We Are Here, We Are Here!

In Dr. Seuss' book, Horton Hears a Who (there's also a movie), Horton carries around a flower where he hears people. All of the other animals think he is crazy because they cannot hear the people. If the flower is damaged, all of the people in the town where he hears them will cease to exist as well, so Horton works desperately to prove that he really does hear people and that they exist. At the end of the movie, the people all work together to be as loud as they can, and finally, right when the flower is about to be destroyed, the other animals hear.

As I thought about writing this blog post, I was reminded of this movie as I heard the people from the town yelling, "We are here, we are here, we are here!" Their cry resembles that of the people of Papua New Guinea. They are crying out, "WE ARE HERE" as they beg for missionaries to come live in their village. There simply aren't enough laborers to reach them all right now. 

Last week, we had Field Fair here at the Missionary Training Center. Representatives from many of the fields that NTM works in were here to speak of their needs. PNG is not the only place waiting for more missionaries. It was both encouraging and challenging to hear of the many needs. We were certainly excited, fired up, and humbled at the end of the two days.

[Photo of students considering going to PNG- Praise the Lord!]

[Photo of Jason, PNG rep, sharing about the needs of PNG- photo credit to Rachel]

We were excited to hear about all of the planned church planting works in PNG as we realized one of these groups could be the group we work among! We got a paper that had details about the facts of these tribes, and it certainly made these places become real to me!

Planned Works:

-Musak

-Lembena

-Kaser

-Safeyoka

-Andai/Tapei/Nanubae

-Yimas

-Vokeo

-Umeda

-Wuvulu

-Ninigo

These locations are real. And people really do live and die in them everyday. It's easy for me to forget this as I live on the other side of the world, even as I train to head to one of these locations. I asked our friend Chad, who does survey work in PNG, to send us some pictures from the recent surveys he has done. I.DON'T.WANT.TO.FORGET. These people are real, and they need Christ. I beg you to take time to look at the names of these planned works (listed above) and the faces of the people (below) and pray for them. Pray how you can be involved. Pray for us. Please.

Papua New Guinea currently has letters from 50 tribes begging for missionaries- crying "WE ARE HERE!" - pray that these people would be reached SOON with the good news of Jesus Christ!