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NEWS AND PRAYER REQUESTS FROM

JOHN

AND BONITA PRYOR

June,

2001

J u n e s a m o n t h o f c e l e b r a t i o n f o r

J o h n

a n d B o n i t a

P r y o r ,

m i s s i o n a r i e s among

h e

Ap ma

s p e a k i n g p e o p l e o f

P a p u a N e w G u i n e a w i t h P i o n e e r B i b l e T r a n s l a t o r s . T h i s m o n t h h e y b e g i n

t h e i r

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b i r t h d a y

o n

J u n e

1 2 ,

n d t h e y c e l e b r a t e d t h e i r w e d d i n g a n n i v e r s a r y on u n e 1 3 .

M i s s i o n a r y

A v i a t i o n

i = e l l o w s h i p ( M A P )

s c e l e b r a t i n g 5 0

e a r s o f

e r v i c e

i n P N G n

a p e c i a l

c e r e m on y o n

J u n e

6 . J o h n

h a s

b e e n

a s k e d

t o b e a k e y n o t e s p e a k e r , r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e

m i s s i o n s

i n

Madang.

J o h n a n d B o n i t a a n d C a l e b

a n d

R u t e r e t u r n e d t o M a d a n g J u n e8 n d

w i l l

h e l p w i t h t h e r i e n t a t i o n

o f t h e P B T / P N G

i n t e r n s

5

o u n g

p e o p l e a n d t h e i r 2 e a m l e a d e r s ) , who i l l

b e

i s i t i n g

v a r i o u s

b u s h a l l o c a t i o n s

t h r o u g h o u t

t h e s u m m e r . P l e a s e p r a y t h a t t h i s w i l l

b e

a g o o d e x p e r i e n c e f o r t h e

i n t e m s a n d

t h a t

G o d w o u l d u s e h i s

t i

me

o

s h o w

t h e m

H i s

i l l f o r

t h e i r l i v e s .

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t h e

i

me

n

t o w n ,

a l e b

a n d R u t e i l l a l s o b e

h e l p i n g

l e a d t h e P B T

h i l d r e n s

R e t r e a t

s c h e d u l e d

f o r t h e e n d

o f

J u n e . T h e y n t i c i p a t e r e t u m i n g t o

Samban r o u n d

J u l y 6 .

P r a i s e G o d w i t h

u s

o r t h e g r e a t S u n d a y c h o o l a t t e n d a n c e a n d t h e h i l d r e n s e a g e r n e s s

t o

e a r n .

T h e y

h a v e h a d

a

c o u p l e m o r e p e o p l e

j o i n t h e m

i n h e l p i n g t o t e a c h , w h i c h i s a n a n s w e r

o

p r a y e r

a s t h e y n t i c i p a t e t h e r e t u r n o f C a l e b a n d R u t e to t h e S t a t e s i n

S e p t e m b e r .

T h e r a n s l a t i o n w o r k s p r o g r e s s i n g w e l l , a s

M a s o

h a s o m p l e t e d t h e r o u g h d r a f t o f E p h e s / a n s a n d

i s n o w

w o r k i n g

o n

G a l a t i a n s . P l e a s e c o n t i n u e

t o p r a y f o r

h i m a n d h i s f a m i l y a n d ^ a t h e o u l d

r e c o v e r t h e m o n e y h a t i s

o w e d

h i m ;

p r a y o r

h i m

t o

h a v e p e a c e a b o u t t h e i t u a t i o n .

P l e a s e c o n t i n u e

t o

p r a y f o r t h e c h u r c h i n

S a m b a n , s p e c i a l l y

t h e l e a d e r s , t h a t

r e l a t i o n s h i p s

w o u l d

b e r e s t o r e d a n d t h a t t h e r e

w o u l d

b e r e p e n t a n c e a n d r e v i v a l

i n

t h e c h u r c h .

T h e w a t e r t a n k s l o w e r t h a n no r m a l o r

t h i s

t i m e o f y e a r a s t h e r a i n s h a v e s t o p p e d s u d d e n l y .

P l e a s e p r a y t h a t

t h e

r a i n s

w i l l

c o m e u f f i c i e n t l y

t o

k e e p

t h e w a t e r t a n k

f i l l e d

a n d

t h a t

t h e

p e o p l e

o f

S a m b a n

i l l h a v e a g o o d g r o w i n g s e a s o n , o m et h i n g t h ey h a v e n o t h a d f o r a o u p l e y e a r s .

P l e a s e c o n t i n u e t o p r a y f o r

J o h n

a n d B o n i t a a n d t h e i r s o n s .

J o s h

a n d J e s s e ( a n d

h i s

w i f e K a r i e

a n d d a u g h t e r

N a l e h ) ,

a s

e l l a s

o r

t h e i r e x t e n d e d f a m i l y . I t i s d i f f i c u l t

b e i n g

s e p a r a t e d b y

s o

m a n y i l e s . P r a y f o r s a f e t y f o r a i l

a n d

o r t h e i r p e a c e f

m i n d

a t b e i n g s o a r

a w a y .

T h a n k

y o u o r

y o u r

p r a y e r s a n d

y o u r

i n t e r e s t

i n

t h i s m i n i s t r y . M a y

G o d

b l e s s y o u i c h l y

JOHN O N I T A

PRYOR FORWARDING

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2/12

NEWSAND PRAYER

REQUESTS

FROM JOHN AND BONUA

PRYOR

July 2001

John

and B o n l t a

and C a l e b

and

Rute enjoyed

a

p r o d u c t i v e time

i n

Madang l a s t

month. The y o u t h r e t r e a t was a

g r e a t s u c c e s s .

Rute had had an e a r I n f e c t i o n and then

adverse

r e a c t i o n

to

the

m e d i c i n e ,

so

she

was

not

b l e

to

a t t e n d

a l l

of

t .

C a l e b s

g i r l f r i e n d . Dawn M o r r i s , was h e r e v i s i t i n g and h e l p e d

o u t .

B o n l t a ,

C a l e b

and R u t e

r e t u r n e d

t o Samban on J u l y 6. P r a y

t h a t

C a l e b and R u t e w i l l be b l e

t o

a c c o m p l i s h a l l

t h e y w o u l d l i k e t o d u r i n g t h e i r

l a s t

two months n t h e v i l l a g e b e f o r e

r e t u r n i n g

t o t h e

S t a t e s

n S e p t e m b e r . P r a y

f o r

t h e i r Sunday

c h o o l c l a s s e s a n d

t h e o t h e r

t e a c h e r s , a n d

f o r

the

other

c l a s s e s

that

Caleb

and Rute are

t e a c h i n g .

P l e a s e

p r a y

f o r J o h n , who h a s come b a c k t o

t h e

S t a t e s t o

h e l p J o s h

w i t h some

m a j o r

d e c i s i o n s I n h i s

l i f e .

P r a y f o r J o s h t o be l e d

b y

t h e L o r d

I n m a k i n g

a l l

o f

t h e s e

d e c i s i o n s . P r a y a l s o f o r J o h n a n d B o n l t a b o t h w h i l e t h e y a r e away r o m e a c h o t h e r .

A

r e c e n t

e - m a l l

s a i d t h a t t h e v i l l a g e r s were g r a t e f u l t h a t B o n l t a , C a l e b and R u t e

h a d

r e t u r n e d

t o

t h e

v i l l a g e

a n d

w e r e

b e i n g v e r y

p r o t e c t i v e

o f

t h e m . We

h a n k

God

o r

h i s .

We

r a i s e

God

o r

some g o o d r a i n s I n r e c e n t

w e e k s

t h a t h a v e t h e w a t e r t a n k t o

3 / 4 c a p a c i t y . H o w e v e r ,

h e y

n e e d r e g u l a r

r a i n s t o

m a i n t a i n t h e

w a t e r

t a n k l e v e l . P l e a s e

c o n t i n u e t o

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

s e a s o n .

Seven I n t e r n s a r r i v e d I n PNG a s t m o n t h and are I n the process of i s i t i n g

d i f f e r e n t

v i l l a g e s .

They i l l b e

n

Samban J u l y

2 4 - 3 0 .

P r a y

f o r

h e i r s a f e t y a n d t h a t

t h e y

w i l l

e x p e r i e n c e l l t h a t God h a s n s t o r e f o r

t h e m a n d

f o l l o w H i s l e a d i n g .

P l e a s e p r a y

f o r

w i s d o m

f o r

B o n l t a I n h e r r o l e o f

A s s i s t a n t

D i r e c t o r

o f L a n g u a g e

A f f a i r s a s s h e

r i e s

t o

h e l p t h e

o t h e r

r a n s l a t i o n t e a m s n t h e i r w o r k . S h e s p e n t m u c h o f

h e r ime n Madang u l f i l l i n g t h e s e d u t i e s .

Maso c o n t i n u e s t o

work

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

G a l a t i a n s

n t o Ap m a . P l e a s e

continue

to

pray o r

him.

T h a n k

y o u f o r

y o u r

n t e r e s t a n d

y o u r p r a y e r s .

May

G o d

c o n t i n u e t o r i c h l y b l e s s

you

JOHN ONITA PRYOR FORWARDING AGENTS:

P i o n e e r B i b l e T r a n s l a t o r s B r u c e

ary

Ann

G r a f f

P.

O. Box 997 173

W

ebanon S t .

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N WSANDPRAYERREQUESTS

FROM

JOHN

ONITA

PRYOR

August,2001

The n t e r n s d i d not go to Samban as

planned I n

J u l y . I n s t e a d , B o n l t a ,

Caleb

an d

Rute spent

an

unscheduled

10

ays

or

so

n

Madang.

The

people

n

the

i l l a g e

became

very

concerned

o r t h e i r s a f e t y

as

rumors

of a

gang heading

to Samban

i r c u l a t e d .

They o u l d not o c a t e known

members

f

h i s

gang.

They were

o l d I t

was the same

gang or i m i l a r ) t h a t

had

ro bbed the

i l l a g e

of

I k a n , where

PBT i s s i o n a r i e s W i l l i a m

and

Robin

B u t l e r

work,

at gunpo int

n June,

so they

e l t

I t necessary

to

go n t o Madang

u n t i l the rumors

i e d

d own.

At

n o time i d

B o n l t a

f e e l I n

d anger, but

t

was a b i g

concern

o r

those

who

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

f o r

t h e i r

s a f e t y . B o n l t a was

b l e to work o n

s e v e r a l t h i n g s

thatshe

needed

to

a t t e n d

to

w h i l e

I n

town, and the n t e r n s were b l e to

go

to

the i l l a g e of Angguna where Martha Wade orks.

B o n l t a ,

Caleb and Rute

were

a b l e

to

e t u r n to

Samban

o n

August . So

p l e a s e p r a y

f o r

t h e i r

s a f e t y

and

p r o t e c t i o n

at

a l l

times.

Pray o r Caleb and Rute

as

they i n i s h t h e i r time n the i l l a g e t h i s month. They

were u i t e

d i s a p p o i n t e d I n having to

go

to Madang. They

were

able to enjo y the time

there w i t h no e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , however.

Pray

h a t

they i l l be

b l e to i n i s h t h e i r c l a s s e s

as they

want,

h a t

Go d i l l

p r o v i d e others

to

continue

these

l a s s e s , and thatthey

c an

put l o s u r e

o n

h e i r

v i l l a g e time

and say

h e i r good-byes. Pray

l s o

f o r t h e i r

speaking

engagements

and

r a v e l

p l a n s once

they

e t u r n

to the

t a t e s

I n

September. (They

i l l

l e a v e

Madang

on September 11,the morni ng

a f t e r

we r r i v e t h e r e . )

John

i l l

be

e t u r n i n g to PNG h i s

month

He

n d

Josh are scheduled to e a v e

N a s h v i l l e ,

Tennessee,

n

August

11

and

a r r i v e I n Madang o n

August

13. Pray thatthey

have

a f e

t r a v e l s

and

thatthe time n

PNG

i l l

be

good o r Josh

and

he i l l

f o l l o w

the

L o r d ' s l e a d i n g

I n

H i s

l i f e

Pl ease co ntinue

to pray o r the water

i t u a t i o n I n

Samban. Due to the dr y

season and the many i s i t o r s f o r the p o r t s

tournament

n

e a r l y J u l y , the water tank

l e v e l went

d o w n

q u i c k l y . When

hey

went to Madang n l a t e

J u l y ,

t

was

d ow n to

V 4

c a p a c i t y .

Since then

they have had

a good

r a i n

whic h bro ught t

back

to

n e a r l y

f u l l

-

and we re r a t e f u l

f o r

t h i s

-

but t

I s

a

matter to keep b e f o r e the L o r d

I n

p r a y e r s i n c e

I t

I s

the dry season

and

r a i n s are

n o r m a l l y

s c a r c e .

We

ould a l s o ask h a t you pray o r

Bruce

and I and Paula M c R oy as we repare

to go to PNG

rom September 8-2 5

to i s i t John and

B o n l t a .

Pray that

we

i l l have

s a f e t y

I n

our

r a v e l s ,

that we

ould

be

a

b l e s s i n g

to John

and

B o n l t a

and

the

work

they

are

doing, and that

Go d

i l l watch

over

our

a m i l y and keep them s a f e w h i l e we

re

gone

Con tinue to pray o r

Maso as he

works o n rough

d r a f t s

of the

c r i p t u r e . Pray

t h a t John

i l l

be b l e to get ight back n t o the

r a n s l a t i o n

p r o c e s s where he e f t

o f f .

You

a r e

s p e c i a l

t o

John and B o n l t a and

they a p p r e c i a t e your p r a y e r s

so much.

May Go d

continue

to

b l e s s you

as you

a b o r

f o r Him.


4/12

JOHN ONITAPRYOR

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AGENTS:

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Ann G r a f f

173

W. ebanon t.

N a s h v i l l e

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62263 1410

Phone; 618 327 3234

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John onita Pryor

P.O.

Box 997,

Madang

511,

Papua

New

uinea

September 2001

I n A p r i l

we

began

p r a y i n g t h a t God would expand our

e r r i

t o r y , never dreaming ofhow a r we would be

moved

or how

much we would be

t r e t c h e d .

We ave e f i n i t e l y

e x p e r i

enced growth, nd our

a i t h

i s i n c r e a s i n g .

God has

been t r e t c h i n g us both

as n d i v i d u a l s

and as

a fam

i l y . In June

t

became v i d e n t t o us

h a t John

needed t o go

back o t h e U.S.A. o

h e l p Josh through

some major r a n s i

t i o n s . I remained

h e r e

t o keep

h i n g s

moving n our

v a r i o u s

t e a c h i n g

endeavors and l i t e r a c y concerns and t o a t t e n d t o

v a r i o u s a d m i n i s t r at i v e d u t i e s f o r

our

group. This was a very

d i f f i c u l t time o r u s , i n c e we ad never been away

from

each

o t h e r f o r

t h a t

l e n g t h of

ime

a

i t t l

over i g h t

weeks)

i n our 30

e a r s

of

a r r i a g e .

Again, who would have

thought

t h a t God would have expa nded our e r r i t o r y t o c i r c l e t h e

g l o b e

God has

expanded

our n f l u e n c e i n t e a c h i n g ,

as John and I

have

b o t h c o n t i n u e d t o

be

n v o l v e d i n our

Bigman s Sunday

School l a s s . I

t e a c h t h e

l i t e r a c y and

memory v e r s e

p a r t , and

John teaches the Bible

lessons. We

ave lso both

been

n-

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News

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Mr. rs.Bruce Graff

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Street

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dren.

John

has been ble to use his i t t l e ven

t r i l o q u i s t dummy

o

h e l p

him

t e a c h v ar i o u s l e s

sons.

Our

numbers or

the children have

contin

ued t o grow, now a v e r a g i n g around 230 ach

Sunday. John,

aleb, nd

Rute have

worked

w i t h

t h r e e young boys,

who now l a y

g u i t a r s

and

t h e

keyboard and

l e a d t h e s i n g i n g. The h i l

dren

a r e

c o n t i n u i n g

t o l e a r n t h e i r memory v e r s e s

and

o

show g r e a t

enthusiasm

f o r t h e puppets

and o l o r i n g t h e i r pi c t u r e s .


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t o r y i n t h e

l a n g u a g e

a r e a , a s we have h e l p e d w i t h v a r i

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r o j e c t s ,

t r e a t e d

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v i c t i m s , p a i d

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medical

v a c u a t i o n s , e t c . At h e

end

of

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h o s t i n g

an

n - s e r v i c e t r ai n i n g

course o r

t h e

community school e a c h e r s t o s h ow

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t u d e n t s how o

r e a d

and

w r i t e i n Ap Ma.

J o s h was ble to

return

t oPNG i t h J o h n a n d will

be

h e r e

f o r

a

couple of months. Then h e t h r e e o f s w i l l b e

r e t u r n i n g t o

t h e

S t a t e s f o r a couple of months. We eed

t o g e t

Josh

e - s e t t l e d , and

n e e d t o have

s ome medical

t e s t s done.

So g a i n ,

God

s

expanding

our e r r i t o r y .

I n

t h e s e

times

of

xpansion and

growth, we r e c o n t i n u i n g

t o

l e a r n t h a t we r e

c o m p l e t e l y d e p e n d e n t

upon

Him.

We

r e c o n t i n u i n g t o

pray h a t He ould u s e us o r e a c h

o t h e r s f o r Him herever we a y e .

Prayer&raise

r a i s e God

o r H i s

d a i l y p r e s e n c e

a n d s u s t a i n i n g

lo ve.

P r a i s e f o r

the

growth n our

l a s s e s

and

our con-

t a c t s w i t h

o t h e r

people n

t h e a r e a .

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c o m m u n i ty

school e a c h e r s ,

who i

b e

using h e new

v e r n a c u l a r

m a t e r i a l s i n t h e l a s t

term

o f

h e school

y e a r

here O c t . - D e c . ) .

Pray o r

our r a v e l back

o the U.S. and

our

medi

c a l and family

concerns.

P r a y

f o r Mas o

s h e

a t t e n d s

an p i s t l e s

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7/12

Thumbs

Up

The

a s t y e a r

h a s

g o n e

b y

s o q u i c k l y . T h e r e

h a v e

b e e n

many

u r p r i s e s

a l o n g t h i s

j o u r n e y .

The

t e a r s f l o w e d t h e

a s t d a y

when

u t e

a n d l e f t t h e

v i l l a g e f o r

t h e

a s t

t i m e . t was

e r y

h a r d

t o l e a v e

t h e p e o p l e k n o w i n g

t h a t i t

w o u l d

b e a l o n g t i m e b e f o r e

e i t h e r o f

u s saw

them

g a i n .

By

h e t i m e y o u

r e c e i v e t h i s , Rute and w i l l

a l r e a d y

be r a v e l i n g

i n

t h e S t a t e s . We anted

o w r i t e

a l a s t

n e w s l e t t e r

t o s h a r e w i t h

y o u

some f t h e

i m a g e s

o f t h e

a s t

c o u p l e m o n t h s n S a m b a n . Thank o u f o r y o u r s

p r a y e r s a n d

s u p p o r t

t h a t y o u h a v e g i v e n

t o

u s

d u r i n g t h e s e

m o n t h s .

You

a v e

h e l p e d i n ways

h a t

o n l y t h e L o r d

c a n r e

p a y . J u s t i k e t h i s p i c t u r e , we i v e y o u

two

thumbs

up

o r

y o u r

m i n i s t r y t o

u s

and

h e p e o p l e

i n Samban. hank o u a n d

may God

l e s s

y o u

f o r

y o u r

g e n e r o s i t y .

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i l l

b e

t r a v e l i n g

t o

o u r s u p p o r t i n g

c h u r c h e s a n d

r e p o r t i n g

a b o u t

o u r

w o r k i n

NG.

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i s o u r t r a v e l i n g

s c h e d u l e

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t h e

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c o u p l e o f

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h r i s t i n a Church

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h r i s t i a n

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IN

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months.

Sept. 23

30

Oct.

10

14

14

Nov.

10

Servants of

he

Kingdom

i n

Samban Papua New

uinea

When

b e g a n

l o o k i n g

f o r

an

n -

t e r n s h i p w a s a t t r a c t e d t o P a p u a

New u i n e a

b e c a u s e

I

a l r e a d y k n e w

t h e m i s s i o n a r i e s .

John and o n i t a

P r y o r a r e

both

[ g r a d u a t e s

o f

o h n s o n B i b l e C o l l e g e .

They e r v e d

i n

t w o church and e a c h

i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s b e f o r e t h e Lord

called

them

n to

translation

work.

They have been n PNG i n c e 1 9 7 7 .

They a v e t w o

o n s ,

e s s e

a n d j o s h .

Rute nd went

o school

with bot h

s o n s .

J o h n

a n d B o n i t a w e r e o n e

o f h e

f i r s t t e a m s

t o

come

o

Papua Ne w

G u i n e a . T h r o u g h

t h e

y e a r s , t h e P r y o r s h a v e s e e n

a

l o t

o f

c h a n g e

i n

PNG.

They

a v e b e e n w o i k -

i n g w i t h

t w o

a t i o n a l t r a n s l a t o r s o v e r t h e p a s t

20

e a r s

t o

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2

Stori bilong Mipela

Volume I,

Issue

Say

h e e s e ,

r i k a and

G r a c e .

But

who

r e we e a l l y

s u p p o s e d t o b e

o o k i n g

a t ? am o n f u s e d ? ? "

" Y o u r e v e r l a s t i n g o v e s h i g h e r , h i g h e r ,

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

s k y . . . - t h e f a v o r i t e song t R e l i g i o u s I n s t r u c t i o n .

4;

Someone h o u l d

e l l

Caleb

and

R u dd y

what

s b e h i n d

thema

beautiful landmark n the town f Wcwak

Where do

go

now?

q u e s t i o n s i t t l e

Pam.

" J u s t o l l o w t h o s e o t h e r

g u y s " , i r e c t s t e a c h e r

Caleb.

Did

we mentioned

h a t

we i k e

t o s i n g a t R e l i g i o u s

I n s t r u c t i o

Praises

ood ealth

S a f e

t r a v e l

from

h e i l l a g e .

Sunday c h o o l

c o n t i n u e s t o

be u c c e s s f u l .

AH

u p p o r t i v e ch u r c h ' s a r e

l i n e up o r

v i s i t s .

Good

i s i t

from Dawn

o r r i s , a l e b ' s

i r l f r i e n d .

C o n t i n u e d

e n c o u r a g e m e n t r e c e i v e d from a m i l y and

r i e n d s .

Some f h e

a c e s

t h a t were a r t o f our

i v e s

these

lasttenmonths n

Saraban.


9/12

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4

Stori

bilong

Mipela

Page

Requests

The e a c h e r s who r e

c o n t i n u i n g

t h e work

w i t h

t h e Sunday c h o o l .

P r y o r s c o n t i n u e

work i t h

t h e Ap

Ma

a n g u a g e g r o u p .

P r a y f o r t h e

f r i e n d s h i p s

e f t

i n

Samban and PNG.

Our two

months

f t r a v e l i n g i n t h e S t a t e s .

R u t e ' s

r e t u r n home o P o r t u g a l .

S u l e i ,

R u t e ,

and e s s i e

e n j o y an

e l a x e d a

t e r n o o n

i n town

f

Angoram.

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game

on

our a s t day f

c h o o l .

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b o o g i e :

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a t r a

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f r i e n d .

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puppets

can be u n , l

though some

do

r e f e r t o s t a y

back

and l a y g u i t a r .

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i s

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he r y o r s

a r e

a l s o

i n v o l v e d

w i t h t h e

community.

John e a d s morning e v o t i o n s d u r i n g t h e

week

and o n i t a

does e d i c a l work. They a v e s t r o n g

i e s

and e l a t i o n s h i p s w i t h t h e p e o p l e and

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w i t h John and

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p a s t

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t o Rute

and

me.

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f o r t h e b l e s s i n g o f w o i f e i n g

w i t h

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f o r

t h e Sunday c h o o l t e a c h e r s a n d c h i l d r e n

a s

t h e y

c o n t i n u e t o

s t u d y

more f G o d s word.

P r a y

f o r Maso

who s

t r a n s l a t i n g rough r a f t s o f e v e r a l

E p i s t l e s t h i s y e a r and who

i l l

b e

a t t e n d i n g

a

workshop

c o n c e n t r a t i n g on h i l , and a l . n November.

P r a y

f o r

wisdom

o r

John

and o n i ta s d e c i s i o n

a b o u t

how e s t m a i n t a i n t h e a i r s t r i p The r a c t o r

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Pryor

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uinea

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This e w s l e t t e r i s being

brought

o you

by

P r y o r s ' f o r

warding

agents,

Bruce and

Mary

Ann

r a f f .

John and

Bonita

thought

you would i k e t o

hear

about our r i p t o

PNG o give you a

i f f e r e n t

p e r s p e c t i v e on h e i r m i n i s t r y .

They

have been l i v i n g

t h e r e and working

among

h e

p e o p l e

f o r

so long h a t t h e y

t a k e

many

h i n g s f o r

g r a n t e d t h a t we

looked a t

w i t h f r e s h

e y e s . We ook

p i c t u r e s of

v e r y t h i n g

When hey were looking through them,

osh w as amazed

t

t h e t h i n g s we thought worthy of hotosh i n g s they a r e

f a m i l i a r w i t h b u t have no photos

f .

I t ' s because

t

was l l

new o us.

Paula McRoy ad been

planning

o

v i s i t PNG o r over a

y e a r . I n

e a r l y

A p r i l ,

her r a v e l i n g companion

had o back

out

due o a ob change, o she

asked

f Mary

Ann

would

l i k e

t o

g o i t h

h e r .

We e l t t h a t

Bruce

would be

more

v a l u

a b l e

t o them once h e r e , so

we

sked P r y o r s f o r t h e i r ad

v i c e .

Bonita

a i d we should b o t h

come So

we began

ma k

ing

l a n s

and l e f t t h e US

n

a t u r d a y , September . I t s a

v e r y long l a n e

r i d e t o

PNG One thought h a t

s t r u c k

me

was how many i m e s t h e y had made h i s same r i p

through

t h e y e a r s , r a v e l i n g w i t h

t h e

boys as

they

grew up. This

would not be the most l e a s a n t t r i p for h i l d r e n , confined

t o

a plane f o r up

o 13 hours t

a time.

We

r r i v e d

a t Madang

on Monday

f t e r n o o n and

were

met by many n t h e

PBT a m i l y . They / /

a p p r e c i a t e v i s i

t o r s from America

ven f

t h e y d o n ' t know them

y e t .

We

pent h e

f i r s t

few days n

Madang,

e c u p e r a t i n g

from

j e t

l a g and p r e p a r i n g t o g o o

t h e

v i l l a g e on F r i d a y .

We

were impressed b y l l

t h e

p r e p a r a t i o n s t h a t g o n t o

g e t t i n g

s u p p l i e s

t o

t h e

v i l l a g e . Since they

were

n

town,

onita

handled h i s .

When hey

r e i n

t h e bush,

h e i r

buyer-

shipper

does

the

buying, oxing, a b e l i n g , weighing,

i s t i n g

b y

r i o r i t y ,

e t c . Space

on the plane s

l i m i t e d t o a e r t a i n

weight,

o you have o b e

u r e t h e important h i n g s get on

f i r s t . And i t h no SuperWal-mart, t s not

n e - s t o p

shop

p i n g e i t h e r Bruce was b l e t o r e l o c a t e t h e ham a d i o an

tenna a b l e s , moving them from the

i r e c t o r ' s

o f f i c e t o t h e

r a d io

room

while

we

ere n

town.

On r i d a y

we i n a l l y headed o r Samban. We

ere impressed

w i t h t h e warm welcome ceremony

i v e n

us

b y

h e p e o p l e a t

t h e

a i r s t r i p .

The

next

day another

group

welcomed

us with

a

t r a d i t i o n a l s i n g s i n g . They r e a

v e r y

l o v i n g , generous

people

and were

v e r y

e a g e r t o s h a r e t h e i r way of i f e

w i t h

u s .

Doing anything n t h e

v i l l a g e

t a k e s e x t r a time due to the heat

and i g h

humidity

and p r i m i t i v e c o n d i t i o n s . I f

t

g e t s

down

o

8 0

e g r e e s ,

h a t ' s

c o o l We

i d n ' t

a s k

what h e t e m p e r a t u r e

normally was Bonita e r v e d

d e l i c i o u s

m e a l s , b u t

p r e p

t i m e i s

increased

without he

modem

onvenienceswe re accus

tomed o

and a k e f o r

granted

no microwave

and

l i m i t e d

e l e c t r i c i t y

off

h e b a t t e r y .

But we've never

a s t e d

sweeter

pineapples or

bananas

than n PNG Bonita has o

plan

inad-

vance

so h a t e v e r y t h i n g

s h e ' l l

need comes

out

on

t h e p l a n e

or she has

o

improvise. And i n c e

bananas

r e o f t e n given t o

them

a t a l k a t

a

time

and thus

i p e n

a t once,

he

s very r e

a t i v e with e c i p e s f o r

r i p e bananas

Jobs

e q u i r i n g l a r g e amounts of l e c t r i c i t y a r e

done

while the

g e n e r a t o r i s running, h r e e

days

a

week,

bout9 ours a day.

Otherwise, hey use power t o r e d i n b a t t e r i e s . They were very

g l a d t h a t

Bruce and

Maso got h e d i e s e l g e n e r a t o r

working

a g a i n

s i n c e

i t

runs more f f i c i e n t l y

t h a n

t h e gas -powered one.

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McRoy.

John onita Pryor, Mary Ann

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anything

done t a l l

s i n c e t

seemed

someone was

always t

t h e

door, eeding h e i r a s s i s t a n c e

with

medicine,

kerosene, t c .

This s

a l l p a r t

of h e i r m i n i s t r y .

Bruce

proved

t o

be

q u i t e

handy

i n

Samban.

He

and

Maso

worked

o g e t h e r

t o

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

g e n e r a t o r

and

t h e n

t a c k l e d

t h e r e a l l y i m p o r t a n t p r o j e c t

h e

t r a c t o r John had been mowing

t h e

a i r s t r i p w i t h

a s m a l l push

mower,

hich

i s

time-consuming an d

h a r d work, s p e c i a l l y i n

t h e

t r o p i c a l h e a t . They

spent h e j e t t e r

p a r t of wo

days

working on

t h e

Kubota

r a c t o r ,

e v e n t u a l l y t a k i n g

p i s t o n s

from

an

o l d

" p a r t s " r a c t o r and r e p l a c i n g them i n J o h n ' s

t r a c t o r . Bruce got a good e d u c a t i o n i n

"bush

technology," mak

i n g do

w i t h

what

you have.

I t

was a grand time

when h e

t r a c t o r

r a n

again He as l s o

a b l e

to

check

out the ham adio i t u a t i o n

and, i t h

Maso climbing

h e

5 0 - f o o t tower and one

of h e

boys

s t r i n g i n g another wire

i n

t h e coconut r e e , he

i n s t a l l e d

n e w coax

and

a n t e n n a . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , h e r e was a major problem

w i t h t h e

radio

i t s e l f ,

so he

wasn't

able

to

t e s t

t

to

b e

sure

t works.

T ha n k s

t o t h e

d o n a t i o n of

n e w

r i g ,

we

hould be

a b l e t o

t a l k

t o

John an d

B o n i t a

on

ham r a d i o much more

l e a r l y

when h e y

r e t u r n

t o

Sam-

ban

We

ere overwhelmed

with

t h e

generosity of

h e people

before

w e e f t t h e

v i l l a g e , e s p e c i a l l y

s i n c e

we'd

been h e r e

only

a week.

They

had

another i n g s i n g

and

e s c o r t e d us o t h e a i r s t r i p i n t h e

midst

of t . We

ere g l a d t o

know

they

were r i e n d s

Prayer

and

Praise

**

P r a i s e

God

o r

s a f e t y

i n Pryors' e t u r n

to the

S t a t e s

in

October and B o n i t a ' s good medical e s t r e s u l t s .

** P r a i s e God h a t

Maso has

had such a p r o d u c t i v e time

;

a t

t h e

E p i s t l e s Workshop, ompletin g rough d r a f t s of

G a l a i i a n s , P h i l i p pi a n s . J u d e a . n d 2 P e t e r . Hshcgan

: w o r k i n g

o n

I P e t e r . P r a y

f o r c o n t i n u e d

p r o g r e s s

a n d

s a f e t y as he e t u r n s t o

t h e v i l l a g e

Dec.

5.

** Pray h a t Josh w i l l get i s

Massage

Therapy i c e n s e ?

soon and be

a b l e

t o f i nd a good ob. Pray he w i l l f o l -

low the L ord's leading i n a l l he

does.

**

Pray

for a f e t r a v e l

as

John and

Bonita

e t u r n toPNG

i n J a n u a r y .

** We e c e i v e d

word over

Thanksgiving

t h a t

a big

a i n

[

r e s u l t e d

i n a

c r a c k i n

t h e w a t e r t a n k

a t

Samban. Pray

f o r w i s d o m i n t h e

r e p l a c e m e n t o f

h e

w a t e r

t a n k .

* *

P r a y

o r t h e

c h u r c h

a t

S a m b a n ,

t s

l e a d e r s

t h e

S u n d a y

S c h o o l t e a c h e r s a n d t h e s t u d e nt s , h a t t h e y w i l l

r e m a i n

s t r o n g w h i l e

P r y o r s

a r e g o n e .

Being i n

PNG

n

September

1 1

and

s e p a r a t e d from our

f a m i l i e s

gave

u s a n e w sense of p p r e c i a t i o n f o r

what l l

of

our

m i s s i o n a r i e s go through a s they

l e a v e

t h e i r loved ones

behind i n t h e S t a t e s

t o

s e r v e on

f o r e i g n f i

e l d s .

F o r t u n a t e l y ,

we

ere

b l e t o

l e a r n t h a t our

family

m e m b e rs were

l l

s a f e

w i t h i n an hour

of hearing of

h e a t t a c k

on

America. We

r e a l l y a p p r e c i a t e d

e - m a i l

a t t h a t t i m e

I t was

e a l l y wonderful

t o meet the people with

whom

John and Bonita

work,

o t h i n

t h e

v i l l a g e and

h e o t h e r

PBT

i s s i o n a r i e s ,

and

t o

see

i r s t - h a n d

where they i v e .

I t

g i v e s

u s

a deeper

p p r e c i a t i o n of h e i r m i n i s t r y and r e

p a r e s us

o

s e r v e them

b e t t e r

as forwarding a g e n t s .

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