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Joshua

The Pry r Family

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uinea

ews

Forwarding

Agents:

Mr rs Bruce

Graff

173

West

Lebanon

treet

Nashville,IL

62263-1410

Bonita

Jes se

E-Mail: [email protected]

P.

O.

Box 9 7 , Madang, Papua

New

Guinea

February 1998

Reflections

of

1997

TranslationWhen we e t u r n e d t o

t h e

v i l l a g e

f o l l o w i n g o u r PET

nnual

M e e t i n g

l a s t y e a r , we

were

i n a l l y

a b l e

t o

b e g i n

working

w i t h

Ma s o

and

B a l u

a g a i n

on h e

t r a n s l a t i o n of c t s . By

S e p t e m b e r , we had c o m p l e t e d A c t s , a n d

f o l l o w i n g

some h e c k i n g

and r e v i s i o n ,

we

began h e

t r a n s l a t i o n

of T i m o t h y .

Now

e

r e r e a d y t o

b e g i n

t h e

c h e c k i n g p r o c e s s

on Timothy

and

h e

i n i t i a l t r a n s l a t i o n of I

Timothy.

LiteracyOur

e a d i n g f l u e n c y

c l a s s e s have gone

well t h i s y e a r . The e a d e r s

asked h a t

we

n c r e a s e

t h e

numb er of

a y s

p e r week. So we r e now

a v i n g

t h e c l a s s e s e a c h Sunday,

u e s d a y , Wednesday,

and

T h u r s d a y

f o l l o w i n g

o u r morning

w o r s h i p

t i m e s .

t i s

encouraging t o see

the

progress h a t some

of

h e

young people

have made n

r e a d i n g t h e i r own

l a n g u a g e .

B o n i t a

h a s

compiled t h e

l i t e r a c y

m a t e r i a l s

f o r c o n d u c t i n g a

v e r n a c u l a r

component n

t h e

community c h o o l

a s t h i s new c h o o l y e a r

b e g i n s .

We

a l s o

d u p l i c a t e d a e v i s i o n of ur r a n s f e r p r i m e r f o r

t h a t c l a s s , a s

w e l l

a s a few

c o p i e s

of and

Thessalonians and

itus.

M

They

camped n a

e n t and

had o me

t y p i c a l problems w i t h t h e t e n t -

great

memories.

ChurchJohn as b

invol ved in more

t e a c h i n g

i n

t h e l o c a l

church, as well as mo

t r a i n i n g and o v e r s i g h

church leaders. The

church

s

going t h r o u

some growing p a i n s a

needs x t r a

p r a y e r s

a

p r e s e n t . We ave

b o t

had more p p o r t u n i t i

f o r counseling

and p r

times wi th some

of

p e o p l e . I t

has

been b o

challenging

and a

rewarding time.

Josh

and i sfriends hiked o Buten or h e y o j i t h

camp n December.

T h i s i s an

example

oft h e water o l e s t h a t

people

dug during

h e d r o u g h t .

You can see

h e

d i f f e r e n t

layers

of o i l .

Highs

and LowsWe

ave had some highs and

low s h i s

y e a r .

I guess t h e drought and our

water

situation could almost ate as the lowest time of u

y e a r . Of o u r s e ,

f o r

John, he might say h a t h i s

kid

s t o n e was

h e

low

p o i n t

of

h e

y e a r .

He

e r t a i n l y

d o e s n t want o e x p e r i e n c e

t h a t

a g a i n .

The

i g h l i g h

t h e year

include

s p e c i a l family

events.

One as J e s

and

Karie's

v i s i t

and

seeing

how esse

was

b l e t o

r e l a t e w i t h

t h e l o c a l people

as

an adult e a d e r . Fo


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a

l l of 9 9 7 , we a v e b e e n

r e m i n d e d

of

a i t h f u l n e s s .

One

a s s a g e of c r i p t u r e t h a t h a s

p a r t i c u l a r l y m e a n i n g f i i l t o

u s o v e r

t h e p a s t

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in Jeremiah

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i s what h e Lord says:

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epends on f l e s h f o r h i s s t r e n g t h

whose

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from

the

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i l l

b e l i k e

a

b u s h in the wastelands;

e

i l l n o t s e e p r o s p e r i t y

when

t comes.

e i l l d w e l l i n t h e

p a r c h e d

p l a c e s

of

h e

d e s e r t .

n a a l t land

where no

one

ives.

lessed i s

the

man

who r u s t s

in

the

Lord,

confidence

is in him.

e i l l be i k e a t r e e p l a n t e d b y

h e

water

sends out

t s

r o o t s b y the st ream.

t

does not

fear when

eat

comes;

l e a v e s

a r e always r e e n .

t has no w o r r i e s

i n

a

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He

w i l l c o n t i n u e

t o be

f a i t h f u l b e c a u s e

He

e v e r

c h a n g e s .

I n

our

a s t n e w s l e t t e r , we

sked t h a t

you p r a y

w i t h us

f o r

wisdom, u i d a n c e

and

h e L o r d s

p r o v i s i o n .

Your

p r a y e r s a r e being answered. We r e f a c i n g many

c h a n g e s , b u t w e

r e

t r u s t i n g Him

s

w e a c e

a l l

t h e s e

changes.

After

our family

conference t h i s

p a s t week, we

have

decided

t o

t a k e an

e a r l y

f u r l o u g h

w hen we

ome

back o r J e s s e and K a r i e s wedding

i n

June.

Josh i s

going o double up on h i s correspondence work and

r y

t o complete h i s high sc hool a r l y so h a t h e can begin

c o l l e g e

i n t h e

f a l l P l e a s e p r a y f o r him a s

he

a k e s on

t h e e x t r a l o a d. We ave

many

r o j e c t s t o c o m p l e t e h e r e

b e f o r e w e e a v e t h e

v i l l a g e

i n May; o p l e a s e j o i n us

n

p r a y i n g f o r t h e

c o m p l e t i o n

of

h e s e .

We

i l l

be

b r e a k i n g t h e news

a b o u t o u r

l e a v i n g t o

o u r

p e o p l e

when

w e

go back

o

t h e

v i l l a g e

next week. t

w i l l

b e hard

t o

l e a v e

them,

and

h a r d

f o r them t o l e t us go, s p e c i a l l y

J o s h .

P l e a s e p r a y

f o r

a l l

t h e

g o o d - b y e s .

How

l e s s e d w e

are

that we can entrust a l l our concerns to

Him

reat

His

faithfulness.

John, o n i t a , and osh e n j o y an v e n i n g out

by

h e

s e a .


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Joshua

The Pryor

Family

ew

uinea

ews

Forwarding g e n t s ' .

Mr.

rs. Bruce

Graff

173 West Lebanon Street

Nashville, IL 62263-1410

esse

E - M a i l : p r y o r @g l o b a l . n e t . p g

P. 0. Box 997,

Madang,

Papua

New

Guinea

May

1998

Flooding

Not o n g ago

we

had r e q u e s t e d p r a y e r

f o r

r a i n . You

p r a y e d and

h e

r a i n s

came.

Most

e o p l e ' s g a r d e n s

had

v e r y

l i t t l e

p r o d u c e b e c a u s e

of

h e

e x t r e m e d r y

s e a s o n ,

b u t no

one

t a r v e d ,

f o r

which we

r e

v e r y t h a n k f u l .

When

h e

r a i n s

came,

hey

r e a l l y

came.

We ad our

f i r s t h i g h

water

and then h e w a t e r s r e c e d e d .

Then h e

second h i g h w a t e r h i t ,

and

t

came

up

and

up

and up.

The losest

i t

came o our

house

was bout 30 eet

away. o r t u n a t e l y , Samban s on

a

high p o t . V i l l a g e s

t h a t u s u a l l y have

water

during

the wet season were

e s p e c i a l l y hard

h i t .

Whereas h e water

u s u a l l y

j u s t

g e t s

up o w i t h i n a few e e t of h e i r f l o o r s ,

t

came up i g h e r

and h i g h e r f o r c i n g them

o

remove h e f l o o r in g

and

put

Here s

t h e

road o our i r s t r i p

a f t e r

t h e

water

had

one

down

some.

i t

f a r t h e r up

i n t o

t h e r a f t e r s .

What h e

d r y s p e l l d i d n ' t

d e s t r o y , t h e f l o o d s

managed t o

d e v a s t a t e .

The p e o p l e

have received some

oken

assistance, but the

r e a l

need

i s

t o g e t new p l a n t s and seeds o r t h e i r

gardens.

In some

c a s e s

t h e r e

J u s t

a r e n ' t

any.

Our

i r s t r i p was even

a f f e c t e d some

by

h e water o r

a

couple of

weeks.

The

w a t e r was flowing a c r o s s i t

a t

one p o i n t , c u t t i n g t h e

l e n g t h by about 150 y a r d s . We ere very thankful h a t

i t

receded i n time f o r

our

l i g h t out of h e v i l l a g e .

T r a n s l a t i o n

Checking

The

r a n s l a t i o n p r o c e s s t a k e s a o n g time b e c a u s e of

t h e

v a r i o u s checking s t a g e s

t h a t

a r e n e c e s s a r y . We

know h a t t h e checking

makes

o r

b e t t e r t r a n s l a t i o n s

Maso s

r e a d i n g

t h e Ap

Ma

r a n s l a t i o n of i l

1 1 T i m o t h y f o r

h e c h e c k i n g

s e s s i o n . M a r c h ,

t

p r o v

t o us once aga

t h a t

a l l

t h e

c h e c k i n g i s w o r t h

i t .

At h e c o m p l e t i o n

o

t h e f i n a l v e r s e s of 1 Timothy,

one

of h e men

a i d ,

i s

good h a t we

have e a r d

a l l

t h a t

Paul a i d t o Timo

i n

h i s

l e t t e r s . I t

has meaning o r us today

i n

our own

language. We

ave

h e s e

same

concerns o r

our

you

p e o p l e

h e r e i n t h e

c h u r c h .

He a i d t h i s

w i t h t e a r s

i n

e y e s ,

and

Maso,

ne of ur o - t r a n s l a t o r s ,

shared

w i

me h a t t h i s h e l p e d

him

o r e a l i z e t h a t a l l h i s work w

w o r t h

t h e

e f f o r t .

Most of

h e s e b i g

men

r e

i l l i t e r a t e

w i l l never

be a b l e

t o read

the

Word n

t h e i r language

but

now t l e a s t , t h e y

have

heard

t and t i s speakin

them.

Easter

Can

canoe

ya down

the river? Can canoe

ya

down

he stream?

Can

t i p

your canoe

over and fall in with

you?

Yes, t was a

memorable Easter

Sunday o r u s . The

flooding

had c r e a t e d

a

Joachin carved

us a canoe

remember our experience.


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5/6

The

Pry r

amily

New

uinea

News

Forwarding

Agents:

Mr. n d

Mrs.

ruce W

raff

173W ebanon treet

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Madane

11 PapuaNew u i n e a

July

1998

Back n theUSA

Our r i p back from PNG e n t w e l l . We id h i t the ground u n n i n g , bu t

we

i d

get

h e

n e c e s s a r y

t h i n g s

do ne efore he

wedding. Following t we

went o

t h e North

American

Christian Convention

and

h e n a week of

camp. Nowwe ope o g e t s e t t l e d i n t o our partment n h e Johnson

Bible

C o l l e g e

campus

and

b e g i n p l a n n i n g

our

t i n e r a r y f o r v i s i t i n g

c h u r c h e s .

J o s h

has

been working on campus and we eed t o g e t h i s

paperwork

completed f o r

enrollment

o r t h i s f a l l .

The

Wedding

We ave j u s t g o t t e n

back

t h e wedding

p i c t u r e s

which

I

took

w i t h

my

camera

nd we anted o use h i s n e w sl e t t e r t o

share

them w i t h

you.

The

wedding

w a s

e a u t i f u l ,

of o u r s e ,

and

very m u c h

a oyous

family

f f a i r .

Than k you f o r a l l

your

p e c i a l p r a y e r s and

g i f t s


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Grandma Pryor

a n d

Grandma

and

Grandpa

B le v i n s

with

Karie and

J e s s e ,

r i g h t )

Our

ephew

ohn,

avid

and Sharran's son,

played h i s g u i t a r an d

sang f o r

the

wedding,

(below)

Jeremy C l a r k , a grooms

man, and his fiancee

Stephany S i m p s o n

added o osh's

fun

at

the

wedding.

They

both

graduated

from

Ukarumpa

High School

with

e s s e

i n i y 9 5 . r i g h t )

Several dear

friends

came

rom

out ftown o

make

he day even

more

s p e c i a l .

Dick

M i l l e r

i s

p i c t u r e d with ohn, a r i e

and e s s e . He and his

wife Ruth nn worked

with

Wycliffe Bible

Translators

in

PNG o r

s e v e r a l

y e a r s ,

r i g h t )

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