Gimpel and Gumby to Papua New Guinea. That was our handles when we were younger, but it became 'going to png' We lived there for over 12 years and are back in the U.S. now adapting to live and viewing life through a much different lens. I rarely update my blog because I tend to be too long winded and I frankly don't know who wants to read this stuff anyway. I'm not sure if my thoughts help the world, but I'm putting it out there just in case it does.
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2/05/2011
SALT
What is God doing this week?
Many things, here's one you can pray for:
S.A.L.T.
Scripture use and leadership training course.
This weekend is the one weekend between the tweo week course happening here where we live. I support the network for the teachers of this course but it typically a somewhat low tech course, occasionally laptops are employed with wireless networking. I have setup an infrastructure for such classes that when working properly means things just work.
Which is good. The upside to things breaking is I get to interact more with the people attending the course, but typically things don't break.
About half of the instructors are missionaries and the others are church leaders from the valley.
Please pray for the instructors and the almost 50 participants, as they are in training to be SALT in their churches and villages.
as always you can pray for peace in the valley and for God to have a huge impact.
Church leaders in this area have a tough task as there is almost always conflict between different family lines. (aka tribes). Church leaders are constantly throwing themselves in the middle of violent conflict to bring peace and apply God's Word.
These courses give them skills and tools to employ God's Word among their people to see it change lives.