Enga NT Sent Out for Print

The typesetting for the Enga New Testament is now complete, and the files have been sent to the Korean Bible Society to be printed. Click here to see a PDF of the final print files, including the color photographs and black and white illustrations that will be printed along with the text. It can take nine months to complete the printing process and receive the printed copies in Papua New Guinea, but the files are now complete and out of our hands! In the meantime, we are also very close to finishing the typesetting for the Enga-English New Testament. We praise the Lord for bringing us to this point, and we extend our utmost thanks and gratitude to you for your ongoing prayers and support.

A sample of the typesetting for Matthew 2:11-20

Pray for the Enga Translators
Please keep the Enga translators in your prayers as they continue their work on the Old Testament. The violence in Enga has escalated, and the translators are asking to work mostly from home as they no longer feel safe traveling to town. This will require us to get some solar panels for them to keep their laptops charged, so please pray that we will quickly be able to supply them with what they need. We have the funds in place to get the equipment, but we just need to be able to get the right equipment to them. Please also pray for the general safety and well-being of the translators and their families.

Update on our Family
As for our family, we are now settled in at my (Adam's) mom's house in Wexford, Pennsylvania (near Pittsburgh). We will be here for the next six months before returning to Papua New Guinea in January. Jacob will begin looking for a temporary job next week. So please pray that he will find a job that has a good working environment and some flexibility for him to be able to visit some colleges and trade schools. Please also pray for him as he adjusts to this new phase of his life in which he has graduated, left his home and his friends, and is preparing for his future. Please also pray for Martha, Bella, and Asher as they start home school and online school this week.

 

"A Day of My Life on Furlough"
The day after we arrived in Wexford, Bella was able to get her first phone. She wasted no time in creating a great video called A Day of My Life on Furlough. I was very impressed by the amount of work she put into this video and how well it turned out. It provides an entertaining glimpse into the life of a missionary kid at the beginning of her furlough. I hope you enjoy it!

Back in America

We arrived in America on June 17 for a scheduled six-month furlough. Since our arrival, we have been in Los Angeles visiting friends and family while also doing paperwork related to the estate of Martha's father and speaking at our home church in Covina. On July 3 we fly to Pittsburgh, where we will spend the remainder of our furlough time with my (Adam's) mother. While it has been wonderful to reconnect with friends and family, it has been a whirlwind of activity so far, and we are looking forward to getting to Pennsylvania and settling in.

Visiting our dear friends Olen and Teresa Adams

The typesetting for the Enga New Testament is now complete, and there will be a "checking party" in Papua New Guinea on July 3 to make sure there are no typesetting errors before sending the Enga New Testament off for print. A checking party usually consists of a dozen or more volunteers who check for a variety of formatting issues. Usually the translators are not involved in these checking parties because it is helpful to have people looking at everything with a fresh set of eyes.

Meanwhile, typesetting for the Enga-English New Testament is about halfway complete at this point, and we hope to finish it up in the next couple of weeks. Please pray for good transitions for the kids, Martha, and me, as we adjust to life back in the United States. Please also pray for Jacob as he looks for a temporary job and continues his fundraising efforts for his upcoming missions internship with Push the Rock. Thank you so much for your prayers!