Dear Friends at Southern Korean Presbyterian Church,
We are excited to share our June-July Newsletter with you. Thank you for "being here with us" giving in prayer, finance, and encouragement sharing the Gospel of Christ to the ends of the earth.
On a Life flight to Angoram last week John captured kids on the opposite shore as John waited for the patient to arrive by boat. It was quite a sight, one of them had his face painted with mud :)
Click Here to see a 10 sec video As usual, we have stories to share, but this month we would like to focus on our team here and prayer. Praise the Lord that Aviation Operations and Ministry have been great!
The team here (three families) have been under a great deal of stress. This is due to non-stop teams of visitors from USA, high workload and lack of manpower available, and growing pains in developing new processes and procedures for the way we do business on our new base where we live. We are developing a way to track all of the expenses in and charges out to families. Please remember to pray for our individual relationships and our team here as we come out of a time of realizing yet again we can not do this on our own, but only in His strength. Trials will grow us stronger James 1:2-4.
Above from Facebook June 24: Quite an interesting day today. John and Mark were busy working on our planes this morning when John had to depart for a Life Flight to Malui Lagoon near Ambunti at 1130am. Upon surveying this picturesque lake at less than 50ft of altitude (fly by), John noted a giant crocodile in the middle of the water looking straight at the plane John directly over flew it. It lunged and rolled over on its back as he overflew. That is a first for Samaritan. John talked to Mark after and that is the first we have seen! John is kicking himself for not using the Gopro today.
John also noted that the patient had not yet arrived. Reynnie (7 year old boy) above (top left), unconscious is suffering from suspected menengitis. He flew up the river to check for the boat carrying him. Once spotted, John returned to land at the lake and waited. With over an hour to wait, John had the opportunity to story with local kids about the crocodile. They had seen them before. Last year, on that same lake, John was waiting for an extended time on a hot day and went for a swim with some kids. After seeing the beast today, swimming seems less desirable ;)!
John had an opportunity to preach the Gospel. Lisha asked Jesus into her life to today! Praise the Lord. Join us in praying for these two children.
As always, we can't thank you all enough for your love, encouragement and support through this ministry here! Hope that you feel the great impact you are making and we just could not do it without our friends and family behind us. Again, thank you for blessing Samaritan Aviation and our family as we serve here in Papua New Guinea.
