Pryor John Bonita 1984 PNG

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NEWGUINEA

NEWS

Forwarding

Agents

Mr. and Mrs.

ale

Dunlap

Route ( ) , Rhea Road

Knoxville,

TN

7920

Missionaries:

John

and Bonita

Pryor

P.O.

Box

997

Madang, Papua

New Guinea

Jesse, Bonita,John, oshua Pry

Volume8

February 1984

Numbe

GREETINGS

FROM

AMBAN

We rust

that

l l

of

you

had

a

ery enjoyable

holiday time and henew

earhas

egun with

many o s i t i v e signs

of blessings

and peace.

1983 brought many hanges for us but

we

re

able to see God's leading in our

ministry in

PapuaNew Guinea. Although

the

move ac k

to Samban

in April

was d i f f i c u l t and the

obstacles

were

numerous

we settled in very

w e l l . Our

oal

s to

become

luent

n

the

Botin

language during these next few months. We

know

t won't

be easy butwe e a l i z e

more and

more

that

t ' s

the

only

way

we

can

complete

the job we

came

ere to do.

As wemove

loser to our

o a l ( s ) , we

e a l i z e

that

the devil s just as determined

to

impede

our progress or halt the

work n t i r e l y . Please

be

in

fervent

prayer

for

us.

Pray

that

we

i l l

not be

deceived

by his i e s and

hat

our faith

w i l l

remain

strong

as we

rust Him who is

able

to do exceeding

abundantly beyond a l l

that we sk or

think.

Moreover,

we

ave

concluded

that

fluency in

Botin sthe

rock

foundation o allof ur work.

It s imperative

that

we chieve luency before

time o l l s around for our urlough. This w ould

mean

that upo

our

return to Samban we

would

have

very l i t t l e

reviewing

to

d o

and

thus ould go u l l - t h r o t t l e with the ranslation

work. I n terms of

our

plans, his means

hat

we i l l

probably

extend this term for a ew

more months.

This has been one of

those difficult

decisions

that

we ave to make rom tim

time. It will

soon be three

years since we

seen our families

and

friends back ho

However, after

much deliberation,

pra

and onsultation with our dministrators

other

trusted

advisors,

wehave et our mi

to this

course. We

ask you again " to be

prayer f o r

us

as

we

xtend

this

term. A

remember our

families

who have

b

contemplating

our return in

1984.

As

we close the records on 1983, we

making

some

minor chan ges

and

one

ma

add ition to

our house. On

he

minor ide

installed linoleum in the kitchen/din

s i t t i n g

area.

Also, I f inally got Boni

kitchen

cabinet oors

inished andhung.

one major addition i s an

indoor

t o i l e t .

were blessed with a reat eal

of ssistanc

t h i s

p r o j e c t . We

raise the

Lord

for

provi

the needed

funds

for this

project.

David Harmer,

ustralian

Church of h

missionary, u i l t the e p t i c and olding t

William

Butler,

PBT

issionary,

brought

tank sections up the Ramu iver, across

Keram

anddown

he

Keram,

hen

up

he

to Samban. William and I assembled

tanks, set

them

and

ran

the line to t

He helped

me

n s t a l l

the indoor

a c i l i t i e

w e l l . Sin ce the mosquitos have

returned,

addition

of

the

indoor f a c i l i t i e s is re

appreciated by l l of us.

We

horoughly enjoyed a

side benefit


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accrued

from

a l l

of

his work.

William's

wife

and son

(Robin

and Tyler) stayed with

us

while he

brought

the

equipment

around

by

boat. Robin helped out by making a table

c l o t h ,

new

s t o o l

covers and

napkins o

match

the

new

abinet doors. They ook sharp

We

ave added another

feature to

our

work

with

the people.

Several

of

them

have oined

us

in

meeting w eekly

in

a

ible

memorization

class.

When we et together

t

is to

quote

and

comment n a previously-assigned passage of

Scripture. They

have the

option

of

memorizing in Botin, Pidgin,

or

English.

This lass

s an

outgrowth

of ur onviction of

the

importance

of having the

Word

in our

heart, for

defense and meditation purposes.

We

e l t a need

to assist

the

people

here

toward

a more tructured attitudetowards this

aspect

of the Christian

walk.

Although we

re

beginning

slowly

this new

challenge

has met

with

excellent response.

The eople

are extremely

enthusiastic

about

i t . I l l i t e r a t e s can lso

enjoy this partici pation

and

usually are

the

best memorizers. It also

helps

us

by getting more

insights

to the

language, especially

in areas that

go ou

of the usual realm of aily conversation

course,

a ery signific ant benefit

erived

a l l of his s that

he

people have begun

t

l i t t l e more

clearly what

our actual pu

for being here is a l l about.

We're

looking

forward to the use

of

new

equipment n

the near

uture.

We

xp

to

be

a

tremendous

sset to

our work.

A

cassette recorder,

camera

and

power

have been ordered. We ope t

w i l l be

arr

before

too

long. Please pray that we

able

to

get t into

the country

u t y - f r e e .

fully,

you i l l

be able

to

see

some f the

and roductions madeby heequipment

we get back on furlough.

We are

constantly

reminded

of

dependency upon you. Thank you

for

l

the Lord enough

to care

about us an

people in Samban. We ovet your

rayer

appreciate

more than

words

can t e l l

faithful

financial

support.

Please

e t

us

how

we an

better

pray

for you.

God

les

all.

Everyone i k e s to

help John harvest

his pe

Floyd Clark and John sharing in Bible study.


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JESSE

AND

OSHUA'S

CORNER

Hey, 'm

in

i r s t grade now. And an read

I'd

rather be outside playing

soccer

with the

kids,

but sometimes chool s fun.

And

uess

what--my

guinea

pig

had

three

l i t t l e ones.

They're neat. And ou know what lse

i k e

to

do?

Poppa

put

a

pillow in a

bag, so

I

can

pretend

I'm Rocky

and punch

t .

He aid he

was

i r e d

of me punching him. I

don't

have

real

gloves so I put on

Poppa's

socks and

pretend. Time or

a

workout. See ya,

Jesse.

Say,do you know what

ologna

is?

Poppa

and

Momma ay that

that's

what

'm f u l l

o f .

I don't know what t is. Mom made

me

ome

long trousies" so

don't

get b i t e s on my

e g s

any more.

And

now we get t o

sleep in a

natnat ouse.

I sure

do ike Tyler--'c os

I 'm

bigger

than

he

s .

I

can

kick soccer just as

good

as

Jesse and

I

can run

fast

t o o , but

sometimes I don't try

very

good and he

beats

me. But can kick

just as

good as want o.

See ya, Joshua.

Joshua

r e a l l y enjoys opening i f t s .

Jesse's

school

time.

Joshua

and

two of Jesse'sfriends want o learn

t o o .


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SHARING

FJ

THE

WORD

Mukok

and

I

were

working together on I

John 4:4

one

evening, n

preparation

for

our

memory

l a s s . We ere discussing what was

the

Botin

equivalent

to

greater s

he

hat s in

you."

I n

Botin

t h i s

i s

expressed

by

the

English term d e f e a t s , i . e . i f someone

i s

greater

than you,

he

has won over you, or

d e f e a t e d

you. After we ad decided upon

h a t ,

he t a r t e d

a

t o r y . I thought i t

was a t e

and

was i r e d ) , Oh o,

not

now,

'm too s l e e p y .

As

i s s t o r y p r o g r e s s e d , he e l a t e d how

that

b e f o r e

the S p i r i t of God ame,

l l

the people

were s u b j e c t t o the

various

bush

s p i r i t s .

He

began

naming people in the v i l l a g e

who

a c t u a l l y

had

"had" bush p i r i t s .

That

s ,

the

s p i r i t would speak o the

e o p l e

through

these

individuals. All the

people

he named were

now hristians.

But,

e

said,

when

he

p i r i t

of God

came. He

drove

out, "defeated,"

a l l

those p i r i t s . Now

he

e o p l e who ave

S p i r i t are no longer

t r o u b l e d

by the

s p i r i t s .

What

a h r i l l i n g s t o r y ;

and

w

blessed

truth.

Here

s the Botin of Jo

(with

an

English

translation) Nusawe

dan e

nuwe. You re

God's hildren).

an bin gaak

ponsatiel

lep l o l leklup.

have defeated the liars of the earth).

konyim miba

nun

noy i n mep,

But he

that

s in your

stomach heart])

miba in

l o l l i n konyim paak luklup

mep.

He

as

defeated

the

p i r i t that elongstothe eo

the e a r t h ) . Just for fun, here i s a

translation o show

you

how i f f e r e n t Bo

from English.

You l l

God

is

h i l d

yo

You pi)ground from i a r s men efeate

S p i r i t

He our

p i )

stomach

s .

He

roun

t h e i r

s p i r i t

r e a l l y

defeat

s .

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NEWGUINEA

NEWS

Forwarding

Agents

Mr.

nd Mrs. Dale Dunlap

Route Hi. Rhea Road

Knoxville.

TN ) 7 9 2 ( )

Missionaries:

John and

Bonita

Pryor

P.O. iox 997

Madang. Papua

New

Guinea

Jesse, Bonita,John,

Joshua Pry

Volume

8

October

1984

Numb

Greetings

fromPNG

Greetings

from

Papua

New Guinea

1984

r e a l l y seems to

have zoomed

by, s p e c i a l l y the

summer onths.

t has

been a whilesincewe

have

communicated

with

you a l l so please

accept

our apology.

We hought

t was igh

time

we

sent

some

news your way.

I n

summary,

w e ' l l go a l l

the

way

back

to

January

and

dentify a few high spots

to

get

caught up .

We

had our

annual

meeting in

Madang

n

January. The best

part

about the annual

meeting

was

that

my brother

Dave and

his

family

stayed

with us, so we ot

to v i s i t a

o t

with them during the

meeting.

Of ourse,we

also conducted some ery necessary business.

One of

PBT's board members, Geo

C a r i l l e t , from the States,came ver to

a

the meeting. While he

was

here he l e d

very meaningful

marriage enrich

seminar. We ook

advantage

of the few

in Madang to

do

some

repairs and cle

work

on

the residence

that

PBT

rec

purchased.

Our ext move urned out to be

one

we

not expected

o

make. Months

e f o r e , we

received information about a

two

languagelearning

ourse

o be

held

n We

The

course

would

be sponsored

by

F

School of

World

Mission,and e d by

Tom

Betty

Brewster,

who reamong

he

top

f i e l d in

the

world.

We

had

dismisse

p o s s i b i l i t y of going because we had tho

that t

would

probably be

at

an nconve

time.

Also,

we

ooked

into t

and

got word

there wasno

ousing

available. Later,

w

word that there had

been a

ancellation

there wasnow pace.

So

we lew

toWewa

t h i s important

study.

Since Bonita

was

not q u i t e 100% p h y s i c a l l y , we e c i d e d t

would take the course,

and

she would

re

teaching Jesse and

e s t i n the

f t e r n o o n s

I would

share

what was learning i

evenings with h e r . I t turned out o be a

intensive two weeks. Like most nnova

the Brewsters had some new and, t

unusual

opinions

on some

eripheral

u b

On ce we got past these and

got

into

th

meat

f the two

week course, really

beg


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get a o t of

e n e f i t

from t . Wemet our hours

every

morning

and spent he

afternoons

out n

various

areas

around

Wewak

working

with

the

language groups t h e r e . Evenings, f t e r

the boys got to bed, I

would

go over

the

morning l e c t u r e s

with

Bonita.

There was

a

l i t t l e time, on the

weekends,

for some

relaxation.

Wewak asa errific beach

which

the

boys

and

mom

and

pop

were

able

to

take

advantage f.

We

eturned

toSamban

he second

week of

March. We ere

very

eager

o incorporate

the

new technics we had learned from the course.

We lso

f e l t

thatsome

of the

insights gained

would

help

us

n

our t t i t u d e toward language

learning. So,

selected

two anguage helpers

and we egan to f a c i l i t a t e the

learning

cycle

method

of

anguage

learning. Also,

we

egan

incorporating

Total

Physical Response r i l l s .

We have been into

this

type effort

for six

months

now

and have seen

much

progress

(PTL),

and

have

seen

changes

in

the

p e o p l e ' s

attitudes

toward us. Now,

he people

rarely

speak o us n thetradelanguage

bec ause they

expect

us o converse

with

them

n Botin.

And

our tongues

are getting

lighter"

o o . I n

Botin

a heavy

tongue means

speaking with an

accent.

We t i l l havea

ong

way o

go ut we

are

encouraged

with

our progress.

John

rossing brid ge n one

of

he i l l a g e s , as i e has been

going

around r e c i t i n g

his

t e x t , practicing Botin with

people.

Besides

our

language learning,

we

have

continued with our

Bible memory

lass. We

are

using various verses

and

nly

doing

one a

week. However,

t

has really proved

to

be

a

great

blessing

f o r

us a l l .

For

one, the

folks

here are seeing thatGod's word

can

bespoken

in t h e i r language.

Since Christianity

introduced tothem n

the

tradelanguage

have been plugged into

i t

in rega

anything

r e l i g i o u s . Also,they have b

to

think

about

p i r i t u a l

concepts n Boti

previously

had always been

express

Pidgin.

I t

has

helped the o l k s

here

to

g

better

understanding ofwhywe re here

i t

has

een

a

h r i l l

for

us

to

get

a aste

work

hat i e s ahead.But est of

l l , the

are getting

God's

word in their hearts.

r e a l l y encouraging to

see some

of

the

ladies who

are illiterate

work

with B

night a f t e r ni ght at memorizing

the

ver

Bonitu and Rona V i i l a f j e Chiefs wife)

work

memory erses.

Since

making

the

decision

to

stay

an

year this term, the Lord seems to

confirmed

i t

in a variety of ways. Firs

have

been

progressing in

our lan

learning.

Also,

we

have e l t at peace

ourselves even though we s t i l l mis

familiesa reat

deal.

And

esides l l thi

Lord has

sent

ittle bits

ofAmerica

to u

substitute.

The

i r s t of June, Dr.

Sam

spent about a eek

with us.

He ad een

Ukarumpa helping William Butler

te

course to

National

Translators

but

he wa

to get a grassroots level view ofPNG

going

home. So

he

came o

v i s i t

Samba

At

the end of

June

we were visited b

Rostvit Twins, who were making

a

t

PBT

llocations

here n

PNG. hey

ere

an encouragement

to the local people

their

singing

and

their

testimonies. W

sent them

some

ecorded Botin songs;so

they

started

singing them,

our

folk


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c o u l d n ' t getover t . They had only

been

herea

few

days and c o u l d already sing i n Botin.

Even Jesse remarked

later that they

sure

knew

a

l o t of

Pidgin

f o r only being i n the

country a short time.

Jesse

got to

be

a e a l

s p e c i a l helper to

the

twins.

They were at

Yemen,

t

the

ACCM's i r l ' s Bible

School,

and were scheduled

to

come

around

here

by

water, i x hour

r i p .

Jesse wanted to

go with

Michael

and

Mukok

o

pick

them

up;

o

we

e t

him.

He tayed

with

Mukok

hile

at Yemen

and provided any

n t e r p r e t a t i o n

that the

i r l s

needed.

We

hought

e

was

ig boy

or

doing

that. However, can see already

that

i t

i s

going o be

hard on mom nd

pop o

s e t t l e

i n t o

our

boys'

teen

years when they have

been

raised

on such adventures

as these.

Right f t e r

the

twins e f t , we

were

h i t by a

b l i t z of

omething.

Whether

t

was alaria, r

a i r u s ,

we

l l got t at once;a i r s t(and hope

l a s t ) for us. The oys popped bac k r e t t y

fast

a f t e r

a couple

of

days. Bonita managed to

somehow keep up

enough

strength

t o feed

us

and

also deliver a

etained placenta from the

lady

across

the s t r e e t . If you want more

d e t a i l s , write t o Bonita.

I

got going again

after about four or five

days.

Later on n

July, we

eceived another guest

from the States, leanor Daniel,a

PBT

oard

Member. Besides wanting to familiarize

herself

with the i e l d ,

she also brought along

some achievement

e s t s

to help us know how

the boys are g e t t i n g along with

t h e i r

education. Well,

Joshua

will

really

just start

p r e - s c h o o l

next

month

but

he

s

r i g h t

where

he

should be according t o the s c a l e . Jesse did

very w e l l and we

re

very

proud

of im. And t

wasa

ig

encouragement o his mom/teacher.

We

had

a very good time getting to know

Eleanor.

On he day Eleanor

e f t we eceived

another

group

of i s i t o r s : Rond al Smith

(PBT's

i c e -

p r e s i d e n t ) , h i s daughter Andria,and i s n i e c e

Karen Wilhoit. While Rondal

visited with

Bonita

and

me he g i r l s held a

mini-VBS

for

the boys. t

was

very big

event

o r them and

we

are

g r a t e f u l

to Rondal's

wife Jan for

thinking

of the

kids

over

here

and

helping

to

get

the whole thing organized.

Karen

remained or a week fterRondaland Andria

l e f t

f o r

other parts as part of her internship

program. When that week ended

she

and

Bonita l e f t

for

Goroka; Karen to

rendevous

with

the

Smiths and Bonita to

help

out with

Tyler Butler while

his

mom oncentrated on

having another

baby.

As

of t h i s

w r i t

Bonita

is

s t i l l

in

Goroka

and we boys

f l y i n g i n t o Madang o r a r i e f break

and

an

Advisory

Committee meeting.

We

i l

meeting Bonita i n Madang; t h a t ' s pla

anyway.

When we

e t u r n t o

Samban we

scheduled o bring another n t e r n with us

month's s t a y .

So

you

s e e , even

though

d i d n ' t

go

o America h i s year,we ave

s

l i t t l e b i t s of hegood old USA oming ourw

Each has

brought us i s

own

unique par

our homeland and

t has e a l l y

been

a i f

us.

Now, to the

question

that so many

asking,

When are we coming back t o

States?"

We

i l l

probably be onsidering

o p t i o n s :

(1)

Return i n

May, 985 i n

orde

assist in the PBT/PLI;

2)

Return in

June/early

July

and

t t e n d

NACC

o

be

in Anaheim,

alifornia

in July.

At

h i s po

our plans are

u s t not

irm because

h e r e

a

l o t

of

factors

involved

that

w i l l

probably

s t r a i g h t e n

themselves out

f o r

a

few mon

yet.

Please

don't

think that our

lack

communication has

meant that

we have

been thinking about

you

l l .

So

many

we

are

i f t e d

by the

many leasant memo

we ave of

each

of you. We re so

r a t e f u

your continued

prayer

supportand your g

concern

for

our

ministry here. We

ray

God will

continue

to bless you.

Sharing in

the

Word

Because of the

space

taken up by

the news, we do not

have enough

room

to

comment on

a ortion of the

word.

These criptures

havemeant

o

much to us

lately

and

we

hare

them

with

you

in

hopes

that

you

w i l l

look

them up and

meditate

on them and

share with us the meaning that you

have received from this portion

of

God's

word. Philippians . ' } : 7 - l l ;

Hebrews

12:1-13;

Isaiah 25:3,4


8/8

TheBoys orner

Hey, uess what? I ve

lost

eight

baby

eeth

and have otten

four new

permanent nes. And

had my i r s t

f i l l i n g at the

dentist

and

didn t

even

cry. And now m in the second

grade

- -

my

reak

just

wasn t long

enough.

Anyway, l l

write

more next time.

See ya,

Jesse

I m

really

a big boy now because

I m in

preschool 1 go o school with

Jesse. And my dog Daisy

had

four

puppies,

but Papa

says we have to

give them

l l away.

i k e school,

but

Jesse doesn t.

See

ya,

Joshua

vJ

Jesso and Joshua n

canou

atWewak Bfuch.

Mission Services

PO

Box

2427

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