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Checking the "Through the Bible – Bible Lessons"

Bible Lessons in the Guaraní Language

     Our principal lesson checker and friend, Miguel, has come back from Brazil where his employment has ended.  He believes that the Lord would have him work full time with Dean on lesson checking until it is completely finished.  That will include all the lessons not yet checked in the entire series included in our project!  There are 10 New Testament books for which lessons need to be checked plus some lessons that are being revised.  This comes to a total of about 400 pages to be checked.  What an encouragement it is to us to think that we may actually be nearing the end of a long project and of the ministry that God has given to us for the past 6 years!

     You can also have a part in this ministry !  Please be in prayer during this period of time for Miguel and Dean.  Pray for wisdom and guidance in making the lessons simple, clear and easy to use; but especially pray that the enemy will not be able to distract or hinder Miguel and Dean from being able to concentrate on this important task.  Would you pray for Miguel and his family’s needs to be met during this time?  We are paying Miguel for each page checked.  Since this will be his primary source of income for the next couple of months, his weekly income will depend on how many pages he checks.  If you would desire to participate financially by a gift designated for the completion of this project, it would help to take off some of the extra financial burden on us.  We know our Lord can and will meet Miguel’s needs so he can keep helping.

Chronological Materials Paraguayan Guarani

Materials yet to be done
• Colosians – 5 lessons
• Galatians – 10 lessons

Praise:
• For the excellent opportunity to represent tribal missions at a pastor and church workers’ conference in eastern Paraguay.
• For safety on the road and that the vehicle worked well.
• For an added opportunity to share the work of NTM Paraguay in a church in Coronel Oviedo.
• For the great time we had with Achés in 2 of their colonies.

Prayer Requests:
• That the Paraguayan churches would truly catch the vision of becoming involved in world missions.
• That individuals who attended the conference would respond to how God wants them to personally be involved in reaching tribes and others who haven’t heard the Gospel.
• For the Aché churches that they will grow in the Lord and develop spiritually.
• For our ongoing work of producing Phase 4 lessons in Guaraní.

From September 27 – 30th we were traveling and attended a Paraguayan Mission’s Conference for the Pastors from different regions of Paraguay.  Dean spoke for 40 minutes on Saturday, the 29th about the needs for more missionaries among different tribal groups.

On Sunday evening (Sept. 30th) in a church in Colonel Oviedo, PY – - – Dean was given an opportunity to share a power-point presentation about ongoing needs for missionaries and Bible Translations for different tribal groups in Paraguay.

Whether our traveling in Paraguay (during this dry period) is on dirt roads or on paved roads …

ALL people in PY have been cautioned to be careful along areas where there might be lots of smoke in the air from grass, weeds, and brush burning.

While traveling, You want to buy the "hot Chipa" (one of the many special breads) that the Paraguayans sell along the highway to snack on … Yummy!!

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At the Conference… we were so thrilled at the number of Pastors who attended the Missionary Conference for the first time.  There were also quite a few of the Achés who were able to attend all of the meetings and they sang a hymn in their language one evening for the group.

3 of the Achés had a Display Table of their artifacts.

One morning was set aside for all the conference pastors to visit an Aché Colony where they could see an indigenous group.  All of us had a GREAT visit with the Aché.

While traveling, we saw miles and miles of wheat fields ready for harvesting.  How it reminded us once again of:    Luke 10:2 …"Then He said to them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few.  Therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest that He may send forth laborers into His harvest."

Recent encouraging trip…

Paï Tavyterã tribal group studying God’s Word together

Paï Tavyterã teacher sharing truths with others

 
Singing hymns of praise to the Lord together

Paï Tavyterã couple serving the Lord together

Our Daily Project: is to make God’s Word clear in both the Guaraní and Aché Bible Lessons.

Long hours spent in preparation of Bible Lessons in both Guaraní and Aché Languages…

Nellie spell-checking the Bible Lessons in both Guaraní and Aché Languages…

 
Long hours making sure the lessons are written correctly and clearly understandable…

Using the Bible Lessons to teach in the Bible Schools and Tribal New Testament Churches…

Could YOU make it a Daily Project to pray for us.  Many of you may even wish to help with the financial part in getting these lessons into the different tribal group’s hands to teach.

Praise:
• For God’s provisions in so many ways.
• For continuing progress in our ministry.

Prayer Requests:
• For Miguel and Dean as we continue the revision of Phase 1 in Popular Guaraní. Pray that Miguel will be able to set aside a block of time from his job to work exclusively on the lessons for a month or so.
• For Dean as he works on further lessons for believers; for guidance in producing lessons which are clear and simple.
• For Miguel Samudio and his ministry in the country and in correcting the lessons.