Three funerals in one week have instilled a renewed sense of purpose in missionaries working among the Mibu people of Papua New Guinea.
Mootaningke's death was especially close to missionary Chris Walker. The Mibu man helped Chris learn the culture and language of the Mibus.
Though his death was hard news, it was made easier knowing that Mootaningke was a believer. His wife has resisted the Gospel in the past, but in the days leading to her husband's death missionaries saw her heart softening.
During this time of mourning she is surrounded by her mother and sisters-in-law, who are all believers.
"She couldn't be in better company," wrote Chris, but "pray that an opportunity would arise soon where we can talk with her one on one to find out the state of her soul."
Another death was that of a baby boy. The child's uncle brought the missionaries the news and expressed a lot of concern that an older brother, who is also sick, didn't know the stories of Jesus very well.
"We have felt as a team that the kids were slipping through the cracks a bit, but felt it would be best to leave that issue with the parents and families. It seems the Lord may be using this to show them that they also need to make sure that their kids understand the meaning of the teaching," wrote Chris.
In the deaths, "we see the Lord working in the lives of the believers," Chris shared. "Three funerals, and no talk of finding out who is responsible and making any retaliation, as would have been the case even a year ago."
"Three funerals … and concern has been heightened to see that every [Mibu] man, woman, and now child has a clear understanding of the message of salvation."
"Please pray with us that as a team we would continue to be single minded in our ministry here, that we would keep pressing on, and that we would be faithful to the tasks He's given each one of us."
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