Hi Friends,

it has been a good week in many respects and at the centre of that goodness is our King Jesus as outside of him nothing would even exist (1Cor8:6). I have seen him work in many ways but the best of all is how he has been healing my dad. I was talking to my sister this morning she was saying how he has been doing so much better there is still some way to go but he is diffidently improving by Gods grace and the skills of all the doctors and nurses who have been looking after him and of course your faithful prayers. Thank you all for that it such a blessing to know that so many are praying for him.

Another thing that happened this week was my first language assessment which I was very happy with but have again along road ahead so no time to get lazy.

The language is assessed in 4 stages and each stage in broke into 3 low, medium and high. the 4 stages are basic you compete this when you can put sentences together and keep them not sliping back into phrases, progressing you can put whole paragraphs together and not slip to sentence level again, capable you can keep a whole story together, Proficient you are fluent in the language. to begin a ministry i need to be capable high.

I am almost out of basic which is basic high, how do you attain this well its a lot of talking which I'm not much good at;) then taking part in cultural events like for example working in the garden (not the garden as we know it but is usually positioned away from the house sometimes large distances away and they are only for producing food to eat and any access can be sold at market) or preparing food, generally these cultural events are every day things but they form a big part of the local culture. through these event we hope to gain language a greater understanding of their culture but greater than those is relationship to gain new friends and maybe even win hearts for Christ.

Praise God that Dad has improved so much.

that God has given me the privilege of working in PNG.

that he has given me the ability to learn pidgn.

for the relationships that I'm building that they will be for the furtherance of Gods kingdom.

Please pray that dad continues to improve.

that the Lord meet all the needs of the farm.

that I can keep my focus on Christ then language and not get side tracked.

Thank you all for your prayers and support.

In our precious Saviour,

Geoff

Hi Friends,

just a quick note to say dad is doing better he is now breathing on his own but probably will have to be on dialysis, thanks for all your prayers please keep praying

Geoff

Faithful God

Hi Friends,

as most of u already know my father has been taken into hospital and its pretty serious, his kidneys have stopped working and he is on dialysis, he has been sedated to now but is beginning to come out of it now, we are still not totally clear what's happening but i am clear on one thing our God is overruling in everything.

When he says, I will never leave u nor forsake u he means it i am so grateful for a faithful God who rules over his creation with amazing love and grace.

As for me I'm just taking a day at a time I'm going to be staying here for now and God has everything in hand at home and there is not a big lot I could do there.

There has been an amazing answer to prayer was a man has offered all his apple pulling team (25 men) for a week, which should get it all the apples pulled, yet again Gods faithfulness in providing for my family at home and keeping me here with less worries. Mt 6:34 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Please keep praying for my Dad and his health.

for my family at home.

for the great need for the gospel to reach the unreached of PNG I was just talking to a man (Ben) yesterday who wanted to hear about the Bible.

Praise that God never changes and is fully faithful to his word.

That Dad is coming out of sedation.

For the good doctors and nurses we have in NI.

That my family is seeing Gods hand at work in their lives too.

thank you all for your prayers and support,

Because He Lives,

Geoff