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winter 2014

Before the Throne

Praise  the  Lord  for  a  5-­‐week  break  from  school,  and  2-­‐week  department  closure  for  Christmas/  New  Year.    

Pray  for  wisdom  during  the  break  as  I  get  things  done  on  my  new  house,  prepare  for  the  next  semester  of  teaching,  and  rest!

Pray  for  peace  in  our  area  of  PNG.    As  you  may  be  aware,  PNG  is  sGll  a  very  indigenous  place,  steeped  in  tradiGon.    Right  now,  two  villages  around  us  are  in  the  middle  of  a  sort  of  “civil  war.”    We  expatriates  aren’t  in  danger,  but  some  of  the  locals  we  know  are.

Advent of adventsI  love  this  Gme  of  the  year.    I  know  -­‐  It’s  preNy  cliche  to  say  that,  and  I’m  sure  most,  if  not  all,  of  you  will  say  the  same  thing.    There  are  a  lot  of  reasons  to  love  it...  the  music,  the  decoraGons,  the  food,  the  parGes,  the  friends,  family.    But  most  importantly,  we  get  to  focus  solely  on  one  of  the  most  important  events  in  our  history  -­‐  the  birth  of  Christ.    Jesus,  the  man  who  is  God  incarnate,  comes  into  our  world  to  live  and  become  for  us  our  SalvaGon.

I  also  love  the  simple  definiGon  of  advent:  the  arrival  of  a  notable  person,  thing,  or  event.    And  the  birth  of  Christ  was  the  Advent  of  all  advents!    I  hope  that  you  and  I,  especially  during  this  season,  will  take  the  Gme  to  seek  our  Savior,  and  I  pray  that  He  uses  us  for  His  work  as  we  look  forward  to  the  next  great  Advent  -­‐  His  return!

IntroductionsI  want  you  to  meet  a  couple  of  the  amazing  people  I  work  with  in  the  Finance  Office!    

Meet  Ompasi  -­‐  he  is  our  Accounts  Payable/  Accounts  Receivable  Supervisor.    He  has  worked  for  SIL  (my  organizaGon  in  Papua  New  Guinea)  for  almost  26  years.    He  lives  on  our  center,  but  he’s  from  a  local  village,  about  a  2  hour  walk  from  Ukarumpa.    Without  him,  I’d  surely  be  lost  as  the  Finance  Manager  -­‐  he  knows  so  much,  as  you  could  imagine.    He  also  decorates  our  Finance  Christmas  tree  each  year!

Deb  and  her  husband,  Bill,  have  been  with  Wycliffe  for  about  33  years,  and  in  PNG  for  12  of  those  years.    She  mostly  deals  with  the  finances  of  members  of  our  branch.    Her  youngest  daughter,  Amanda,  also  lives  and  works  here,  and  is  one  of  my  best  friends.    Deb  and  her  family  had  me  over  for  Thanksgiving.    Here’s  a  picture  of  her  with  our  awesome  turkey!

Stay  tuned  for  more  introducGons  next  Gme...

“For to us a child is born;to us a son is given!”

Isaiah 9:6

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1 | I attended a two-day training with our teachers to gain ideas on how to be better

teachers. A professor from Indiana Wesleyan was our speaker.

2 | One of the hardest things about living as a missionary is all the good-byes. My good

friends Laura and Luke left in October.

3 | In November, the Secondary Campus puts on a Carnival. They do such a great

job - we even have a ferris wheel!

4| Each term the high schoolers play a different sport. This term was girls

basketball and boys soccer. They held a tournament in November with four other

teams from around the country.

5 | As mentioned in my last newsletter, I bought a house in October. I’m not in it yet, but still working on a little remodel of it. I

hope to be in by Christmas! This is a picture of the “before” and “during” stages.

6 | For Christmas, our store stocks special items just for a month. They reveal all of

the special items on the Saturday after Thanksgiving - which we Americans like to call “black Saturday”... only it’s not so much a sale as a markup! The picture is of a group

of us waiting for the store to open.

7 | Leah and I put up a Christmas tree - it even has presents under it from home!

I also experienced Thanksgiving like I never would have at home. You can read about

my Three Thanksgivings on my blog (web address below)

the journey : winter 2014 brandy ingle

Ukarumpa Happenings | A photo journal from the last few months

Visit my NEW website for more life happenings!www.brandyingle.wordpress.com

Thank your for your support!Can you believe I’ve been in PNG for almost two years?! Over time, my budget has increased, and my support has

decreased slightly. I need an additional $380 per month to meet the budget set for me.

Will you consider increasing your regular donations or begin supporting me regularly if you haven’t before?

If you’d like to do either, you can check out the Wycliffe website on page one, or just contact me!

Merry Christmas!Brandy

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