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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

P29JP,QSL?

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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