It is a New Year, right? Let me tell you about three "new" things in PB land.
New trainings
Our national partners are now developing new agriculture and livestock trainings to help more RuJohn communities. These new trainings, where our extensionists would go into RuJohn villages versus having the villages come to our farm setting. This would hopefully alleviate fears about coming onto the Farm property that some have, as foreigners live there. Also, we pray that these new trainings, will create new relationships enabling more opportunities to share the Gospel with those who have possibly NEVER heard the Gospel before. Please pray for these new trainings. Please pray that RuJohn community leaders will go access to their communities. Pray the trainings and techniques will be helpful to these poor villages. And ultimately that the Gospel would go forth and many would have opportunity to hear the Gospel.
New passion
As you know, the PB team focuses on 13 people groups, with one additional people group in our area that we don't even count as one of our 13 because they are transmigrants, and are being engaged by others in our province. Still we desire as our Lord says that "ALL" would come to know Him, no matter what ethnic group one is from. We want to see an active, healthy church among EVERY tribe. And an answer to our teams prayers is slowly but surely happening in that our national partners are beginning to be burdened for these 13 people groups in our province, even though our national partners themselves are from a different people group. God is breaking their hearts for the lost in our province. This is an answer to prayer. This "new" passion the Lord is bringing about has caused the farm national partners to be focused on two to three of our 13 people groups. This is a praise in that our national partners desire to lead this effort to see these three groups reached with the Gospel. It is no longer a foreigner's passion to see ALL have a chance to the hear the Gospel, it is more and more becoming a shared strategic passion. Before now, there was a mentality of sure we will share with whoever. However now specific goals and ideas are being thought through and prayed over how farm partners will strategically focus on these 3 groups. I hope this is clear to you. The Father is challenging and burdening hearts around the world for the lost who have not yet heard the Gospel or experienced God's amazing grace. Pray for this focused effort over this next year. Pray for these national partners. Pray that God would open hearts and ears and communities to Him and for His glory!
New Life
Praise the Lord for a potential new Believer among one of our 13 peoples. Please pray for this New Life. Pray for discipleship with the "new" man by one of our national partners, Pak A. Pray for Pak A as he deals with issues with the "new" man as he fears baptism at this point. Pray that the "new" man would learn that God's Word in Scripture is our ultimate authority, and to follow Christ means to study and be obedient to the Word. Pray for Pak A as he tries to teach this and disciple the "new" life. And praise God for bringing another PB person into His Kingdom. May He receive all glory through it!
Pray that God would bringing many more "NEW" things in our PB work and among our PB peoples this year! To God be the glory!