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NEWSANDPRAYERREQUESTS

FROM

JOHN

AND

BONITA

PRYOR

Missionaries

with Pioneer Bible

Translators i n

Papua New Guinea

John

and B o n l t a

remain

I n

the

S t a t e s ,

tending

to

medical

needs b e f o r e

r e t u r n i n g

to

PNG.

B o n l t a

I s

t r y i n g

m e d i c a t i o n

t o

r e g u l a t e

h e r hormones

and i l l

a l s o

need a

d e n t a l crown.

P l e a s e

p r a y

f o r

them

t o have

p e a c e

as

h e y a w a i t G o d ' s t i m i n g

I n

t h e i r r e t u r n

and

f o r t h e r e s o l u t i o n of h e c o n d i t i o n s

t h a t

a r e

k e e p i n g them

here.

J o s h ' s knee

u r g e r y on

March 15 was

u c c e s s f u l .

The

o c t o r

was

e r y p l e a s e d . He o n t i n u e s w i t h

t h e

c r u t c h e s and

p h y s i c a l

t h e r a p y . He

has had a o b

l e a d

or

two,

u t

n o t h i n g has

e v e l o p e d

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

to

p r a y f o r

a

q u i c k , complete

h e a l i n g f o r Josh and

f o r

h i s job

s e a r c h ,

t h a t God would

l e a d

him to

where He

wants him to work.

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

to

p r a y f o r J e s s e , K a r l e and

N a l e h

and

f o r

the

new baby h a t they are e x p e c t i n g

September

15.

Pray o r an u n e v e n t f u l pregnancy o r

K a r i e

and a h e a l t h y baby.

Maso,

h e i r

n a t i o n a l c o - t r a n s l a t o r ,

was

b l e

to

get word

of the

v i l l a g e

s i t u a t i o n

t o

John and B o n l t a

through

f e l l o w - m i s s i o n a r y , W i l l i a m

B u t l e r . From h i s

r e p o r t :

i s p r o g r e s s

on

2 eter

\ a s

been

h i n d e r e d

by so m a n y

o t h e r

t h i n g s r e q u i r i n g h i s

time. P l e a s e pray that

he

w i l l

be

b l e

to devote the time

necessary

to t h i s p r o j e c t .

He e p o r t s

that

attendance at Sunday worship

and Sunday

School are both down.

n

p a r t due to the

weather

and s i c k n e s s , so

pray

o r the

p e o p l e

t o r e g a i n

a

e a l

to meet

o g e t h e r

to study God's

Word. Pray

f o r

the church

l e a d e r s ,

that

they might

remain s t r o n g and p r o v i d e the

l e a d e r s h i p

t h a t the

people

need.

here

has

been a l o t of

e v e r s and

m a l a r i a ,

a f f e c t i n g both

young

and

o l d ,

and there s n ' t

a

good

medicine

s u p p l y at Samban. B o n l t a had been p r o v i d i n g mu c h of the m e d i c a l care o r the p e o p l e

when

she

was h e r e .

One of the young m e n of the v i l l a g e , Moses, s I n the Madang h o s p i t a l

w i t h

c o n g e s t i v e h e a r t f a i l u r e . He

s

o n l y

28

and

a

good

f r i e n d of the

P r y o r b o y s . P l e a s e pray o r h i s r e c o v e r y I n p a r t i c u l a r . T he i t t l e g i r l I

wrote

about a s t month,

Iborah,

s s t i l l

I n

Madang

and a p p a r e n t l y not

doing

w e l l . P l e a s e continue to pray

f o r

h e r

r e c o v e r y

and

f o r

her

a m i l y . Some

f

the pregnant women re h a v i n g t r o u b l e w i t h t h e i r

d e l i v e r i e s ,

but they have had no

e r i o u s c o m p l i c a t i o n s

y e t , f o r which we hank

God.

h i s I s the

r a i n y season

I n PNG, nd

t has been

q u i t e

wet, e s u l t i n g I n

l o t s

of mosquitoes which

c a r r y

d i s e a s e ) and

s n a k e s , as w e l l as some ood s h o r t a g e s .

So

p l e a s e

p r a y

f o r a l l t h e p e o p l e o f

Sa mban

and t h e

surrounding area.

e t r u s

G o n g g l p , a member f the

v i l l a g e

bigmen

c h e c k i n g

g r o u p ,

d i e d

r e c e n t l y .

P l e a s e p r a y f o r h i s

f a m i l y

and

t h a t God

would

r a i s e up o t h e r

m e n

to take

h i s

p l a c e I n the r a n s l a t i o n

work.

On

p e r s o n a l n o t e ,

our daughter, a t i e ,

s p r e p a r i n g

to

g o

on

a m e d i c a l m i s s i o n

t r i p

w i t h FAME

to

Honduras May

1 6 - 2 5 .

We ould a p p r e c i a t e

your p r a y e r s

f o r h e r as she makes h e r p r e p a r a t i o n s and f o r

h e r

throughout

h i s t r i p ,

t h a t

God

would

use

her to do

H i s w i l l . P r a y , too, o r her h e a l t h and

s a f e t y .

Thank you so mu c h f o r your a i t h f u l n e s s , your

l o v e and

encouragement, your p r a y e r s

and

your i f t s to

t h i s

I m p o r t a n t

m i n i s t r y

t o

b r i n g the

Word

of

God

t o

p e o p l e

who

do

not have

t

I n

t h e i r

o w n

l a n g u a g e . May Go d

continue to b l e s s you r i c h l y .

JOHN

ONITA PRYOR FORWARDINGAGENTS:

2401 Rhea Road

Bruce

& ary

Ann

G r a f f

K n o x v l l l e ,TN 37920 173

W.

ebanon S t .

e - m a i l : b 1 p r y o r @ e a r t h l l n k . n e t

N a s h v i l l e , X L

62263-1410

Phone: 618-327-3234

e - m a i l : graff@charter.net

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John

onita

Pryor

p .O. Box 9 9 7 .

Madang

SU. apua New Guinea

November, 2002

And on earth pe a ce among m e n ..

.

Luke 2:14

This was he

m e s s a g e

of the

angels

who

nnounced

the b i r t h of Jesus. His c o min g

would b r i n g

peace.

Jesus underscored t h i s m e s s a g e

s h o r t l y before He e t u r n e d

t o

His

heavenly

home: Peace

leave w i t h you;

My ea c e give

t o you;

not as the world

g i v e s , do

give

you.

Let

not your heart be troubled,

nor e t

t b e f e a r f u l .

John 14:27

Paul wrote about t h i s

p ea c e t o

the

P h i l i p p i a n

church:

And the p e a c e

of

God,

which

surpasses

a l l

comprehension,

h a l l

guard your

hearts

and our m i n d s

n

Christ

Jesus.

h i l .

4: 7

Over

he l a s t several

m o n t h s ,

h i s mes

sa ge of p ea c e has m e a n t a reat deal t o

us

p e a c e

i n the midst of the loss of dear r i e n d s ,

health c o n c e r n s , and an

uncertain

future.

We

returned to the U. S. ast

October

o assist our

son

Joshua

i n securing

h i s

m a s s a g e

therapy

license and check outsome e d i c a l concerns

for

Bonita.

I t turned out

hat

Bonita also needed

some xtensive

dental work.

When onita

was

nearing

the

end of

her

various treatments,

Joshua t o r e h i s

ACL

l a y i n g

b a s k e t b a l l

and was

unable

to work ulltime for about our months

ol

lowing h i s

surgery.

During h i s

recuperation

time,

we

earned of

the deaths

of three of

our

dear

v i l l a g e f r i e n d s : Maikel

Kanja,

our longtime

workman and neighbor and f r i e n d ; Moses

Mu k o k , Bonita's

adopted

younger

brother

a n d

close

riend of Jesse and Joshua

( p i c t u r e d a t r i g h t ) ; and

Arapina

W a n g i ,

the

l o v e l y

C h r i s t i a n

wife

of

one

f

our pastors. I t was i f f i c u l t

to b e

so

a r away

rom

our

friends

New

riiinea

News

Forwarding

Agents:

Mr. rs.Brace Graff

173 West Lebaooa

Street

Nashville, IL

62263-1410

E-Mail: graff@charter.Bct

S e e

Mjnewsleuer

n c o l o r OH

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during

t h i s

time.

When he completed h i s p h y s i c a l

therapy

i n

June,

Joshua

decided

t o begin

h i s

m a s s a g e therapy

p r a c t i c e

i n S t i l i w a t e r , Oklahoma. Our p l a n was

o

g et

Joshua settled i n

t h e r e with John s mom

nd

return

to

PNG. The n i g h t b e f o r e we r r i v e d i n S t i l i w a t e r , John's

mom o l l e d over n

bed

and the

nerve

i n her

r i g h t

l e g

got twisted

or

something.

She was

n t e r r i f i c pain a n d

walked the

f l o o r

t h a t

n i g h t .

Over the next

2-3

w ee ks ,

her r i g h t

l e g

continued

t o

be extremely p a i n f u l and

g r a d u a l l y

became

weaker and

weaker.

Since t h a t

time, we have taken her

t o two

orthopedic

doctors,

a

neurosurgeon,

a a i n

m a n a g e m e n t o c t o r , a physia-

t r i s t

a

e u r o l o g i s t , and

a

o d i a t r i s t .

T h e y

have or

dered various t e s t s t h a t have y i e l d e d the same e s u l t :

they have

not

been

able

t o p i n p o i n t what has c aused

a l l

her p a i n and the

nerve

damage n her

r i g h t l e g . We

would

appreciate

your prayers f o r her

h e a l i n g

I n the midst of l l t h i s ,

we

have e l t p ea c e t h a t

God has placed us

here

f o r obvious

reasons.

We lso

have peace

knowing

t h a t God has

l l

t h i s

under

c o n t r o l

and t h a t as time go e s by we

i l l

see

w h at

course

we

need t o

take.

Where

would we

be without t he p ea c e

t h a t

the angels announced

t h a t

s t a r r y

n i g h t

i n Bethle

hem?

May you experience God's

p ea c e during

t h i s

h o l i d a y

season.

WE AVE

A

NEW

GRANDSON

E l i j a h Maikel

(pronounced

Michael)

was

bom o Jesse and

Karie on September 9.

El i weighed 7 b . 7 z.

and

was 0 o n g .

Naleh i s a o t i n g b i g

s i s t e r . We r a i s e God

f or this

wonderful addi

t i o n

t o our f a m i l y .

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