The organizational “body”
In Scripture, Paul regularly uses the human body as an illustration for the body of Christ – Just have a read through 1 Corinthians 12:14-26, or Ephesians 4:11-12. I was thinking it would be helpful to apply the “body” illustration to Finisterre Vision; our Church Planting mission organization. The human body works seamlessly when all it’s various parts are functioning correctly. In fact, no one even thinks about their body when everything is fine. We simply enjoy life and go about our day. But, our bodies are not always that way. I remember straining a tendon or...
Read MoreOrientation with the Mitchells
The Mitchells stepped off a plane last November and have not looked back. They boarded their first plane back home in South Africa. A place filled with family, friends and their home church, Grace Fellowship in Pretoria: http://www.gracefellowship.co.za. Saying good-bye is always bittersweet, but their desire to share the gospel with the nDo people proved irresistible. They began training with Finisterre Vision back in April, 2017 and because of prior seminary training, completed it in September of that same year. They were ready to come as soon as they finished, but God seemed to have...
Read MoreThe generator made it!
The long awaited generator arrives! Monday was the day. A truck, packed to the gills with market produce, rolled up to the house in the early morning with a special surprise. The generator arrived. There it was, snugly tucked away, under a barrage of cabbage, onions, pineapples, and other tasty market produce. We had been anticipating it’s arrival, but it was that much sweeter to see this day in person. Using a local transport company in Madang turned out to be unfruitful. Unfortunatly, they were not able to help us with picking up the unit in Goroka. However, on Friday last...
Read MoreThe Generator (Genset)
It became apparent after 6 months in PNG that having a generator at our, “Base of Operations” would be prudent. At that time, some dear friends committed support towards a small generator. We used it whenever the power was off in Madang. No joke, town power was off for around 900 hours in just 2 years time. That little generator labored for us and keeps emergency items online whenever town power is off. It’s only disadvantage is the limited power it can generate (around 5000 watts). A larger generator has been on the list of things to find for the last year. We recently found a much larger,...
Read MoreIt’s already Wednesday!
It has been an exciting week at the Lehman house and it is only Wednesday! Here are a few events from the week. I was able to help SIL with a translator’s house in Madang. Brad and Faith Halverson are the SIL Center Managers and I told Brad I would love to help with the project. We headed out with Simon Sammie up the coast highway then down a dirt road going West for 20 mins. We finished sheathing the interior with plywood then trimmed the edges with some furrings trips. Brad and Simon have some work left to complete but they should be done this weekend. The SIL missionary will...
Read MoreThe Economy in PNG
I wanted to get an update to everyone on the state of the economy in PNG. The big issue in the last update was the possibility of PNG being declared bankrupt and the resulting decline of critical resources needed to operate in PNG. The deadline for the USB loan payback was June 13th and that deadline has come and gone with no “announcement” of bankruptcy. Sometimes no news is good news however in this case there are lots of issues not being reported. At the current moment the PNG government secured a 1.5 Billion Kina loan to help them cover their budget shortfall for 2016. ...
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