Jason and Toni Stuart Working in Papua New Guinea 
Dear Friends,
We have been back in the village for 2 weeks and have another two weeks before we leave again to involved in some more linguistic/translation workshops. Its hard to feel settled when we are in and out so much, but hopefully that will slow up soon. While we were gone last time, there were some interesting developments in the Inaru church.
NEW BIBLE TEACHER- While we were gone, Raymond decided that one of the other men named Matthew (Weba) should be involved in the Bible teaching.
Matthew was the first believer in our village and has always been faithful to attend the Bible teaching. I personally have had some reservations about him being in church leadership because of some moral lapses and troubles in the past (not too distant past, in my mind). However, Raymond feels that it is all right for Matthew to start and I will trust Raymond’s judgment on the issue, as he is the elder/pastor of the Inaru church. The truth is that Raymond is feeling a bit "burnt out" from being the only teacher for so long and is just glad to have someone to help him. Anyway, please pray for Matthew, that we will see integrity of character and faithfulness in his new ministry.
TEACHING ON REVELATION GOING AHEAD- In general, the believers are very interested in the teaching from the book of Revelation (where else can you hear about 7-headed beasts and dragons and stuff?). When Raymond does the review, he gets lots of good answers, especially from our usually silent women. Toni ordered a picture scroll from a missionary in the Philippines that goes thru the events depicted in Revelation and having colorful pictures is a real asset to keeping people interested. Our booklets of
Revelation are some of the most in-demand Scripture portions that we have had printed for a long time. We are thankful for the interest and do pray that the teaching will bring conviction to some people and encouragement to
many.
Otherwise, we are keeping busy with the usual. I am translating Acts and also spending time nursing along our sick, elderly, pretty much senile tractor. We are thankful to all of you who pray for us and help us in so
many ways.
One more prayer request of an urgent nature: In our last letter, I mentioned a neighboring tribe where missionaries were starting to translate Scripture portions in preparation to present the Gospel. Last week, one of the missionary wives was taken ill with an undiagnosed illness and was medivaced to Australia. The doctors still are not sure as to the problem.
We know that our adversary the Devil doesn’t want God’s truth to spread and I think that this is one example of how he tries to thwart God’s work.
Please pray for recovery for Andrea Holmquist and their family’s quick return to the tribe and that the darkness of the tribal people will soon be lifted (the missionary team is hoping to start teaching in April).
In Christ,
Jason, Toni and Jedidiah Stuart
