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Steve & Eida Irwin
Gospel received in Papua New Guinea (again)!
[Steve and Eida Irwin forwarded this good news to us. Praise the Lord that He still saves sinners!]
May 5, 2008
Could you take a minute to pray for the Dinangat people as they hear the crucifixion story today (Monday)? By God's grace, May of 2008 will be a glorious highlight in the history of this tribe.
NTM church planting teams in several tribes started first-time teaching the Creation-to-Christ story of redemption in January. It takes 5 months of daily sessions to tell the whole story, which is why multiple reports of reaching the "finish line" are coming in right now.
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'I WAS ONE OF THOSE MEN'
The Dinangat people are hearing about the crucifixion.
May 5, 2008 (by David Bell)
The Dinangat people are hearing about the crucifixion of Christ today.
Last week a drama presenting the trial before Pilate and the scourging of Jesus had a huge impact on the people.
Several Dinangat men participated in the drama …
One Dinangat man, who has always been a hard man for the missionaries to talk to, came to Gary after the lesson. Missionaries have always suspected the man was only coming to the teaching to find out the secret to obtaining material gain. But Totne had tears in his eyes as he approached Gary.
"All my life I've turned my back on God," Totne said. "I've never come to any of the religious meetings that the people have. But as I watched those men beating you I realized that I was one of those men. What Jesus did for me I can't even put into words and I don't want to turn my back on Him anymore."
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Thank you for praying that the seed of God's truth would fall on fertile soil in many hearts in this village in Papua New Guinea.
Thank you, too, for making this exciting news available "en Español" (see link above) by your support for our ministry.
Praise God with us! Another tribal group in Papua New Guinea has heard the complete gospel story in their language for the first time. It may not make newspaper headlines, but it's big news in heaven. See some brief excerpts below from the report. Read the entire report at: http://www.ntm.org/news/7312
First-time presentations of the gospel are the culmination of years of living in the village with the people and learning their language, doing Bible translation and preparing the lessons.
In Christ's love,
Steve & Eida Irwin
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