Unbelievable-a Siawi Snippets with snippets about (if not from) Siawi AND pictures!
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Linda Krieg
Oct 1, 2018, 4:48:19 PM10/1/18
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From no Siawi news to a plethora! Sorry-I really like that word "plethora" and had to throw it in here. I remember when I first saw it a few years ago, never having remembered seeing it before. Funny, since now I see it a LOT, so usage has risen drastically.or my brain has started to actually see what's been there all along.
Back to the plethora.still no news from Siawi, because they are still incommunicado, with evidently no working radio. While I had thought the Siawi radio had been repaired, that was incorrect. It is still awaiting repair, but support folks out in Wewak went above and beyond duty and found them a loaner radio to use (and try) while they are waiting. Since, as far as I know, there has still not been anything on the shortwave radio waves from them, the problem is probably in their antenna connections. Since the tiny wires that connect the "jack" from the antenna to the radio are prone to breaking, that is a real possibility. I remember all too well trying to fix those and redo the jack/plug-in-thing so that it would connect. Please do continue to pray for them on that. I know they are feeling very cut off from the outside world.
Because Malakai, about whom you probably started hearing starting back in 2011 or so, when the Siawi church sent him and his wife out as missionaries to Malakai's home village (and language group-the Bo people), sent a letter AND photos that he had taken with his cell phone out to me, I have Siawi news.
First, if you don't remember Malakai as one of the missionaries sent out by the Siawi church, then you may remember him as the father of Nathaniel, who lost his lower leg to a brush hog accident a little over 2 years ago. Through the generosity of so many, a "personal energy transportation cart" was given to Nathaniel to help him get around. Praise the Lord, that cart is still going strong, as you can see.
Malakai, along with his coworker from the Sorimi church (Bo people group), continues to be going strong, too, serving in Wabuku, teaching the new believers there. Praise the Lord, while the missionary who helped plant the Sorimi church isn't able to live in PNG now, he does make regular trips back to continue translating the New Testament and provide lesson material for the Bo believers. That material is a blessing not only to the Sorimi church, but also to the believers at Wabuku. (And he was gracious enough to forward Malakai's letter and photos to me.)
Having married into the Siawi people group, Malakai and his wife travel over to visit relatives from time to time. Thankfully, Malakai wields his cell phone for its primary purpose to tribal folks in our area-as a camera (since there are no cell towers anywhere near Siawi and the nearby area). When Poul, the itinerate missionary to Sorimi, was in the village recently, Malakai gave him a letter for me and pictures that he had taken in Siawi-hence my bit of Siawi news.
It was interesting to get an updated photo of the Siawi meeting place (not house). From this, I assume the termites have chewed their way through the building they were using for both church meetings and literacy classes. Instead of rebuilding, they have gone with a more typical style, easier to replace as needed. There is a sturdier structure (light colored building) behind the thatch coverings which I suspect houses the barrels with the literacy material, extra copies of the Bibles, and other teaching materials.
This style works well for what we would call "open-air meetings," I guess. Hmm, I'm realizing, looking at this, that the building that seemed to be "behind" the thatch shelters was actually in FRONT of them. It was fun to see the "podium" still standing and in use. Glad that the termites didn't sink their teeth into that. It was good, too, to see both one of the elders (Nokee) and one of the deacons (Saisu) still faithfully serving and leading the church. (In other pictures, I saw Yaniwi and Yakob, two more deacons, too.)
Just one more bit of great Siawi news-the Romans Bible lesson proof-reading and editing is finished and the lessons have been published in Wewak and are ready to be sent in to Siawi, whenever there is a flight into their area to get them to either Siawi or a nearby village with an airstrip. Please be praying that they will be clearly understood and a tool to help the teachers present God's Word clearly to the church family.
We need to continue to pray for the Siawi believers and their leadership, that they would hold true to God's Word alone, not letting any of Satan's lies slip in. He is just as sneaky there as he is here, adding his little tidbit of heresy in with what sounds like a great idea. From what we have heard from the leaders of the Sinow church (just downriver a day or two's travel, depending on how you get there), they were instrumental in helping the Siawi leadership recognize one of those instances of his lies, when some women performed "pasin spak" ("doing the drunken fashion/behavior") during a Siawi church meeting. The Sinow leaders had made their way to Siawi, planning to go on to some other villages that lay beyond them in the jungle, to help the untaught believers in those other villages recognize that this was not from God. As they talked with the Siawi church leaders, they found that it had been allowed at least once in the Siawi church meeting, too. Thankfully, these brothers in Christ helped them to get this straightened out with clear teaching. This is an example of Christians helping fellow believers stand strong-and one of the vital benefits of having a working shortwave radio, so that these things can be discussed over the air.
Thank you for the way you have supported the ministry to the Siawi people through prayer and financially, too. The Lord knows the timing needed for that radio, so keep praying about that. And let's praise and thank the Lord for the Romans lessons being printed and ready and pray for a way to get them into elders. God's work goes forward on the legs of prayer (or is it knees?). Thank you for being a faithful part of that.
Rejoicing in our great God and Savior,
Linda
Linda_Krieg(at)ntm.org
232 Brazil Court, Sanford, FL 32771
Ethnos360 Hdqts: 312 W 1st St, Sanford, FL 32771
http://www.ntm.org/
Back to the plethora.still no news from Siawi, because they are still incommunicado, with evidently no working radio. While I had thought the Siawi radio had been repaired, that was incorrect. It is still awaiting repair, but support folks out in Wewak went above and beyond duty and found them a loaner radio to use (and try) while they are waiting. Since, as far as I know, there has still not been anything on the shortwave radio waves from them, the problem is probably in their antenna connections. Since the tiny wires that connect the "jack" from the antenna to the radio are prone to breaking, that is a real possibility. I remember all too well trying to fix those and redo the jack/plug-in-thing so that it would connect. Please do continue to pray for them on that. I know they are feeling very cut off from the outside world.
Because Malakai, about whom you probably started hearing starting back in 2011 or so, when the Siawi church sent him and his wife out as missionaries to Malakai's home village (and language group-the Bo people), sent a letter AND photos that he had taken with his cell phone out to me, I have Siawi news.
First, if you don't remember Malakai as one of the missionaries sent out by the Siawi church, then you may remember him as the father of Nathaniel, who lost his lower leg to a brush hog accident a little over 2 years ago. Through the generosity of so many, a "personal energy transportation cart" was given to Nathaniel to help him get around. Praise the Lord, that cart is still going strong, as you can see.
Malakai, along with his coworker from the Sorimi church (Bo people group), continues to be going strong, too, serving in Wabuku, teaching the new believers there. Praise the Lord, while the missionary who helped plant the Sorimi church isn't able to live in PNG now, he does make regular trips back to continue translating the New Testament and provide lesson material for the Bo believers. That material is a blessing not only to the Sorimi church, but also to the believers at Wabuku. (And he was gracious enough to forward Malakai's letter and photos to me.)
Having married into the Siawi people group, Malakai and his wife travel over to visit relatives from time to time. Thankfully, Malakai wields his cell phone for its primary purpose to tribal folks in our area-as a camera (since there are no cell towers anywhere near Siawi and the nearby area). When Poul, the itinerate missionary to Sorimi, was in the village recently, Malakai gave him a letter for me and pictures that he had taken in Siawi-hence my bit of Siawi news.
It was interesting to get an updated photo of the Siawi meeting place (not house). From this, I assume the termites have chewed their way through the building they were using for both church meetings and literacy classes. Instead of rebuilding, they have gone with a more typical style, easier to replace as needed. There is a sturdier structure (light colored building) behind the thatch coverings which I suspect houses the barrels with the literacy material, extra copies of the Bibles, and other teaching materials.
This style works well for what we would call "open-air meetings," I guess. Hmm, I'm realizing, looking at this, that the building that seemed to be "behind" the thatch shelters was actually in FRONT of them. It was fun to see the "podium" still standing and in use. Glad that the termites didn't sink their teeth into that. It was good, too, to see both one of the elders (Nokee) and one of the deacons (Saisu) still faithfully serving and leading the church. (In other pictures, I saw Yaniwi and Yakob, two more deacons, too.)
Just one more bit of great Siawi news-the Romans Bible lesson proof-reading and editing is finished and the lessons have been published in Wewak and are ready to be sent in to Siawi, whenever there is a flight into their area to get them to either Siawi or a nearby village with an airstrip. Please be praying that they will be clearly understood and a tool to help the teachers present God's Word clearly to the church family.
We need to continue to pray for the Siawi believers and their leadership, that they would hold true to God's Word alone, not letting any of Satan's lies slip in. He is just as sneaky there as he is here, adding his little tidbit of heresy in with what sounds like a great idea. From what we have heard from the leaders of the Sinow church (just downriver a day or two's travel, depending on how you get there), they were instrumental in helping the Siawi leadership recognize one of those instances of his lies, when some women performed "pasin spak" ("doing the drunken fashion/behavior") during a Siawi church meeting. The Sinow leaders had made their way to Siawi, planning to go on to some other villages that lay beyond them in the jungle, to help the untaught believers in those other villages recognize that this was not from God. As they talked with the Siawi church leaders, they found that it had been allowed at least once in the Siawi church meeting, too. Thankfully, these brothers in Christ helped them to get this straightened out with clear teaching. This is an example of Christians helping fellow believers stand strong-and one of the vital benefits of having a working shortwave radio, so that these things can be discussed over the air.
Thank you for the way you have supported the ministry to the Siawi people through prayer and financially, too. The Lord knows the timing needed for that radio, so keep praying about that. And let's praise and thank the Lord for the Romans lessons being printed and ready and pray for a way to get them into elders. God's work goes forward on the legs of prayer (or is it knees?). Thank you for being a faithful part of that.
Rejoicing in our great God and Savior,
Linda
Linda_Krieg(at)ntm.org
232 Brazil Court, Sanford, FL 32771
Ethnos360 Hdqts: 312 W 1st St, Sanford, FL 32771
http://www.ntm.org/
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