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January

24, 1988

Dear Mom

and Dad,

1988 began

with

a

literal

bang

in

Samban. Over the

last

few

years, our

local

friends have adopted the western

custom of

ringing

out the

old

and

ringing

in the new year.

Out our

way

they bang

on anything from log drums

to

tin cans

anything

to

make

a

racket for

at

least

20

minutes

(seems much longer).

Shortly after the new year began, Bonita came down with

something. Even

as

of this writing, we

still don't

know

what it

was. She was

very

miserable for

about

a week with

fever,

headache,

and

vomiting. Although we started two different

malaria treatments, neither seemed

to

do

any

good. We monitored

her condition very closely

as

dehydration is

a

serious matter in

a

remote setting

such as

ours.

Though she

was

very sick,

her

situation

never reached the emergency

state.

When we

came

in

on

our scheduled date to

attend

our Annual

Meeting,

we took her

straight to

the

doctor. He gave

her a

shot to ease her nausea,

took her off the quinine injections, and gave

her

sedatives so

she could get some

sleep.

Three days later she was well, though

washed out physically.

Not a

great way

to

begin the new year

We are

very grateful for

your

prayers

that you offered

up

on

Bonita's behalf. Whatever sh had, we

are

confident that the

Lord was the major reason for

her

recovery. Psalm

103 says that

the Lord

"heals

all your diseases."

We are

very

thankful for

that promise.

We are thankful

too

for

your continued support

of

our ministry

through your finances and prayers.

Next

month we will

attend

our

first translation workshop. We hope to complete the Joseph story

in Genesis. By this time next year we hope

to

have the majority

of

Genesis translated.

Your

support

of

our

ministry

is

helping

the Botin

people

of Papua New Guinea to

have

the Scriptures in

their language. May God bless you.

Much

love.

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April 22,

1988

Dear Friends

God

is

so good He has been with

us

during the beginning

translation workshop.

Although we

didn't complete a large amount

of

new

translation work, we did

do a lot

of

revision of

previously completed material. And from

the

new things we

learned,

we probably will save ourselves a good

deal

of

time in

the

future because

of

taking care

of all the details

in the

first

drafts

rather than later. We're

so

thankful we

went

to the

workshop when

we

did. God knows the best

timing.

Our

time spent with our grammar consultant following the workshop

proved very beneficial. Our papers have been revised for the

third or

fourth times (I've lost count),

but

it looks as if

one

more

revision

will suffice,

and

then a final

proofread

should

have

them ready

for publication. It

seems

our language is

so

unique that the whole linguistic world needs to know about it.

At least, that's what our consultant thinks.

So

we are working

to

make

our

papers

of top

quality.

We

truly see God's

wisdom

in

designing

such an

intricate language. And He

has

provided great

help for

us in

deciphering it.

We are thankful to Him for

giving

us the consultant help when

we

needed it.

Our next time out in the village will be a long stint for us,

and

we

have several

goals to

accomplish

our

grammar papers, more

translation in

Genesis,

and a background study, which is a

prerequisite

to our

overall plan for ompletion

of

the

translation project for the Botin people. And we need to get the

majority

of

the

background study completed

before school begins

in September, plus the grammar

papers.

I will

be

teaching the

boys again

in September

since Merri Lynne will be

leaving at

the

end of this school year. We covet

your

prayers. We know they

make a difference.

God has used you to be a

blessing

to

us.

We are so grateful for

your

sharing

in our ministry here. God

is

so

good He just

keeps blessing and blessing. Thank you for your special prayers

and gifts of love.

Much

love.

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