New Guinea News                                                                04 October 2008

This Talk is…




Two Patpatar men help during the teaching - Abraham raises the knife to slay Isaac!



It has been a big week of teaching in the lives of the Patpatar. We covered the life of Abraham through Joseph and finished the book of Genesis. Once again, it was exciting to hear and see people’s response as the Holy Spirit is illuminating their hearts and minds through the Word. We listened as they expressed surprise, fear, amazement, desire, and understanding over the various truths and stories of God’s Word. Many of them expressed their thoughts of “This Talk.”

After one of the days we taught, an old man stood to his feet, “I’m an old man,” he started. “Do I look like a good man to you? I’m not a good man. You don’t know the darkness of my mind. I’m a sinner. We are all sinners. That’s what this talk has shown me. Butch and Aaron don’t hide this talk. They tell it openly. This talk is not hidden. There is a heaven and a hell and I am sinful. Forget those who try to hide God’s talk and say we are all good. We all need to come everyday so we can understand the truth of God’s Talk.”

Not much later a Patpatar lady stood and began to speak. “When I was a little girl my dad went away to a school to learn about the Bible. He came back and taught us all the stories in the Bible. It was good, but it wasn’t clear. They were just stories. He just gave us the big talk. Now we are getting all of the talk and this talk is clear. Now I understand these stories. Now it makes sense.”

Another day I sat around after the teaching and visited with several men about what we had learned that day. After about an hour I walked home. Later one of the men came to help me in the office. He apologized for not coming sooner and told me that the guys were still sitting around talking. He told me that they wanted to eat more of the teaching because it was so good. He said, “This talk is yummy.”

Pray with us for:

Continued faithfulness and open hearts for those who are attending the daily teaching.
There have been some “religious” activities that have come up outside the village that have taken some people away from the teaching. Pray for their return.
Pray for good health (right now I have a painful boil on my face) and endurance as the long days and weeks are starting to add up.

Coming this week:

Moses’ birth in Egypt – God’s plan to deliver His people as He promised.
The burning bush – I Am – The God who “is” verses the gods who “aren’t.”
The 10 plagues brought upon Egypt – a way for the 1st born to be spared.
The deliverance of the Israelites – God’s power and faithfulness.


Proclaiming His Talk,

Aaron



Aaron, Lori, Avalon, Sierra, and Kylee Luse
Missionaries with New Tribes Mission
Among the Patpatar in Papua New Guinea
 

New Tribes Mission

Papua New Guinea

That God would use our family and support team to reach the Patpatar people with the good news of Jesus Christ.