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