Jay and Lisa Franicevich Training this Generation of Church Planters 
Literacy:
We have an answer to prayer to share with you this month. A couple weeks ago we had a literacy class start and we now have 12 young people, ages 12 to 19 learning how to read and write. We have not had a successful literacy program here in Inaru for several years and we are very thankful to see this one starting off so well. The students are learning quickly and the teacher is being very diligent and really seems to want it to work. His name is Jerry (Yabu) and though he is not a strong believer, I am encouraged to see the effort he is putting into the class. Please pray that he will be faithful with it to the end of the course and that there will be other people to help him out with the load as needed.
Bible Teaching:
We are hoping to do chronological Bible teaching to this group of students as well. None of them have heard it before and are not clear on the basics of the Gospel. Actually we are hoping many of the other young people in the village will come in to hear the Bible teaching and that we will have a new crop of young believers at the end. This will take several months of consistent teaching from our Bible teachers. Please pray that they will continue the teaching until the end, when the children will hear the Gospel in full. We are just waiting for our church elder Raymond to get back from a 2 week holiday in the jungle so that we can get started.
Translation Project:
I have just finished the translation of Philippians and Colossians, so that brings us a bit closer to our goal. This month I will start working on the Gospel of Luke, which should take me the rest of the year (if I can get it
done by then, with going to Australia and everything). Luke is the longest book in the New Testament at 1151 verses (14% of the total New Testament). Anyway, we appreciate your prayers as we keep plugging along in translation.
Church Leader’s Meeting:
In a couple weeks, we will be going to Iteli for a few days. They are going to have an area Bible course there going over different topics. I will be teaching for 3 days about chronological Bible teaching and why we do that as opposed to other methods of evangelism. Please pray for me as I teach, that I can communicate things that will benefit the church leaders who attend. Also pray for the Iteli people who are hosting the Bible course. Food is not plentiful in their area and having lots of visitors in their village really taxes their resources. Thanks to all of you who are praying for us and supporting and helping us in many ways. We greatly appreciate your part.
In Christ,
Jason and Toni and Jedidiah Stuart
