Prayer Letter - New Guinea News

October 22, 2004

Over Half Way!!

Tamrau, Aaron, and Aaron Weatherl during the 2nd Evaluation

In the last "NGN" we mentioned that Aaron was going to be taking his second language check (2 of 4). Thank you for your prayers! We wanted to write now and let you know that the test-check-evaluation is finished and it went well. Aaron Weatherl came from the Island's Mission Base to spend two days giving various tasks to see where Aaron was in his ability to understand and speak the Patpatar language and how much of the culture he understood. Now Aaron will begin stage 3 of his language and culture learning. It is exciting to have passed the half way mark of preliminary study. We look forward to the day when our comprehension and speaking level will be enough to clearly express God's truths to the Patpatar people.

We will be traveling for the next few weeks. Next week we will be at our Island's Mission Base for a mandatory conference. There we will get needed updates about the PNG government, the mission, the needs of our fellow missionaries, and other important information. After that our family will take a vacation. We look forward to getting back into civilization for a while to get refreshed and energized for continuing work among the Patpatar.

We would like to announce that the updated version of our website is now running. One of our State-side co-workers has helped us revamp and improve our website. For more about our ministry, information on New Tribes Mission, and the latest news about us check out at TribalMissions.com. We hope to continue putting new pictures and other information on it, so be sure to visit it regularly.

All for Him,

Aaron, Lori, Avalon and Sierra