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Family It has been great to have these past six months with Steve and Megan and the granddaughters. Maggie is a little lady who loves to dance. Katie and Jade are growing so fast it is hard to believe. We are so privileged to be able to spend so much time with them. Michelle is loving school at Grace. Just this past weekend she was home for her fall break and it was fun to be together again as a family. By the time break was over, though, she was ready to get back to school. She still needs a more steady income in order for her to stay at Grace. Please be praying with us that the Lord would work that out if He wants her to continue at Grace College next year. In my previous letters I have mentioned my mother, Mary McDole, has been diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). She is slowly losing some of her strength. It is hard for her to get around much and she can no longer go up and down a step. However, she just had a breathing and swallowing test and she passed both of them with flying colors. Thank you so much for your prayers for her.

Ministry News Since we last wrote we have been able to visit four churches and share some of what God is doing in Indonesia. It has been nice to get out and see people who have been praying for us and supporting us over the past several years. Change is something we are very familiar with and the Lord has been leading us in a new direction over these past few months. Due to my mother’s health we are planning on moving to Sanford, Florida. This way we will be close to my parents and be able help out on a daily basis. Bob will continue to make trips to Indonesia two times a year and the rest of the year he will be working on translation projects from his office in our home. This seems to be a good fit for us so we have put a bid on a house in Sanford just a half mile from my folks. Please be praying with us concerning this house. We would like to be moved in by the end of the year, if not sooner, but the realtor thinks it may be February before everything is finalized.

We want to emphasize that Bob will be continuing his translation and consultant ministries, only the location will be different for the time being.

Thanks for your prayers for us during this transition time.

Because of Calvary, Bob & Debbie Clark

Ni tuhi longaam jo’ Ake’ Tingai ure tana mo’ habun nin, ure sokala ni hana nong tana mo’ habun. – Genesis 1:1 in the tribal language of the Punan people on the island of Borneo.

The Punan people now have several hundred verses of Scripture from Genesis in their language, the very first of which is above. Over the next two weeks I (Bob) will be on Borneo as we plan to check another 700+ verses, including more portions of Genesis as well as parts of Matthew, Mark, & Luke. Please pray that the translation check would go well and that the Word of God would have a tremendous impact on the Punan people’s lives.

Recently I completed the first step of translating the book of Daniel into the Tugutil language, and look forward to being able to discuss and revise the draft with translation helpers who are native speakers of the tribal language.

Debbie has been busy with helping oversee the culture- and language-learning process for one new missionary family and four new single missionary ladies who arrived toward the end of November. She also continues to give language proficiency evaluations for missionaries who are still working at gaining fluency in Indonesian before moving on to their ministries in other areas of the country.

Michelle is now in her final semester of high school – hard to believe how fast time passes! She continues to do well academically, and is excited about basketball season, which is now in full swing. She is a starter on the varsity team, and they are 3-0 so far. Yesterday they had their most challenging game yet, but pulled away with good defense to seal the 12-point win.

We are making plans for furlough, which begins just a few days after Michelle’s graduation at the end of May. We look forward to seeing many of you again soon!