Philippians 4:4-9
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. and the peace of God which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Agutaynen Teaching


David's brother, Stephen and his wife Ginger, are ministering to the Agutaynen people in the Philipines. They have learned the language and have been teaching from creation to Christ in their village for the last few months. Today they will be teaching on the resurection of Christ to bring all the teaching together.
I am sure they would covet your prayers as they head into this important teaching.
You can find their link on the side bar under missionaries.
Here is his latest post with a beautiful picture from this beautiful land.
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Last week, Manfred and Stephen went through the lesson about the Death and Burial of Jesus with our language helper. After the lesson, we asked him if everything was clear, and if he thought people would understand.
He likened the Agutaynen people to being out at sea. He said that through all of the Bible teaching over the last several months, the Agutaynen people have been brought to the shore. However, they are still in the water. He said they will now need to make a decision whether or not to get out of the water.
These last lessons, he said, are clear. The people who listen to the lessons will need to make the choice to take the last remaining steps to the beach.
We praise the Lord that our language helper understands what he must do to be saved and we hope that he has already made that decision to trust in Jesus alone. We pray that others have likewise made that decision too.
Please keep praying. We taught on the Death of Jesus two nights ago. Tonight we teach on the Resurrection. So far, we haven’t noticed much of a reaction from the people. We don’t know if they are missing something, or if they are simply taking time to absorb everything before making a decision. Please pray that the Agutaynens will be freed from their bondage to sin and Satan, and for wisdom for us to know how to proceed from here.

1 comment:

Kaitlyn said...

Hello.. Mrs. Jordan? I'm unsure of how to address you :) Here we just call everyone uncle and aunt, except for our teachers. Yep, I'll definitely be posting pictures of Senegal on my blog...among other things :) Miss you guys!
~Kaitlyn