Partners and Prayer Requests

These past few months have brought a lot of changes to the Ga'Dang team. As you know the Ga'dang team consists of; Chuck and Shannon Talbot, Erik and Dana Peterson and myself. We all went through language study together, went on surveys together and moved up north together. We talked and envisioned ourselves 30 years down the road  still working away in the tribe. 

However, our plans are not always (very rarely) God's plans. Over the last few months God has been directing and leading Erik and Dana into a new ministry. In order to have missionaries in the tribe you need to have the support personnel to keep them there. If one man in support is doing the job of 3 people, it isn't enough. Erik and Dana have been asked to help out in support roles. On one hand its hard to see your friends leave for a new job but on the other hand its exciting to see how clearly God has led them. 

Where does that leave the Ga'Dang team? We are still pushing on, but we would ask for prayer for more partners. We need people to fill in the gap just as Erik and Dana fill the gap in support ministry. 

Not only does the Ga'Dang team need more workers, the Philippines need more workers. Please pray that God would raise up people skilled in support roles and people to plant churches. 

Are you willing to go?

The lost months

Life is crazy, when things are slow you feel as if there isn't anything to write about; then when there is something to write about there isn't time to do so!

Since returning from the tribe I've been spending my time at Faith Academy working with the middle school kids. Why? Well, its pretty simple really; I can only be in the tribe when my partners are also. So, if they leave the village to have a baby, I leave too- just not for the same reason. :-) While they adjusted to baby #6 and all that goes with it, I had a great opportunity to work with missionary kids. So, all in all a good experience.

Once again we are off to the tribe! The Talbot clan, Jessica (their teacher) and myself will be heading back to the village for 2 weeks. This will be Jessica's last visit before she flies home in July. Pray for us as we get more work done on the Talbot's house, build relationships and for Shannon as she adjusts to life in the tribe with a new baby. 

For more about what's been happening in the village check out Chuck and Shannon's blog here.