p r a y
f o r J o h n , who h a s come b a c k t o
t h e
S t a t e s t o
h e l p J o s h
w i t h some
m a j o r
d e c i s i o n s I n h i s
l i f e .
P r a y f o r J o s h t o be l e d
b y
t h e L o r d
I n m a k i n g
a l l
o f
t h e s e
d e c i s i o n s . P r a y a l s o f o r J o h n a n d B o n l t a b o t h w h i l e t h e y a r e away r o m e a c h o t h e r .
A
r e c e n t
e - m a l l
s a i d t h a t t h e v i l l a g e r s were g r a t e f u l t h a t B o n l t a , C a l e b and R u t e
h a d
r e t u r n e d
t o
t h e
v i l l a g e
a n d
w e r e
b e i n g v e r y
p r o t e c t i v e
o f
t h e m . We
h a n k
God
o r
h i s .
We
r a i s e
God
o r
some g o o d r a i n s I n r e c e n t
w e e k s
t h a t h a v e t h e w a t e r t a n k t o
3 / 4 c a p a c i t y . H o w e v e r ,
h e y
n e e d r e g u l a r
r a i n s t o
m a i n t a i n t h e
w a t e r
t a n k l e v e l . P l e a s e
c o n t i n u e t o
p r a y f o r r a i n f o r t h e i r a r e a d u r i n g t h e d r y
s e a s o n .
Seven I n t e r n s a r r i v e d I n PNG a s t m o n t h and are I n the process of i s i t i n g
d i f f e r e n t
v i l l a g e s .
They i l l b e
n
Samban J u l y
2 4 - 3 0 .
P r a y
f o r
h e i r s a f e t y a n d t h a t
t h e y
w i l l
e x p e r i e n c e l l t h a t God h a s n s t o r e f o r
t h e m a n d
f o l l o w H i s l e a d i n g .
P l e a s e p r a y
f o r
w i s d o m
f o r
B o n l t a I n h e r r o l e o f
A s s i s t a n t
D i r e c t o r
o f L a n g u a g e
A f f a i r s a s s h e
r i e s
t o
h e l p t h e
o t h e r
r a n s l a t i o n t e a m s n t h e i r w o r k . S h e s p e n t m u c h o f
h e r ime n Madang u l f i l l i n g t h e s e d u t i e s .
Maso c o n t i n u e s t o
work
on the r a n s l a t i o n of
G a l a t i a n s
n t o Ap m a . P l e a s e
continue
to
pray o r
him.
T h a n k
y o u f o r
y o u r
n t e r e s t a n d
y o u r p r a y e r s .
May
G o d
c o n t i n u e t o r i c h l y b l e s s
you
JOHN ONITA PRYOR FORWARDING AGENTS:
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ary
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N WSANDPRAYERREQUESTS
FROM
JOHN
ONITA
PRYOR
August,2001
The n t e r n s d i d not go to Samban as
planned I n
J u l y . I n s t e a d , B o n l t a ,
Caleb
an d
Rute spent
an
unscheduled
10
ays
or
so
n
Madang.
The
people
n
the
i l l a g e
became
very
concerned
o r t h e i r s a f e t y
as
rumors
of a
gang heading
to Samban
i r c u l a t e d .
They o u l d not o c a t e known
members
f
h i s
gang.
They were
o l d I t
was the same
gang or i m i l a r ) t h a t
had
ro bbed the
i l l a g e
of
I k a n , where
PBT i s s i o n a r i e s W i l l i a m
and
Robin
B u t l e r
work,
at gunpo int
n June,
so they
e l t
I t necessary
to
go n t o Madang
u n t i l the rumors
i e d
d own.
At
n o time i d
B o n l t a
f e e l I n
d anger, but
t
was a b i g
concern
o r
those
who
e l t r e s p o n s i b l e
f o r
t h e i r
s a f e t y . B o n l t a was
b l e to work o n
s e v e r a l t h i n g s
thatshe
needed
to
a t t e n d
to
w h i l e
I n
town, and the n t e r n s were b l e to
go
to
the i l l a g e of Angguna where Martha Wade orks.
B o n l t a ,
Caleb and Rute
were
a b l e
to
e t u r n to
Samban
o n
August . So
p l e a s e p r a y
f o r
t h e i r
s a f e t y
and
p r o t e c t i o n
at
a l l
times.
Pray o r Caleb and Rute
as
they i n i s h t h e i r time n the i l l a g e t h i s month. They
were u i t e
d i s a p p o i n t e d I n having to
go
to Madang. They
were
able to enjo y the time
there w i t h no e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , however.
Pray
h a t
they i l l be
b l e to i n i s h t h e i r c l a s s e s
as they
want,
h a t
Go d i l l
p r o v i d e others
to
continue
these
l a s s e s , and thatthey
c an
put l o s u r e
o n
h e i r
v i l l a g e time
and say
h e i r good-byes. Pray
l s o
f o r t h e i r
speaking
engagements
and
r a v e l
p l a n s once
they
e t u r n
to the
t a t e s
I n
September. (They
i l l
l e a v e
Madang
on September 11,the morni ng
a f t e r
we r r i v e t h e r e . )
John
i l l
be
e t u r n i n g to PNG h i s
month
He
n d
Josh are scheduled to e a v e
N a s h v i l l e ,
Tennessee,
n
August
11
and
a r r i v e I n Madang o n
August
13. Pray thatthey
have
a f e
t r a v e l s
and
thatthe time n
PNG
i l l
be
good o r Josh
and
he i l l
f o l l o w
the
L o r d ' s l e a d i n g
I n
H i s
l i f e
Pl ease co ntinue
to pray o r the water
i t u a t i o n I n
Samban. Due to the dr y
season and the many i s i t o r s f o r the p o r t s
tournament
n
e a r l y J u l y , the water tank
l e v e l went
d o w n
q u i c k l y . When
hey
went to Madang n l a t e
J u l y ,
t
was
d ow n to
V 4
c a p a c i t y .
Since then
they have had
a good
r a i n
whic h bro ught t
back
to
n e a r l y
f u l l
-
and we re r a t e f u l
f o r
t h i s
-
but t
I s
a
matter to keep b e f o r e the L o r d
I n
p r a y e r s i n c e
I t
I s
the dry season
and
r a i n s are
n o r m a l l y
s c a r c e .
We
ould a l s o ask h a t you pray o r
Bruce
and I and Paula M c R oy as we repare
to go to PNG
rom September 8-2 5
to i s i t John and
B o n l t a .
Pray that
we
i l l have
s a f e t y
I n
our
r a v e l s ,
that we
ould
be
a
b l e s s i n g
to John
and
B o n l t a
and
the
work
they
are
doing, and that
Go d
i l l watch
over
our
a m i l y and keep them s a f e w h i l e we
re
gone
Con tinue to pray o r
Maso as he
works o n rough
d r a f t s
of the
c r i p t u r e . Pray
t h a t John
i l l
be b l e to get ight back n t o the
r a n s l a t i o n
p r o c e s s where he e f t
o f f .
You
a r e
s p e c i a l
t o
John and B o n l t a and
they a p p r e c i a t e your p r a y e r s
so much.
May Go d
continue
to
b l e s s you
as you
a b o r
f o r Him.
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AGENTS:
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W. ebanon t.
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IL
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John onita Pryor
P.O.
Box 997,
Madang
511,
Papua
New
uinea
September 2001
I n A p r i l
we
began
p r a y i n g t h a t God would expand our
e r r i
t o r y , never dreaming ofhow a r we would be
moved
or how
much we would be
t r e t c h e d .
We ave e f i n i t e l y
e x p e r i
enced growth, nd our
a i t h
i s i n c r e a s i n g .
God has
been t r e t c h i n g us both
as n d i v i d u a l s
and as
a fam
i l y . In June
t
became v i d e n t t o us
h a t John
needed t o go
back o t h e U.S.A. o
h e l p Josh through
some major r a n s i
t i o n s . I remained
h e r e
t o keep
h i n g s
moving n our
v a r i o u s
t e a c h i n g
endeavors and l i t e r a c y concerns and t o a t t e n d t o
v a r i o u s a d m i n i s t r at i v e d u t i e s f o r
our
group. This was a very
d i f f i c u l t time o r u s , i n c e we ad never been away
from
each
o t h e r f o r
t h a t
l e n g t h of
ime
a
i t t l
over i g h t
weeks)
i n our 30
e a r s
of
a r r i a g e .
Again, who would have
thought
t h a t God would have expa nded our e r r i t o r y t o c i r c l e t h e
g l o b e
God has
expanded
our n f l u e n c e i n t e a c h i n g ,
as John and I
have
b o t h c o n t i n u e d t o
be
n v o l v e d i n our
Bigman s Sunday
School l a s s . I
t e a c h t h e
l i t e r a c y and
memory v e r s e
p a r t , and
John teaches the Bible
lessons. We
ave lso both
been
n-
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New uinea
News
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Mr. rs.Bruce Graff
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Street
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volved i n t h e Sunday School l a s s f o r t h e c h i l
dren.
John
has been ble to use his i t t l e ven
t r i l o q u i s t dummy
o
h e l p
him
t e a c h v ar i o u s l e s
sons.
Our
numbers or
the children have
contin
ued t o grow, now a v e r a g i n g around 230 ach
Sunday. John,
aleb, nd
Rute have
worked
w i t h
t h r e e young boys,
who now l a y
g u i t a r s
and
t h e
keyboard and
l e a d t h e s i n g i n g. The h i l
dren
a r e
c o n t i n u i n g
t o l e a r n t h e i r memory v e r s e s
and
o
show g r e a t
enthusiasm
f o r t h e puppets
and o l o r i n g t h e i r pi c t u r e s .
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We r e h a v i n g more
p p o r t u n i t i e s
t o expand
u r
t e r r i
t o r y i n t h e
l a n g u a g e
a r e a , a s we have h e l p e d w i t h v a r i
o u s community
r o j e c t s ,
t r e a t e d
snake i t e
v i c t i m s , p a i d
f o r
emergency
medical
v a c u a t i o n s , e t c . At h e
end
of
September,
we
i l l be
h o s t i n g
an
n - s e r v i c e t r ai n i n g
course o r
t h e
community school e a c h e r s t o s h ow
them
how
o
use the vernacular
materials
h a t we ave devel
oped
o r
t e a c h i n g t h e
grade
four
t u d e n t s how o
r e a d
and
w r i t e i n Ap Ma.
J o s h was ble to
return
t oPNG i t h J o h n a n d will
be
h e r e
f o r
a
couple of months. Then h e t h r e e o f s w i l l b e
r e t u r n i n g t o
t h e
S t a t e s f o r a couple of months. We eed
t o g e t
Josh
e - s e t t l e d , and
n e e d t o have
s ome medical
t e s t s done.
So g a i n ,
God
s
expanding
our e r r i t o r y .
I n
t h e s e
times
of
xpansion and
growth, we r e c o n t i n u i n g
t o
l e a r n t h a t we r e
c o m p l e t e l y d e p e n d e n t
upon
Him.
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r e c o n t i n u i n g t o
pray h a t He ould u s e us o r e a c h
o t h e r s f o r Him herever we a y e .
Prayer&raise
r a i s e God
o r H i s
d a i l y p r e s e n c e
a n d s u s t a i n i n g
lo ve.
P r a i s e f o r
the
growth n our
l a s s e s
and
our con-
t a c t s w i t h
o t h e r
people n
t h e a r e a .
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c o m m u n i ty
school e a c h e r s ,
who i
b e
using h e new
v e r n a c u l a r
m a t e r i a l s i n t h e l a s t
term
o f
h e school
y e a r
here O c t . - D e c . ) .
Pray o r
our r a v e l back
o the U.S. and
our
medi
c a l and family
concerns.
P r a y
f o r Mas o
s h e
a t t e n d s
an p i s t l e s
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Up
The
a s t y e a r
h a s
g o n e
b y
s o q u i c k l y . T h e r e
h a v e
b e e n
many
u r p r i s e s
a l o n g t h i s
j o u r n e y .
The
t e a r s f l o w e d t h e
a s t d a y
when
u t e
a n d l e f t t h e
v i l l a g e f o r
t h e
a s t
t i m e . t was
e r y
h a r d
t o l e a v e
t h e p e o p l e k n o w i n g
t h a t i t
w o u l d
b e a l o n g t i m e b e f o r e
e i t h e r o f
u s saw
them
g a i n .
By
h e t i m e y o u
r e c e i v e t h i s , Rute and w i l l
a l r e a d y
be r a v e l i n g
i n
t h e S t a t e s . We anted
o w r i t e
a l a s t
n e w s l e t t e r
t o s h a r e w i t h
y o u
some f t h e
i m a g e s
o f t h e
a s t
c o u p l e m o n t h s n S a m b a n . Thank o u f o r y o u r s
p r a y e r s a n d
s u p p o r t
t h a t y o u h a v e g i v e n
t o
u s
d u r i n g t h e s e
m o n t h s .
You
a v e
h e l p e d i n ways
h a t
o n l y t h e L o r d
c a n r e
p a y . J u s t i k e t h i s p i c t u r e , we i v e y o u
two
thumbs
up
o r
y o u r
m i n i s t r y t o
u s
and
h e p e o p l e
i n Samban. hank o u a n d
may God
l e s s
y o u
f o r
y o u r
g e n e r o s i t y .
We
i l l
b e
t r a v e l i n g
t o
o u r s u p p o r t i n g
c h u r c h e s a n d
r e p o r t i n g
a b o u t
o u r
w o r k i n
NG.
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i s o u r t r a v e l i n g
s c h e d u l e
f o r
t h e
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c o u p l e o f
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ope h r i s t i a n Church R o ano k e VA
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h r i s t i n a Church
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h r i s t i a n
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a r y v i l l e
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30
Oct.
10
14
14
Nov.
10
Servants of
he
Kingdom
i n
Samban Papua New
uinea
When
b e g a n
l o o k i n g
f o r
an
n -
t e r n s h i p w a s a t t r a c t e d t o P a p u a
New u i n e a
b e c a u s e
I
a l r e a d y k n e w
t h e m i s s i o n a r i e s .
John and o n i t a
P r y o r a r e
both
[ g r a d u a t e s
o f
o h n s o n B i b l e C o l l e g e .
They e r v e d
i n
t w o church and e a c h
i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s b e f o r e t h e Lord
called
them
n to
translation
work.
They have been n PNG i n c e 1 9 7 7 .
They a v e t w o
o n s ,
e s s e
a n d j o s h .
Rute nd went
o school
with bot h
s o n s .
J o h n
a n d B o n i t a w e r e o n e
o f h e
f i r s t t e a m s
t o
come
o
Papua Ne w
G u i n e a . T h r o u g h
t h e
y e a r s , t h e P r y o r s h a v e s e e n
a
l o t
o f
c h a n g e
i n
PNG.
They
a v e b e e n w o i k -
i n g w i t h
t w o
a t i o n a l t r a n s l a t o r s o v e r t h e p a s t
20
e a r s
t o
t r a n s l a t e t h e N e w e s t a m e n t n t o
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2
Stori bilong Mipela
Volume I,
Issue
Say
h e e s e ,
r i k a and
G r a c e .
But
who
r e we e a l l y
s u p p o s e d t o b e
o o k i n g
a t ? am o n f u s e d ? ? "
" Y o u r e v e r l a s t i n g o v e s h i g h e r , h i g h e r ,
h i g h e r t h a n t h e
s k y . . . - t h e f a v o r i t e song t R e l i g i o u s I n s t r u c t i o n .
4;
Someone h o u l d
e l l
Caleb
and
R u dd y
what
s b e h i n d
thema
beautiful landmark n the town f Wcwak
Where do
go
now?
q u e s t i o n s i t t l e
Pam.
" J u s t o l l o w t h o s e o t h e r
g u y s " , i r e c t s t e a c h e r
Caleb.
Did
we mentioned
h a t
we i k e
t o s i n g a t R e l i g i o u s
I n s t r u c t i o
Praises
ood ealth
S a f e
t r a v e l
from
h e i l l a g e .
Sunday c h o o l
c o n t i n u e s t o
be u c c e s s f u l .
AH
u p p o r t i v e ch u r c h ' s a r e
l i n e up o r
v i s i t s .
Good
i s i t
from Dawn
o r r i s , a l e b ' s
i r l f r i e n d .
C o n t i n u e d
e n c o u r a g e m e n t r e c e i v e d from a m i l y and
r i e n d s .
Some f h e
a c e s
t h a t were a r t o f our
i v e s
these
lasttenmonths n
Saraban.
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4
Stori
bilong
Mipela
Page
Requests
The e a c h e r s who r e
c o n t i n u i n g
t h e work
w i t h
t h e Sunday c h o o l .
P r y o r s c o n t i n u e
work i t h
t h e Ap
Ma
a n g u a g e g r o u p .
P r a y f o r t h e
f r i e n d s h i p s
e f t
i n
Samban and PNG.
Our two
months
f t r a v e l i n g i n t h e S t a t e s .
R u t e ' s
r e t u r n home o P o r t u g a l .
S u l e i ,
R u t e ,
and e s s i e
e n j o y an
e l a x e d a
t e r n o o n
i n town
f
Angoram.
P a t i e n t l y w a i t i n g i n l i n e f o r t h e n e x t
game
on
our a s t day f
c h o o l .
Ready o
b o o g i e :
P o l a d r e s s e d Rute with h e t
d i t i o n a l g r a s s s k i r t and l l t h e
j e w e l r y o f
a t r a
t i o n a l s i n g s i n g
c e r e m o n i a l
d a n c e ) .
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and
Nick n j o y
t h e i r
l a s t
m e a l t o g e t h e r N i c k h a d
p r e p a r e d
some p e c i a l s a g o f o r h i s
f r i e n d .
Sewing
puppets
can be u n , l
though some
do
r e f e r t o s t a y
back
and l a y g u i t a r .
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s
Waldo? I t
i s
a c t u a l l y
C a l e b
a n d some
o u t h
f r o m Sunday Schoolthe a s t Sunday n t h e
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he r y o r s
a r e
a l s o
i n v o l v e d
w i t h t h e
community.
John e a d s morning e v o t i o n s d u r i n g t h e
week
and o n i t a
does e d i c a l work. They a v e s t r o n g
i e s
and e l a t i o n s h i p s w i t h t h e p e o p l e and
r e h i g h l y r e
s p e c t e d .
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n o t p l a y e d a
good
game
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u n t i l
y o u
h a v e
p l a y e d
w i t h John and
B o n i t a . T h i s
p a s t
ye^hey a v e opened h e i r l i v e s
t o Rute
and
me.
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f o r t h e b l e s s i n g o f w o i f e i n g
w i t h
y o u .
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B o n i t a ;
P r a y
f o r
t h e Sunday c h o o l t e a c h e r s a n d c h i l d r e n
a s
t h e y
c o n t i n u e t o
s t u d y
more f G o d s word.
P r a y
f o r Maso
who s
t r a n s l a t i n g rough r a f t s o f e v e r a l
E p i s t l e s t h i s y e a r and who
i l l
b e
a t t e n d i n g
a
workshop
c o n c e n t r a t i n g on h i l , and a l . n November.
P r a y
f o r
wisdom
o r
John
and o n i ta s d e c i s i o n
a b o u t
how e s t m a i n t a i n t h e a i r s t r i p The r a c t o r
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This e w s l e t t e r i s being
brought
o you
by
P r y o r s ' f o r
warding
agents,
Bruce and
Mary
Ann
r a f f .
John and
Bonita
thought
you would i k e t o
hear
about our r i p t o
PNG o give you a
i f f e r e n t
p e r s p e c t i v e on h e i r m i n i s t r y .
They
have been l i v i n g
t h e r e and working
among
h e
p e o p l e
f o r
so long h a t t h e y
t a k e
many
h i n g s f o r
g r a n t e d t h a t we
looked a t
w i t h f r e s h
e y e s . We ook
p i c t u r e s of
v e r y t h i n g
When hey were looking through them,
osh w as amazed
t
t h e t h i n g s we thought worthy of hotosh i n g s they a r e
f a m i l i a r w i t h b u t have no photos
f .
I t ' s because
t
was l l
new o us.
Paula McRoy ad been
planning
o
v i s i t PNG o r over a
y e a r . I n
e a r l y
A p r i l ,
her r a v e l i n g companion
had o back
out
due o a ob change, o she
asked
f Mary
Ann
would
l i k e
t o
g o i t h
h e r .
We e l t t h a t
Bruce
would be
more
v a l u
a b l e
t o them once h e r e , so
we
sked P r y o r s f o r t h e i r ad
v i c e .
Bonita
a i d we should b o t h
come So
we began
ma k
ing
l a n s
and l e f t t h e US
n
a t u r d a y , September . I t s a
v e r y long l a n e
r i d e t o
PNG One thought h a t
s t r u c k
me
was how many i m e s t h e y had made h i s same r i p
through
t h e y e a r s , r a v e l i n g w i t h
t h e
boys as
they
grew up. This
would not be the most l e a s a n t t r i p for h i l d r e n , confined
t o
a plane f o r up
o 13 hours t
a time.
We
r r i v e d
a t Madang
on Monday
f t e r n o o n and
were
met by many n t h e
PBT a m i l y . They / /
a p p r e c i a t e v i s i
t o r s from America
ven f
t h e y d o n ' t know them
y e t .
We
pent h e
f i r s t
few days n
Madang,
e c u p e r a t i n g
from
j e t
l a g and p r e p a r i n g t o g o o
t h e
v i l l a g e on F r i d a y .
We
were impressed b y l l
t h e
p r e p a r a t i o n s t h a t g o n t o
g e t t i n g
s u p p l i e s
t o
t h e
v i l l a g e . Since they
were
n
town,
onita
handled h i s .
When hey
r e i n
t h e bush,
h e i r
buyer-
shipper
does
the
buying, oxing, a b e l i n g , weighing,
i s t i n g
b y
r i o r i t y ,
e t c . Space
on the plane s
l i m i t e d t o a e r t a i n
weight,
o you have o b e
u r e t h e important h i n g s get on
f i r s t . And i t h no SuperWal-mart, t s not
n e - s t o p
shop
p i n g e i t h e r Bruce was b l e t o r e l o c a t e t h e ham a d i o an
tenna a b l e s , moving them from the
i r e c t o r ' s
o f f i c e t o t h e
r a d io
room
while
we
ere n
town.
On r i d a y
we i n a l l y headed o r Samban. We
ere impressed
w i t h t h e warm welcome ceremony
i v e n
us
b y
h e p e o p l e a t
t h e
a i r s t r i p .
The
next
day another
group
welcomed
us with
a
t r a d i t i o n a l s i n g s i n g . They r e a
v e r y
l o v i n g , generous
people
and were
v e r y
e a g e r t o s h a r e t h e i r way of i f e
w i t h
u s .
Doing anything n t h e
v i l l a g e
t a k e s e x t r a time due to the heat
and i g h
humidity
and p r i m i t i v e c o n d i t i o n s . I f
t
g e t s
down
o
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e g r e e s ,
h a t ' s
c o o l We
i d n ' t
a s k
what h e t e m p e r a t u r e
normally was Bonita e r v e d
d e l i c i o u s
m e a l s , b u t
p r e p
t i m e i s
increased
without he
modem
onvenienceswe re accus
tomed o
and a k e f o r
granted
no microwave
and
l i m i t e d
e l e c t r i c i t y
off
h e b a t t e r y .
But we've never
a s t e d
sweeter
pineapples or
bananas
than n PNG Bonita has o
plan
inad-
vance
so h a t e v e r y t h i n g
s h e ' l l
need comes
out
on
t h e p l a n e
or she has
o
improvise. And i n c e
bananas
r e o f t e n given t o
them
a t a l k a t
a
time
and thus
i p e n
a t once,
he
s very r e
a t i v e with e c i p e s f o r
r i p e bananas
Jobs
e q u i r i n g l a r g e amounts of l e c t r i c i t y a r e
done
while the
g e n e r a t o r i s running, h r e e
days
a
week,
bout9 ours a day.
Otherwise, hey use power t o r e d i n b a t t e r i e s . They were very
g l a d t h a t
Bruce and
Maso got h e d i e s e l g e n e r a t o r
working
a g a i n
s i n c e
i t
runs more f f i c i e n t l y
t h a n
t h e gas -powered one.
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McRoy.
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anything
done t a l l
s i n c e t
seemed
someone was
always t
t h e
door, eeding h e i r a s s i s t a n c e
with
medicine,
kerosene, t c .
This s
a l l p a r t
of h e i r m i n i s t r y .
Bruce
proved
t o
be
q u i t e
handy
i n
Samban.
He
and
Maso
worked
o g e t h e r
t o
r e p a i r t h e d i e s e l
g e n e r a t o r
and
t h e n
t a c k l e d
t h e r e a l l y i m p o r t a n t p r o j e c t
h e
t r a c t o r John had been mowing
t h e
a i r s t r i p w i t h
a s m a l l push
mower,
hich
i s
time-consuming an d
h a r d work, s p e c i a l l y i n
t h e
t r o p i c a l h e a t . They
spent h e j e t t e r
p a r t of wo
days
working on
t h e
Kubota
r a c t o r ,
e v e n t u a l l y t a k i n g
p i s t o n s
from
an
o l d
" p a r t s " r a c t o r and r e p l a c i n g them i n J o h n ' s
t r a c t o r . Bruce got a good e d u c a t i o n i n
"bush
technology," mak
i n g do
w i t h
what
you have.
I t
was a grand time
when h e
t r a c t o r
r a n
again He as l s o
a b l e
to
check
out the ham adio i t u a t i o n
and, i t h
Maso climbing
h e
5 0 - f o o t tower and one
of h e
boys
s t r i n g i n g another wire
i n
t h e coconut r e e , he
i n s t a l l e d
n e w coax
and
a n t e n n a . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , h e r e was a major problem
w i t h t h e
radio
i t s e l f ,
so he
wasn't
able
to
t e s t
t
to
b e
sure
t works.
T ha n k s
t o t h e
d o n a t i o n of
n e w
r i g ,
we
hould be
a b l e t o
t a l k
t o
John an d
B o n i t a
on
ham r a d i o much more
l e a r l y
when h e y
r e t u r n
t o
Sam-
ban
We
ere overwhelmed
with
t h e
generosity of
h e people
before
w e e f t t h e
v i l l a g e , e s p e c i a l l y
s i n c e
we'd
been h e r e
only
a week.
They
had
another i n g s i n g
and
e s c o r t e d us o t h e a i r s t r i p i n t h e
midst
of t . We
ere g l a d t o
know
they
were r i e n d s
Prayer
and
Praise
**
P r a i s e
God
o r
s a f e t y
i n Pryors' e t u r n
to the
S t a t e s
in
October and B o n i t a ' s good medical e s t r e s u l t s .
** P r a i s e God h a t
Maso has
had such a p r o d u c t i v e time
;
a t
t h e
E p i s t l e s Workshop, ompletin g rough d r a f t s of
G a l a i i a n s , P h i l i p pi a n s . J u d e a . n d 2 P e t e r . Hshcgan
: w o r k i n g
o n
I P e t e r . P r a y
f o r c o n t i n u e d
p r o g r e s s
a n d
s a f e t y as he e t u r n s t o
t h e v i l l a g e
Dec.
5.
** Pray h a t Josh w i l l get i s
Massage
Therapy i c e n s e ?
soon and be
a b l e
t o f i nd a good ob. Pray he w i l l f o l -
low the L ord's leading i n a l l he
does.
**
Pray
for a f e t r a v e l
as
John and
Bonita
e t u r n toPNG
i n J a n u a r y .
** We e c e i v e d
word over
Thanksgiving
t h a t
a big
a i n
[
r e s u l t e d
i n a
c r a c k i n
t h e w a t e r t a n k
a t
Samban. Pray
f o r w i s d o m i n t h e
r e p l a c e m e n t o f
h e
w a t e r
t a n k .
* *
P r a y
o r t h e
c h u r c h
a t
S a m b a n ,
t s
l e a d e r s
t h e
S u n d a y
S c h o o l t e a c h e r s a n d t h e s t u d e nt s , h a t t h e y w i l l
r e m a i n
s t r o n g w h i l e
P r y o r s
a r e g o n e .
Being i n
PNG
n
September
1 1
and
s e p a r a t e d from our
f a m i l i e s
gave
u s a n e w sense of p p r e c i a t i o n f o r
what l l
of
our
m i s s i o n a r i e s go through a s they
l e a v e
t h e i r loved ones
behind i n t h e S t a t e s
t o
s e r v e on
f o r e i g n f i
e l d s .
F o r t u n a t e l y ,
we
ere
b l e t o
l e a r n t h a t our
family
m e m b e rs were
l l
s a f e
w i t h i n an hour
of hearing of
h e a t t a c k
on
America. We
r e a l l y a p p r e c i a t e d
e - m a i l
a t t h a t t i m e
I t was
e a l l y wonderful
t o meet the people with
whom
John and Bonita
work,
o t h i n
t h e
v i l l a g e and
h e o t h e r
PBT
i s s i o n a r i e s ,
and
t o
see
i r s t - h a n d
where they i v e .
I t
g i v e s
u s
a deeper
p p r e c i a t i o n of h e i r m i n i s t r y and r e
p a r e s us
o
s e r v e them
b e t t e r
as forwarding a g e n t s .
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