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NEW
GUINEA
Forwarding
Agents:
W
H WW
Mr
anH Mra nola ntinlan
Forwarding
Agents:
Mr.and Mrs. Dale Dunlap
Route
16,
Rhea
oad
Knoxville.TN
37920
John
and Bonita
Pryor
Volume
6
July, 1982
Number
Greetings
from
PNG
Past experiences have taught us
that the
mission
ie l d is u l l of surprises. And he last
few months
have
eally been i
l l e d with
quite
a few of
them. We
ave
n
fact
delayed t he
issuing of this newsletter i n order to p r i n t
what
we hoped would be esolutions t o some
matters that were "up in
the
air" n previous
months.
The
ear
began
i n
a
a i r l y
normal
way.
We
were preparing f o r
our
annual meeting in
January. This involved, for the most
art,
meetings about he upcoming
udget,
agenda
items,
and resolutions we would put t o t he
group; plus
the
actual
preparations
of
housing, meals, group gatherings, e t c .
Our
meeting
was held January 11-13.
Surprisingly, i t went very smoothly
t he
shortest
annual meeting
we
have ever
had
I t
was highlighted
by a
day
of prayer
and
sharing
t o
commence he
meet ing .
Afier
the meeting, hings
began
to
get
back
into
the
swing f
things
again. I have ound
that a great deal
of
my ime
i s
s pen t i n
corresponding with
administrators back
home, ecruits
preparing ocome
ver,and
ur
members
on
urlough.
Also,
Ihad ome
dded
projects, as
a
result
of the meeti ng, which I
began o work
n.
During
the
a s t
week
ofJanuary, ur e r
of
surprises began.
At r s t , we thou
Bonita was ust
havinga
emorrhoid l
are-
But
then
her condition grew worse, to
point that she
couldn't
get out of bed with
much pain. The
worst
came on
a
weeke
naturally,when
t i s
hard
to get medical
he
After
seeing the
doctor f ir s t thing Mond
morning,
she was dmitted
into
the
hospi
immediately
and had
surgery to
lance
a
drain what we came o leam wasa eria
abscess.
Fortunately, the surgery
brou
instant e l i e f . After aweek f goi ng backa
forth t o the hospit al o have he
wound ack
to allow healing
irom
the
bottom up no p
intended),
l l was
eemingly well.
About tha t
time,
Jesse
resumed his P
School,
with
a
ouple
of added features
t
would
make i f e more
interesting
for h
F i r s t ,
he
began school with his mother as
teacher. S ince
ne x t year
he i l l
be out
n
bush
while
receiving
his schooling,
decided to go ahead
and
tart his school
with
the correspondence material he w i l l
using
ne x t
year
and
he following years.
Y
might ask,
Why hen go
to the
Madang
Scbool?" Well,
we
ecided t would be
a
o
experience o r him o
t a r t
outhis
schoolin
a eal classroom
i t uat i o n. I t would
heref
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t
My om'sa
NEAT
eacher.
not be
q u i t e so hard for
Mom
ex t
year
when
she s t a r t e d his correspondence school. At
l e a s t , he would know what
school
meant.
Also,his p r e - s c h o o l
experience has given
hi m
valuable insights into
group
learning
with hi s
p e e r s , something
that c orrespondence with
Mom d o e s n t
g i v e . The second big added
feature for
Jesse
was
hat
his
transportation
to
p r e - s c h o o l changed We
had brought
our
boat and
motor n
r
om
he
bush to
provide
us
with some personal transportation in
Madang. ince
we
an get o
his
pre-school n
our
boat
i n much
less t ime
than t takes t o
drive
the
group van, we
have begun
transporting
him
very
day
n our
boat.
I t i s
also
a reatsavings
for
us. In he
group
van t
costs
us about
$5.00
US
a
r i p .
In our
boat
t
only costs about .40 US.
KA WBX his
is
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The econd way hat Februarywas
ve
was
hat
I
roke
my
ight
wrist.
Keepi
shape s mport an t
over here
n o t
nly for
physical
body,
but
also
for
one's
total
being. While
i n
Madang had been
pla
squash,
which
is sort of i k e
racquetball.
extra
e x e r c i s e ,
I
entered
a
o c a l competi
Tomake
a
ong story short, washeadin
the corner
to backhand one o
the front
when I tripped
and
went
headlong
int
wall. I knew something was wrong
wh
picked
upmy
acquet,
but
I
thought
Ihad
jammed
he wrist. Needless t o say, los
match a i r l y
quickly
and hadmy rm n
a
not ong
after
that. The
e x ttwo months
very
frustrating
because of the lac
dexterity involved i n having one's arm
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And 0we o l l e d on nto March. arlyinthe
monthwe eceiveda
allfrom
theTom ucker
family
informing
us that they
might
come
over
and visit us
in
the summer. What
a
t h r i l l i n g prospect for us So ar, h e i r plans
are
materializing
and we are
really
looking
forward
to
their v i s i t
i n July. Brother Dave
and is
family arrived
back
rom
urlough
on
the 7th,
and
we
were
able
to
spend
some
family time withthem
efore
hey returned o
their allocation .
Then
chultz
arrived.
He's
ur
dachshund.
He
s
s t i l l learning
how o r e l a t e to
Joshua,
andhas
rovided an
xcellentway
odo
away
wi^
able
scraps.
He s a ot
o f
fun, too.
Toward he
end f he month,we ere
able
o
get ut fMadang ora rief e s p i t e and i s i t
with Dave and is
amily
at a r i t i . We
elped
them
o e t t l e in some, ut
spent
most o f
he
time v i s i t i n g
and
relaxing. It was
j o l l y
pleasant," as they say around here
sometimes.
April
did n o t
begin
very
well, as Bonita's
abscess returned
and
she
had o
have urgery
again.
This
ime he abscesswas
much
eeper
and the r e l i e f
of t he
f i r s t post-surgery
experience was eplaced by much iscomfort.
We egan
asking ourselves whether r n o t
we
ought
to
go back
to the
States for a more
permanent
reatment
and are or whatever t
was
that
was
causing
the abscesses. The
prospect
o f
goi ng through
the surgery every
two months was
o t
very pleasant.
But
we
had
ixed
emotions.
The isruption t would
cause in our lives in
addition
to
the
extra
expenditure
that the
t r i p and
surgery
would
require
were weighed
heavilyand
r a y e r f u l l y .
We
ere n a uandary,
o
say he e a s t . This
time
Bo n i ta has
pent a whole month going
back
and orth to
the
hospital
to
have new
packing put i n each day~a eal
drudgery fo r
her.
We finally decided
that
the
decision
to
return
was
beyond
us
and
we
ought
counsel
from Dr. Dale
Erickson,
a
edical
doctor on
omrP T oard.Hehas uggested hatwe old
off
returning
and
see what
this
second
treatment f xtended packing
does.
If t was
just an
abscess t hat
didn't get completely
cleaned
out the
f i
rst t ime
(which happens),
then we're
probably hrough with
t . Please be
in
prayer with us
that
t w on't come ack.
April was
lso
time
for
preparation
o f
Annual Branch
Report
o
be
presented
at
May Board Meeting of
PBT/USA. Als
was isa
renewal ime or
a
o od
ortion f
group, o
the
attendant paper work
had
taken care o f . In he midst
o f l l
this pa
work (on April 22)
was ble to get
my
removed.
^ata
r e a t e l i e f I t i l l
be
wh
before
he
ld
wrist
s
back
o
100%, ut
t
I can operate my
humb gain,and
et b
into
the groove
as
far
as
physical exercis
concerned.
No,
t this point,
I
aven't
e
thought about playing squash again. A
that brings
us up
o
May
,1982.
While
we
have
een i n town aking
car
the
administration work,
Martha
Wade
been hard at work
in
Samban
reparing
Botin phonology statement.
Currently,
h
at Ukarumpa
meet i ng
with the
S
orthography
(alphabet) commi tt ee,
to
ge
tentative orthography status for
the Bo
language. We re
both
thriUed and xci
about
the
prospect of having tentat
orthography s t a t u s . Current accep
guidelines state that
n e
can ranslate30
^e . T . a t t h i s
s t a t u s
l e v e l .
R e a l i s t i c a l l
means hat
whenwe
et
back
o
Samban
year,we
i l l
be ready o
get
nto the work
which
we were sent
over here
to do. Pra
God
Martha
ill
soon
return to
Samban
o
wo
on he Boti n
grammar
s s e n t i a l s ,
which
greatly aid n helping
us as we
egin learn
Botin again l a t e r on this year, also, i
another one
of those
necessities
before
actual translation
work
begins. We
eternally n ^ a t e f u l
for
Martha's willingnes
help
us
on he
Botin language work
while
i s waiting
for
a artner
to
oin
her
n anot
area a t e r on. lease
be
n rayer hat k)d
send her
that
partner.
While
n
Madang,
t
has
been
i f f i c u l t
fo
to maintain contact with the national eop
because a lot o f our work is
dealing
w
expatriate
f f i c i a l s , missionaries,
merchan
and businessmen. To ffset hisimbalan
have offered
my ervices
to
help our natio
pastor riend,
ekene,
n teachin gmember
our congregation i n
Madang o "autim t
(preach). Iam eally
looking
forward to
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Thank
you a l l so much for your loving,
prayerful
concern,and
inancial support.
We
love l l
of you
and hink
of you
so often. God
bless you a l l .
Sharing
I n
the Word
Jesse and Joshua s
Corner
Me and Joshua
got
a
new dog. omma
named
him e r g e a n t
Schultz after
the
guy
on
Hogan's
Heroes.
I
don't
know what
.H.'s
s
but I ike thename.He s
neat
oo. I
ove o
ide
in
our
boat,
play with
Carl
(next door
neighbor) and pester Joshua (Ed. note-too
true). I
can
almost
swim
without
my
n n e r
tube,
oo. S e e ya-
I am e a l l y having
a
un time with Momma
a n d Pap a . I
could
t a l k i f
I
wanted
t o , but t s
much
more
un
to ust
r u t i t and
oint
and
ee
how
many
uestions
t
takes mom nd op to
guess whatI
a nt .
Sometimes they
just
give
up and hen I
e t
themknow
'm
not h a p py. I
sure do
like
to play with my uppy
dog,
o o .
He's
funny looking
t o o ,
but l o t s
of
fun.
Byebye-
There
is a
o t of talk going around t
days
about being i l l e d with the Spirit-
are
the
evidences,
mostly.
Folks
seem m
concerned about the o - c a l l e d supernatu
evidences, for various reasons.
Ephesians
5:21-25 has
some very down
earth
evidences
of eing il l e d with
the p
Not the glamorous kind, but
the
kind
makes for j o y f u l , consistent
C h r i s t i a n l i
Condensed, the l i s t reads: speaking
to
another in
psalms
and
hymns
and spiri
songs;
singing and making melody
in
hearts; giving
thanks; and
subjec
ourselves
to one nother i n
the
ea r of
hr
If we l l
became
i l l e d in
these
ways hat
P
suggests,
unity
in the
Spirit
would eco
r e a l i t y .
Wish I could see my grandparents in
Tennessee.
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