Dear Family and Friends,
Greetings from our home in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
We have been quite busy since writing to you last. We are very excited and are looking forward to seeing the Northwest Church team on the 23rd of this month. Victor and the East New Britain Foursquare Church Provincial Supervisor went to the Duke of York islands to do a “community entry” visit and to establish relationships with the government and church community there. We will be holding a combined medical and evangelism outreach from October 27th -29th. HIV/AIDS awareness will be given by our national medical health officers at the medical outreach. We will be seeing patients during the day and our partner evangelism and worship team will be holding services at night. This was also our first time on the new banana boat and we are glad to say that the boat and motor and trailer tested very well (see picture).
We will also be holding a two-day women’s meeting (bung) and Kile Rury and Victor and Alex will be ministering to the men and youth in the area. There will also be a “combined” service on Sunday where a local church extension will be dedicated. Later on Sunday afternoon, we will head to the beach for a water baptism service. There will even be time for the team to meet with Pastor Lydia, the late Jonah Horis’ wife.
The Lord has also opened up some opportunities for us to play a role in reconciliation in the area. Our Provincial Supervisor could not attend a recent reconciliation meeting between the Provincial Government and Council of Churches, so Victor stood in and represented the East New Britain Foursquare Church. Until now, there has been a divide between the government and the church in the area mainly because there has been a lack of transparency and accountability. The governor was present as were all members from the Council of Churches. The Holy Spirit worked powerfully and mightily at the meeting and new relationships were established and there were several breakthroughs with repentance and reconciliation.
We continue to teach Leadership Training classes. We just finished a series on the Psalms and are now going through foundational teachings on The New Birth, Holy Spirit Baptism, Giving Generously, and Serving God (to name a few)– we draw from Pastor Steve Schell’s teaching on these topics quite a bit. The pastors really enjoy these teachings and pass them on to their congregations right away.
The Lord has also given us a preaching and a prayer ministry. Victor continues to regularly preach and Lori meets with pastor’s wives on a regular basis to pray. Alexander is doing well with his homeschooling and is growing in the Lord quite a bit (see picture). He caught a huge mackerel on an outreach a while back and is looking forward to fishing on the way (and on the way back) to the Duke of York islands.
We believe that this is a good time to let you know that our support has not come in fully the last two months, and we would like you to know that we really do need the additional funds. We do want you to know that we are aware of how the U.S. and global economy is coming along. We have been praying for our supporters and for your families very much. We will trust the Lord with you for all that you need. So, at this time, we would like for you to prayerfully consider your financial support and kindly let us know if you would be able to stay with your current gifts. We do believe that we are still supposed to be here and there has been much fruit in the ministry – churches have been planted (see picture for the new Rieit village church plant), there have been healed and changed lives, and there has been a deeper level transformation in the churches.
The last picture is a picture of a PNG wedding ceremony- very beautiful (see picture). Pastor Francisca, a pastor from the Bilada Village Foursquare Church married a man named Polycarp who will be attending the Bible School here. We thank you so much for your support. It is an honor to serve alongside you here in the island region of Papua New Guinea. Please continue to pray for us.
Blessings,
Victor, Lori, and Alexander Obregon
Attempt Great Things For God.
Expect Great Things From God.
William Carey
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