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March 2, 2010

 

Dear Friends and Family,

            As the time for departure grows closer and closer for me to travel to Papua New Guinea I am getting more excited everyday to get busy knee deep in the nitty gritty details of ministry with Pioneer Bible Translators.  I am excited to be on the frontlines for the Kingdom in a new culture and new place.  But as the excitement grows the realization of the hardships of ministry grow.  One of those hardships/trials is the waiting game.  Presently I am waiting for my work permit and visa to allow me to re-enter Papua New Guinea.  Without it obviously I cannot get into the country with the intent of living there.  I know that God has his perfect plan laid out in this waiting game, but I do ask that you all will pray fervently with me for the processing of these documents in the Papua New Guinea government system.  Also pray fervently that I will be ever trusting and never doubting that he will reveal his perfect timing.  I know that ministry is nothing I can do, but it is what He wants to do through me.  So please pray that those thoughts will be my thoughts constantly as I wait. 

            Thank you so much for being mindful of the work of the Kingdom worldwide and for placing their needs above your own in these times of prayer.  PLEASE DON’T STOP!  The time is NOW to change the world for Christ! 

 

In His Precious Name,

Emily Hinebauch


 

Where in the World is Emily & What is she doing?

 

            Funny you should ask J  I am now located in Chinook, Mt spending the next two months with my family.

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Pictured left to right standing: Randy (Dad), Lisa (Mom), Evan, Elizabeth, Emily, Eric

Kneeling: Eli & Ethan

Why?

  Well, Lord willing, in two months I will be leaving on a jet plane to Madang, Papua New Guinea.  I am spending these next two months watching my brother’s wrestle and getting reconnected at Fifth Ave. Christian Church, my sending congregation. 

 

What are you going to do in Papua New Guinea?

            I will be working for Pioneer Bible Translators under the official title of Scripture Impact Specialist.  As someone under that title, I will be exploring ways to connect the Gospel with the Papua New Guinea culture, making it most relevant to peoples need there.  One of my responsibilities will be organizing a team and materials to teach at Gandep Bible School twice a year.  During our time at the Bible school a team will teach good Bible Study habits, encouraging the students to be actively studying the books that have been translated into their mother tongue language (first language).  Along with teaching at the Bible School I will be traveling amongst some of the 15 different languages Pioneer Bible Translators work with in Papua New Guinea.  When I travel to these language groups I will hopefully be exploring options to record Bible stories orally in their languages, developing study guides for small groups/families/churches to use according to which books of the Bible available in their language, and encouraging the leaders of the language groups to explore how their culture best communicates worship with God. 

 

Are we able to contact you to share with us while you are home?

            Yes, I would love an opportunity to come and share with you and if I cannot come I would love to send a video and materials to you.  You can contact me best through email:

emily.hinebauch@pbti.org  or emily@legosworldwide.org

 

If we wanted to make a contribution to your ministry how do we?

            Well, number one I would love for you to pray for my ministry J  if you are not on my update list or receive my update through Fifth Ave. E News, please email me at one of the above addresses and tell me to put you on the list.  I try to send out an update per month with some specific ways to pray.  I am a firm believer that I am completely inadequate and that it is the prayers prayed by so many that I am able to be used in ministry. 

            If you are interested in contributing financially read on:

            You can make a check to:

            Pioneer Bible Translators

            And send to my forwarding agent (person in charge of my funds)

            Emily Hinebauch

C/O Alison Alford

            427 N. Moffet

            Joplin, MO 64801

 

If you wish to make contributions via credit card or direct deposit you can access those forms on my website at www.legosworldwide.org and send to:

Pioneer Bible Translators

P.O. Box 380820

Duncanville, TX 75138-0820

 

Thank you all for being a part of my ministry!  I pray that God will draw you near to Him today and that you will be sensitive to His spirit’s leading.  We are blessed to be a blessing, let us not forget that this earth is just temporary.  Many Blessings!

 

Emily Hinebauch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

January 27, 2010

 

Hello family and friends,

It is hard to believe that we are almost through the first month of 2010.  Happy belated New Year to you all!  I hope that the year has begun well for you all and that you are growing more in love with our Father each and every day.  This past week Montana has gotten a few feet of snow, which makes travelling a little more difficult but brings the promise of moisture to this year’s crops.  It is beautiful to look out the windows of our warm house and admire the snow.  Just a few days ago we were able to peek out our back window and see six deer run up our back hill.  This reminds me of why I love Montana so much.

            I was blessed to be able to spend the celebration of the New Year with my dear friends Sean, Becky, Madison, Hannah Cox & Heidi Hutton in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  Heidi and I had been highly anticipating spending two weeks with the Cox family since early last summer, so we were very excited to arrive in country on December 29.  It was awesome to see what the Lord is doing in the Kore community of Addis Ababa, as we followed Becky around in visiting homes of people affected by the Aid’s epidemic and sharing the Gospel with them.  I was reminded yet again how powerful the Word of God is and the hope that is offered to us through it.  January 7th marked Ethiopian Christmas and a big feast for well over 2,000 people in the surrounding areas of the Kore community.  We were able to be a part of handing out 75 sheep for families to slaughter and share as a holiday meal, as well as slaughter and butcher 3 ourselves to cook for street boys from inner city Addis Ababa.  It was a very long day, but it was so great to see the joy that illuminated from the many families blessed by these gifts. 

            Back here in Montana I have been able to get re acquainted with the hard stadium seats in the gyms across the state as I cheer on Eli with my parents at the wrestling meets each weekend.  We have even been able to catch one of Evan’s college matches this week.  This week are church has taking the challenge of only eating beans and rice to raise mission’s awareness, I am praying that God will bring more workers to his harvest field through this week.  Please join me in that prayer.  This past week I was working on the writing a ministry strategy for how impacting the men and women of Papua New Guinea and I was overwhelmed by how big the task is in front of me.  But in being overwhelmed with that thought I was reminded that it is not me who will be work in Papua New Guinea but Christ alone, I am just simply his tool. 

            In closing, I have a major prayer request to share with you all.  In order for me to return to Papua New Guinea I must have a work permit and visa in hand and as of now that is not something I have.  I submitted my paperwork a few months ago and it has been in the stages of being processed all that time, but we still don’t know when they will be issued.  Please pray that God’s hand will be on these documents and that they will come through the system as quickly as possible.  Thank you for your continued prayer support, without it my ministry is nothing.  I convinced more and more everyday that nothing is possible without prayer. 

In His Name-

Emily Hinebauch

www.legosworldwide.org

 


 

November 12, 2009

Hello All!

    Wow, another month has come and gone.  I feel like I was just sitting down yesterday to share with you about September.  I have finally finished the classes I was enrolled in at Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics and now am focusing on some classes taught by the Pioneer Bible Translators International Resource Team and Worldwide Perspectives.  I am very happy to not be committed to class five days a week, but my schedule has still remained packed.  Speaking of packed, my belongings are once again packed up and I am preparing to load them in my car to begin a roundabout journey homeward bound to Montana.  I will be leaving Dallas on Saturday to spend five days in Missouri saying good bye to friends in Joplin.  Thursday of next week I will travel with some friends to the National Missionary Convention in Peoria, Illinois for the weekend.  I am hoping to be able to make connections with some old friends at the convention and catch up on what God is doing around the world.  Following the convention I will travel back to Missouri, only to get in my car on Monday, November 23 for the last few days of my journey to Montana.  My hopes are to arrive in one piece the day before Thanksgiving and spend the holiday with my family.  I am more than positive it will be a sight for sore eyes when I cross the Montana border in two weeks. 

     In the past few weeks I have been able to spend a lot of good time with my friend here in Dallas just enjoying the cooler temperature of the fall and making any excuse to have a gathering to enjoy a meal together.  Each time we get together we talk about where God is directing us at this point in our lives and how crazy it will be to look back in a few years and see what He has done and doing in and through us.  We are a very global group of friends as there are those of us who will be transplanted to Papua New Guinea, Guinea, India, Tennessee, and possible central Asia in the next two years.  It makes me smile to think of how awesome it is to be apart of the family of God.  Though it is hard to say goodbyes, because we never know when we will see each other next it is so much fun to think about what heaven will be like and we will all be there celebrating His victory around the world.  What a party!

       So in the next few weeks I ask that you join me in prayer for safe travels and good connections along the way.  I am very much looking forward to being able to spend sometime with friends from different seasons of life, but it does become draining to think about saying good bye for a little while.  Pray that I will have good conversations with God during my long hours of driving between my stops along the way.  Pray that I will think of specific questions relevant to my future role of Scripture Impact in Papua New Guinea and how I can best relate and be relevant to the men and women there.  Pray that I will take plenty of time driving to just be silent and listen.  Pray that I will be alert during the many miles between me and home.  Please pray that God will be preparing the hearts of men and women here in my "home" country and community to join my ministry through prayer and financial support.  Pray that God will raise up more workers to join me in Papua New Guinea.  Pray that you will be challenged today to see God from a fresh perspective, ask Him if you are one of the workers who are being called to the harvest field of Papua New Guinea. 

 

    Thank you all for being steadfast on your knees in prayer with me!

In His Name-

Emily

P.S. I have recently completed my paperwork and requirements to become an official "Missionary in Transition" for PBT.  The next step is an "Assigned Missionary" meaning I am officially assigned to work in Papua New Guinea to serve in a specific role.  I have also attached a picture of some of my friends here in Dallas at one of our late night fellowship times.  God put four different regions of the world on our four different hearts, but we are bonded together by His call and love for us.  Praise God!

 

If you would like to be a part my team through financial support please make checks payable to:

Pioneer Bible Translators

and send to:Emily Hinebauch

c/o Ailson Knauss

2002 E. 8th St. Apt. D

Joplin, MO  64801

406-390-2400

 

 


 

October 1, 2009

 

 

Hello All!

            I believe I blinked and the month of September left.  This month my schedule has been packed full!  But man, what an amazing God we serve, because He has given strength and endurance through it all.  The last week of August I began a whirlwind of classes.  I found myself sitting in classes all day long again.  Phonetics, Second Language and Cultural Acquisition, Scripture in Use Strategies, and Perspectives of worldwide missions, two of these classes are done in an intensive format.  We have them for eight weeks and learn the amount that should be learnt in sixteen weeks.  Needless to say my life has consisted of homework and HOMEWORK for the month of September.  Praise God I have completed phonetics and am down to the last three classes.  Praise God that He has gifted many people for linguistics and that he gives strength to those of us who need to rest in His trust every day of class.  Pray that I will be diligent in my last two weeks of Second Language and Cultural Acquisition and that I will be continuously faithful to the homework and learning from the other two classes.  I want God to be glorified in this learning. 

            Though I felt like my life was completely consumed with homework in the past few weeks God filled me with His truth.  In the beginning of September I began reading through the book of Daniel, really being challenged by the burning furnace that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abendego faithfully went to trusting God was in control.  Over the past two months I have felt that I have been in the furnace and I have heard these questions in my head:  “Why are you doing what you are doing with your life?”  “Who are you living for?”  “Is it really worth it?”   I wanted to examine my motives and to evaluate where the source of my motives grew.  Am I moving forward to go to the field because it is expected of me? Am I going to Papua New Guinea because it’s my dream or God’s dream? Am I going because I am stubborn and am going because it’s all I have talked about doing for the past few years?  I have found myself contemplating these questions frequently and want to know the foundation of my reasoning before I land in Papua New Guinea.  I understand that God has given me answers to these questions somewhere along my path thus far in life, but I needed to be reminded of them and to believe the answers.

            Two weeks ago I went before the Father, fasting for five days to focus more on listening to me.  It was an amazing week!  I was so blessed by being able to rest in Him and know that everything I did that week was only possible through Him.  He taught me to be okay with the unknown because nothing is unknown really when we know Him.  He gave me assurance that I am not returning to Papua New Guinea because me dream is to be Jane of the Jungle, but because has full intentions of using me to invite more people into his family.  I have the privilege to invite people to our party in Heaven!  Praise God!   Also with having the privilege of inviting more people to join His family, I was very blessed to receive encouraging notes from many sisters throughout the week reminding me that I am not on this journey alone.  Praise God!

            Again, what an amazing God we serve! Please join me on your knees in the next few weeks as I finish out my classes here in Dallas.  Pray for motivation and endurance.  Pray for energy to put into my studies.  Pray for good health as I am really struggling to stay healthy right now.  Pray for opportunities to serve the people I am surrounded by every day here in Dallas.  Pray for wisdom as I make some decisions about when to leave Dallas and my journey home.  Pray for open doors as I prepare to begin my support raising to head to the field in April.  Pray that God will be glorified daily in my life.  Pray that God will show you how you can be involved in His dream for all nations.  Maybe He is asking you to sacrifice?  What sacrifice are you willing to make for the sake of the cross? 

            Thank you all for being faithful in going before the Father for me and for being a part of the expansion of His Kingdom.  Please do not grow tired of loving our Savior seek Him with your everything. 

In His Name-

Emily Hinebauch

 

 


 

August 10, 2009

Hello Friends and Family!

    I am writing you from the very warm state of Texas, wishing I was somewhere closer to the mountains bringing in the harvest fields during this season.  I blinked and the last two months happened.  They have busy and full, meaning that some days I have a hard time remembering what all happened in the day or whether it happened today or yesterday, but regardless life is still moving forward full steam ahead.  Classes have begun at Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistic.  I am starting my third week of Articulatory Phonetics tomorrow.   

    With the beginning of a new session of school bring new faces.  I am especially excited to see many of the new faces because they represent faces of new teammates J and friends for these next few months.  Praise God for new relationships!  I have enjoyed getting to know the new friends and look forward to building relationships with them over the next few months. 

     Since my last update I have had the opportunity to return to Montana for ten short days to spend time with my family and friends, renewing old relationships.  It was awesome to be home around familiar faces and to receive so many hugs and kisses.  It helped remind me that I am not in ministry alone and how blessed I am to be a part of His family at Fifth Ave. Christian Church.  As I take steps towards returning to Papua New Guinea next year I am more and more convinced that God is working upstream preparing a journey that I cannot even begin to imagine and taking care of all the details along the way.  Thank you everyone from the Hi-line for being there with me in the journey and for continuing to be my motivation and encouragement every step of the way. 

        Outside of school I am continuing to work at Pioneer Bible Translators (PBT) at their assistant to the training department.  I am invloved in planning events to bring in new members to PBT and helped them get better acquainted with the family of PBT.  It is great to be able to be involved in this process and to continue to build relationships with the staff here at our International Service Center here in Dallas.  The men and women who staff our office place such a vital role in keeping our fields teams alive and running as well as recruiting new team members for the future.  Please pray a special prayer of blessing over them today.  While working in the office I am also trying to work my way through a checklist of to do's for myself in preparation for returning to the field.   Please pray that I will be thourough in going through this list so that I don't miss anything in preparation for full time service. 

        In closing I ask that you will go before the Father with me.  Please ask Him to give me the Spirit of humility as I continue to move forward in preparation for returning to Papua New Guinea.  Pray that I will have a learning mind and heart as I am in classes.  Pray that I will be fully engrossed in His Scripture looking for Hi truth above all else.  Pray that the speakers of the La’o language group in Papua New Guinea will be compelled to read the Scripture they have available to them.  Pray that the Holy Spirit will move through those that know Him.  Pray that Satan will be far away from me in my everyday life because he does not want me to be successful in returning to Papua New Guinea to give people the Word.  Pray that God’s will and plans are always on my mind that I may live for him and not myself.  Finally, pray that God will stir up His desires for you in this day.  Pray that if He wants you to take a risk of faith and join my team in Papua New Guinea in the role of Scripture Impact that you will be ready and willing.  “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” (Matthew 9:37-38)

         Thank you for your prayers and encouragement!  I have attached two pictures to this email, one of a field ready for harvest and another of my family (Randy, Lisa, Eric, Emily, Evan, Ethan, Eli, and Elizabeth). 

In His Name-

Emily Hinebauch

www.legoswolrdwide.org

emily.hinebauch@pbti.org

Skype: emily.hinebauch

 


 

 

June 17, 2009

Dear Friends and Family-

                I pray that this update finds you all well in the beginning of our summer.  I have to say I am ecstatic about being out of school for a few weeks this summer.  My first semester at Graduate School has proved to be a hard one.  I learned a lot of things over the past few months and truly believe God brought me here to have my eyes opened to how much more is involved in the world of Bible Translation than I could ever imagine.  Most of all I have learned that God has not gifted me in the area of linguistics and that it is okay.  Throughout the course of this past semester I found myself sitting in classes that caused me to be so frustrated and doubt my significance in bringing God’s Word to people’s lives.  There were many days that I was tempted to drop out and do something else because I just didn’t understand why anyone would want to write a grammar paper for a new language J  But also in my classes I realized how many thing influence one’s language and the effects outside influence has on the Word of God impacting people’s lives.  For instance in Papua New Guinea, the translations that have been done in many villages are starting to be threatened by the influence of English in the trade of the country.  People will learn enough English to buy and sell from the market or to move up in the elementary school, while rejecting their own vernacular.  This means their proficiency in any of the languages they know is low.  They will not be able to pick up a Bible in English and fully grasp concepts used in English speaking countries and they will not be able to read the Bible in their vernacular fully, because they have ignored being exposed to it in their attempts at English.

             All and all I had to evaluate my strategy in my continued training for my future in Papua New Guinea.  Knowing that I did not enjoy analyzing linguistics I had to find a different role for myself in Pioneer Bible Translators.  It just so happens that one of the largest needs in for PBT in Papua New Guinea is that of Scripture Impact personal.  Let me explain this role.  As a scripture impact person I will go into language groups, surveying if they people are using scripture that is already been published in their vernacular and finding ways to motivate them to use what they have.  For example, a few strategies would be to help them write down the songs they sing in church in a book, so that they can up their fluency of reading by having more materials produced to read.  Also, holding workshops that will promote the scripture memorizations, producing books for Sunday school materials, and study guides for the books of the Bible that are already translated.  These are just a few of the ways that people have found to be useful in infiltrating the scripture into the lives of men and women in Papua New Guinea.  The best thing about me being able to fill this role is that I am only a few more classes away from being ready to return to Papua New Guinea. 

             This past week I have had the amazing opportunity to catch up with many of the people that became my family in Papua New Guinea.  PBT’s International Service Center, just hosted Pioneer Missions Institute introducing new people to what happens in PBT and encouraging them to take the next step in joining our team.  Many missionaries from Papua New Guinea were here to participate in teaching and recruiting.  I was blessed to be able to have my good friend Martha Wade, stay with me at my house and to be able to dream up a plan of action for me when I return to Papua New Guinea.  She is returning to Papua New Guinea in a couple weeks after being home for a seven month furlough and upon her arrival back in country she will be exploring the possibilities of me working in a language group that is near where she is working.  The men involved in this language group have been coming and asking Martha for help translating the Old Testament into their language and she has had to turn them down time and time again.  She has a burden for the La’o speakers, but she has told them that they cannot move forward in producing Old Testament translation unless there is proof that they are using their New Testament that is already published.  The missionary who had helped produce the New Testament in La’o had to leave quickly after the finishing of the New Testament due to medical reason and there has been no follow up with literacy or Scripture Impact materials since.  We are praying that God will give us peace and confidence in Him as we explore the options that exist amongst the La’o speakers for me to go and begin Scripture-in-use courses within the villages. 

                I ask you all to join me in praying for the La’o speakers that they may come to know Christ through the Scripture that is already published and that they will have a deep yearning to know more and more about our heavenly Father.  Pray that they will be motivated to learn to read and write in La’o so that they might begin to evangelize amongst each other and pour their passion into neighboring languages groups.  Pray that God will give ma peace in the next year as I begin exploring steps to return to Papua New Guinea possibly within the next year (crazy and scary!!! But so cool!).  Pray that God will provide many supporters who will come alongside me and rise up the prayer and financial support that I will need to return.  Pray that God will give me the motivation and energy to prepare a budget and a strategy for raising this support.  There are so many more things that we can lift up to the Lord but most of all I want you to pray how you can be involved in expanding His Kingdom to the very ends of the earth.  Maybe he is calling you to be the person we need in Papua New Guinea to come and fix our generators, repair the houses owned by PBT, maintain our vehicles and be the all around handyman or woman.  This is our most pressing need on the team in Papua New Guinea to ensure that the men and women who are already apart of our team can be fully dedicated to the translations that are already in progress.  Please pray that God will raise up more workers for the harvest field in Papua New Guinea.  The men and women there deserve to know His Word intimately, allowing it to transform their lives as it has yours and mine. 

 

In His Name-

Emily Hinebauch

 

 

March 13, 2009

 

Hello friends and family-
    The classes have begun again :)  Monday morning I found myself waking up and turning on the coffee pot a little earlier than I have in the past few weeks.  I also drank my cup of coffee knowing that grammar will be over in just 15 days.  I have to find some fun in life as begin my journey of finding sense of grammar.  So I will start by pleading for all of your prayers in the 15 days for clear understanding of the concepts I will be learning in this session.  I really do want to understand it and tuck it away as a tool for the future. 
    This past month I was able to take a break from school and do a bit of traveling to spend time with my family and enjoy some down time.  The second weekend of February found me in Billings, MT cheering on my two youngest brothers at the Montana State Wrestling tournament.  They both had an outstanding weekend of wrestling.  Ethan finished up his high school career with a second State Championship under his belt and Eli start his with runner up in his perspective weight class.  They were alot of fun to watch and the weekend gave me an opportunity to see many family members that came to cheer on the boys.  It was alot of fun. 
    The morning after the wrestling finals, my parents, my three youngest siblings and myself were on our way to Hawaii to celebrate my parents 25th anniversary.  They had eloped to Maui and we were able to spend a week in the same resort that they stayed the week they eloped.  It was a great time to spend catching up on sleep, getting a tan, and relaxing with the family.  I was reminded of God's greatness as I saw the beauty of Hawaii. 
    I returned to Texas and have been working at Chili's still for the last few weeks of my month break from school and had the chance to once again reunite with my parents and two brothers last weekend in Oklahoma City.  My brother Evan competed at the NAIA national finals wrestling tournament.  He made the trip well worth it as he competed really strong and came away with runner up in his weight class as first year wrestler at the college level.  I am very glad I had the opportunity to sneak away for the weekend and watch him wrestle, it has been a few years since I have seen him compete. 
    During the weekend in Oklahoma, my family got the news that my mom's stepmother, Pat Hill, had a massive heart attack.  She passed away on Sunday morning in Denver, Colorado.  My parents and all of my mom's sisters were able to be with my grandpa, Pat's daughter and grandson this week.  Please pray for the family that we may be alert to my grandpa's needs in these immediate months and the future. Also pray for my mom as she spends the next few days with my grandpa finishing up some details and helping him process through the loss.  
    God has been teaching me to depend on him more and more everyday.  In the past few weeks, I have been dwelling on much greater God is in my weaknesses.  Part of allow God's greatness to shine I must continue to die to self more.  My pride has been raging up and lashing back at God asking Him what else he could possibly want.  Please pray with me as I continue to ask God for areas of surrender.  Pray that I may be open to continued surrender and open to God's leadings whatever it may be.  Pray that God presence will surround yourselves and that you will be willing to jump in the risks that He asks from you only so that He make catch you in His embrace.  Thank you all for your continued, faithful prayer support. 
 
In His Name-
Emily

 

January 2009

Dear Friends and Family-

            As I come to the close of January I have decided it is time to fill you all in on the changes that are happening in my life.  One of the first changes happens to be the peace the I have within the change.  Last fall when I was struggling with the decision of “what next” following my graduation from Ozark Christian College in December, I was restless in whether I would make the right decision or not.  I dreaded the thought of moving to a whole new place and starting over.  The past few years have been transitional and I was ready to just plant myself where it was comfortable. 

But as I alluded to in my last update, I have moved to Dallas.  It seems as if I closed my eyes took a jump and ended up sitting in a classroom at Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics.  Not only have I moved to a “big city” and started grad school (which I never I thought I would find myself committing you), but I have officially started serving in a new restaurant and am ready to get plugged into a new congregation of brothers and sisters in Christ. 

No, I have not had the most positive attitude in all these transitions of the past month, but this morning my roommate/friend Jaymi ventured out to the Southgate Harvest Church of Duncanville, Texas.  Sunday morning was a reflection of change, a good change.  We had the opportunity to watch six new people welcomed into the family through the surrendering of their lives in the act of Baptism.  It was beautiful!  I know that change inspired by the Word of God and the surrender of people’s lives to the Father is a good change. 

I have come to realize that when my life is in surrender to the Father it is not about how I handle adjusting to a new environment when I move from one physical address to the next or returning to a classroom setting for learning a new skill.  This life is not about me and it should not be about the many transitions left in a lifetime, it is about the Heavenly Father and my relationship with him.  I made that decision when I surrendered my life to him and now I am simply called to trust him and allow him to coordinate what is next.  Scary, but oh so refreshing to think about!

            So to close up I just want to thank you all for your prayers in the past month as I have made the move and started school.  My roommates, Jaymi Cook and Erin O’Connor, and I have settled into our new home quit comfortably.  It is a very welcome site at the end of a long day of classes.  I also started working at the Chili’s just five minutes from my house and my hope is to have an opportunity to get involved in my co-workers lives while I am here.  Between work and homework my life stays pretty busy. 

            Just a few prayer requests before I sign off.  Pray that God will continue to give me clarity on a future with Pioneer Bible Translators and how I can best serve within their organization.  Pray that I will be open to sharing Christ with my co-workers at Chili’s.  Pray that I will have a servant heart towards my roommates and that I will see ways that I can encourage them throughout each week.  Please pray for my summer plans as I am considering recruiting for Pioneer Bible Translators during my six week break from school this summer.  Finally, please pray for God’s guidance in each of your lives asking him to evaluate attitudes areas where he may be asking you to take a risk, becoming far bigger than yourselves evolving into His likeness. 

 

In His Name-

Emily Hinebauch


 

 

December 8, 2008

Dear Friends and Family

 
    I hope this Holiday Season finds you all well and happy.  I am taking the opportunity to give a quick update on what is happening in the life of Emily Hinebauch and hopefully we be starting the pattern of sending out some more regular updates again, as I did while I served in Papua New Guinea.  I will let the course of the next few paragraphs fill you in, but please know I would love to know how you all are doing as well via email or snail mail.  I will post my new mailing address at the bottom of the email.  :) 
 
    A very popular question at this point in my life is, So what are you going to do following graduation?  As I sit one away from that magical day that will free me from the piles and piles of homework that have accompanied for the last four years I was a little shaky in saying “I am not sure.”  Never would I have thought that I, Emily Hinebauch, would not have a firm answer for that question when the time came.  You see there has been a few things in this past year that have shaken my confidence in standing tall and saying what will happen next in my life. 
 

   I have been back from Papua New Guinea now for one year and five months now and I still have a strong desire to return to the country of Paradise.  My sense of adventure has lost some of its eagerness, but it is still there underneath it all.  As I have approached my day of graduation from Ozark Christian College quickly, I have been faced with a few decisions.  Just a couple of weeks ago I applied for a few ministry positions other than Pioneer Bible Translators and was strongly considering planting my feet in American soil for an extended period of time.  Something inside of me was tugging and saying “Come on Emily you know that you want to earn some money to put aside before you go” or “It will be good for you, you will receive experience and be able to stand on your own for a few years before you have to start depending on other people for support.”  I heard these voices inside me fighting and making me come close to insanity, because I wanted to know.  I wanted to know where I was supposed to go and none of those questions really helped me decide they just sent me

   A few weekends ago I had the opportunity to attend the National Missionary Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma and during this time I was given the chance to visit with some of my Pioneer Bible Translators (PBT) family.  During these visits I talk to them about my reluctance of moving to Dallas, because I was afraid of the change that was apart of it.  At this stage in my life moving to the big city is not my dream, but after conversations with several friends and finally the President of PBT, Greg Pruett, I decided I was avoiding the inevitable. 

   Growing up in my household my siblings and I would ask my parents if we could go stay with our friends or eat that extra tub of candy and they would respond in with the answer we never wanted to hear. NO!  Since we were such submissive, quiet children we would respond with the question, why?  To this they would respond saying, “Because I said so.”  It was so frustrating when I was younger because I didn’t think it was fair at all; I deserved a real answer even if that real answer was worse than their response.  But as I have aged and gain some wisdom I realized that it was the best possible answer my parents could have given me.  They were teaching me  that life was not all about what I wanted, but to trust that their decision was the right one.  I think over the past few months as I have battled with what I would do following graduation I have come to the conclusion that the Father has asked me to go to Dallas and when I asked him why, his simple response is: “because I said so.”  So with this answer from the Father, I am moving forward to follow what I believe to be is what my Dad is asking me to do. 

   Over the next few years I will be working towards a Graduate Degree which may eventually lead to my Masters in Literacy at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics.  Study in Dallas at this school, will allow me to be amongst many of my Pioneer Bible Translator co-workers and friends.  I will be living with two ladies who are pursuing further schooling specifically for the field of Bible Translation.  One of whom, I have resided within the past, my teammate Jaymi Cook. 

   As I move forward in this new transition of my life I beg you that you will go to your knees with me.  This has been a decision that I have agonized over, because I have always had the dread of living in a big city or anywhere near one.  My entire life I have managed to avoid them like a plague, but I believe this is another opportunity for me to see God at work while I am completely out of my comfort zone.  Also, I plead with you to be on your knees about my further schooling.  While I am this close to finishing at Ozark Christian College I strongly desired never to go back to school again, but I believe that this is the best opportunity for me to develop a skill set that will aid in the spread of the Kingdom.  Please pray that I will have perseverance and determination to start and finish strong at Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics.  There are many more prayers that I would love for you to pray with me, but I would love for you all to pray specifically for the two that I have already mentioned and for my personal relationships that I will develop over the course of the next few months.  Pray that I will be open to new friendships and that I will pour into people with the love that Christ desires for us to share with one another. 

    I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have been apart of my journey thus far and those of you who are now joining.  I am so richly blessed to be able to sit down and write this letter to so many people.  Thank you for surrendering your time in the past to going to your knees for me and the adventures God has taken me on and thank you in advance for the many prayers I will ask for.  Thank you for being willing to allow God to be in control of your lives.  In closing, I want to challenge you all to take the time to pray how God can use you to change your community this season.  Consider how He can use you to encourage someone in need during the Holiday Season, maybe it is by just inviting them into your home to celebrate. 

In His Name-

Emily Hinebauch

 

 


 

July 9, 2007

Hello Fifth Ave.

   Well this will be the last bulletin update that you will receive from me from PNG.  If all goes well I will be with you all next week. Yay!  As you read this I will be starting my adventure home.  This next week I will spend a day in Dallas the internal service center for a day of debriefing, before getting on my final leg of the journey home.  

   In my last few days in country I was able to live on a sailboat with the Directors wife.  It was a good opportunity for me to spend time with Kathy and get to know her a bit more before I leave.  I have enjoyed my time on the boat and taking in yet another perspective of PNG.  But since my week has not been as full, I will keep the update short. 

   But in these next few days please pray for me as I am traveling.  Please pray that I will make all my connections and have no hang ups getting into Dallas.  Pray for the branch and their future in the next few years.  Pray for Jaymi in the remainder of her stay in PNG until November.  Pray for my health as the past week has began to wear on me.  Pray for God’s role for you in the future of PBT/PNG. 

 

In His Name-

Emily


 

July 1, 2007

Hello All-
I will attempt to catch you all up on the happenings of Emily Hinebauch in PNG for the past three weeks. It will be a tough one, but I will try J Since my last update I have been residing in Madang town, where the PBT office is. My “job” has been to edit shell books, so it is easier for the translators and literacy specialists to enter their text in the books and print them off without to much hassle. I say it is my “job,” because that means it is what I work on whenever I am not running around town with whoever arrived in country that week. In the past few weeks 6 interns and their coach, Mike and Linda Sweeney, and Brigette and Bobby Relyea have all arrived in country. It has been very exciting.
First came the interns and Lindy. Jaymi and I were able to spend quite a bit of time with them, helping them shop, pack and providing meals for them. I enjoyed it whole heartedly, but I was worn out by the end of each day. I felt like I was home again cooking for a crowd. We were able to show them a few of the sites of Madang and just sit around the house playing games and chatting. It was good to see their eagerness they brought to the country with wanting to learn the language and culture.
The Sweeney’s and the Relyea’s came in the mix of the interns leaving for the village. Brigette and Bobby were able to move in with Jaymi and I, because their mom (Marsha Relyea Miles) was not able to make the journey with them due to medical reasons. I have enjoyed have them both here, we sent Bobby off to Ukarumpa to be with his friends a few days ago and Brigette is close to recovered from jet lag, so there have been a few late nights catching up on the happenings at Ozark since we have left. I love hearing both Brigette and Bobby’s stories of growing up in PNG and how I can understand a lot of it now after being in country. We snuck away to the beach on Thursday to try out body surfing, it was an experience.
This past week I have started to sort through my items and start putting them in the suitcase to start my long journey home. It is almost surreal to think that I am coming home already, but than at moments I feel like it cant come soon enough. I still haven’t got that whole patience thing down yet. I am not very good at waiting, if I know I will be traveling I like to be on the other end already. I start my journey on July 9th leaving Madang, traveling through Port Moresby (PNG), Singapore, Tokyo, L.A., Phoenix, and finally arriving in Dallas on the night of July 10th. My aunt Linda will be meeting me at the Dallas airport and take me home with her to the nice comfortable bed in her upstairs for the night. On July 11th I will spend the day at PBT’s ISC for debriefing, than after another night with Aunt Linda, she will take me to the airport for yet another day of flying, which will hopefully land me in Havre, MT on the night of the July 12th (yay!).
So needless to say this will hopefully be the last update I will write from the country of Papua New Guinea for this year. Thank you all for your prayers and encouraging notes that you have made the effort to send during my time here. It would not be possible without them. I will be writing at least one other update when I arrive home, so look forward to that one in a just a few weeks. Hopefully by that point I will have seen a few of you and given you a hug by than, but if not it will be able to inform you of my arrival in country and if I have any spontaneous plans from there. J After living in the land of the unexpected for a few months, who knows something could happen. Thanks again everything.
In closing please remember me in your prayers as I bid my final farewells in the next few days. Pray for safe travel start on July 9th until my arrival in Montana on the 12th. Pray for Marsha Relyea Miles as she goes into surgery on July 6th. Pray for Brigette and Bobby and the rest of the family during this ordeal. Pray for the interns as they return from their first village this week and spend a few days in Madang. Pray for the future of PBT PNG. Pray, asking God if it is his will for you to come to the field. Pray that God will be glorified today.

In His Name-
Emily

 


June 28,2007

Hello Fifth Ave-

   Times are slowing down in PNG this week.  I have been able to spend the past week with my friend Bridgette Relyea and her brother after their arrival in country a week ago.  They were supposed to be joined by their mother, but due to medical reasons her time got canceled.  Which means Bridgette and Bobby got to move in with Jaymi and I.  Something I have enjoyed thoroughly.  It has been good to catch up and hear stories from them growing up here. 

    Over the past week I have been able to reflect a lot on my time here and have very much appreciated all the prayers you all have offered on my behalf.  There are many things that would not have been possible without your prayers.  Thank you for being the prayer warriors I have needed to stay healthy the past six months, not just physically but mentally and emotionally as well.  I feel like I have been completely surrounded by your prayers the entire time.  I have been blessed to maintain a healthy relationship with my teammate even after being inseparable to an extreme since we arrived in country.  It has been an interesting learning experience living that closely with someone I didn’t know.  I believe God has taught me numerous lessons just from that alone.  I am again amazed at his power and the greatness of his family after living here for six months.  I am very excited to return to you all in two weeks and begin to tell you face to face the lessons I have learned and our brothers and sisters I have met.  Thank you for your support and prayers. 

   This week please pray for me as I say my goodbyes.  Pray for Jaymi as I leave and she begins the next five months here without a teammate.  Pray for the branch here as our numbers are getting smaller, but there is still much work to be done.  Pray that more workers will be sent here to accomplish this work.  Pray for the transitions that will be taking place for everyone here and for the transition that I will begin to face in returning home.  Pray that God will be glorified through every work. 

 

In His Name-

Emily


 

June 20,2007

Dear Fifth Ave.

     The countdown continues.  14 more days and I leave PNG.  The time is drawing nearer and nearer.  Two days ago we welcome the seven interns in country.  It is exciting to have them here.  I realize more and more what I was like coming to country five and half months ago.  I pray that these interns will see the need this summer and that God will lay it on their hearts to return here and fulfill the work that is laid before us here. 

      This past week we have finished up some of the editing shell books and helping the interns begin their planning for their first two weeks in their village.  We even took them shopping and cooked for them a few times.  It was a good excuse to spend some time with people our age and see things from a different perspective.  This next week I will be living on a sailboat with Kathy Harris, while her husband goes to the village.  Might as well experience as many different things in PNG as possible, so I am working towards it. 

       This week please pray for me as Jaymi and I spend our last week together.  Pray for good rest as I finish strong.  Please pray for humility for me, as I continue to find ways to serve the teams in the office.  Pray for the PBT/PNG branch.  Pray for the 7 interns as they explore PNG for the next two months.  Pray for all the final details that I will be tying up in the next two weeks and that I will complete them to the best of my ability.  Thank you for your continued prayers. 

 

In His Name-

Emily


 

June 3,2007

Hello All-
I think I am hooked! I have returned to town after 5 ½ weeks in the “bush” and I am ready to return 2 days later. My heart is definitely still with the people of Samban even if I cannot return to them for awhile. It was a hard to look at them for the last time and wonder in the back of my mind if I would ever see them again. Some I know I will see in heaven, but than there is the some that I know haven’t reach the point of commitment yet. I had finally adjusted into their world to the extent of being comfortable around them and than I had to leave. I will miss sitting in their houses every day and talking with them, but most of all laughing with them. If there is one thing I remember about Samban it will be all the laughs I shared with these people. They are great and I pray that God will lead me back there someday to help advance the work in literacy.
As far as the rest of my time since the last update, we have just completed the course that we taught at Gandep Bible School. It was a remarkable experience to work with 6 different language groups. These students are at a three-year bible school training to be pastors. We were able to teach a short course on scripture in use and help them make some material that can help them teach within their village. It was great to have so many different language groups represented and to see these leaders excited.
Gandep was a good “growing” time for me. I had a lot of time outside of classes to sit and reflect on my relationships that I have made since being in country. It was very hard for me to know that I had just said goodbye to the people that I had grown closest to since being in country. I heart was having trouble letting go of the fact that I may never return to them. I strongly believe that God has laid literacy on my heart in the past month. When I came to Papua New Guinea it was my intention to survey literacy work, but really I didn’t have the chance to interact with any literacy work until May. I doubted my ability to serve in the position and didn’t have the desire to return to school after completing my degree at Ozark. But after spending my month in Samban and working with the students at Gandep I feel like God really was opening my eyes to literacy and the HUGE need for it. It is vital for the people to know the scriptures that have been translated. It is a shame for the many years of translation to go to waste, because the people do not know how to read their Tok Ples. At Gandep we had the privilege to see the majority of the students read the scriptures for the FIRST time. It blows my mind. I cant believe it. They have had the Bible translated in Tok Pisin for years now, but it is such a vague language that it isn’t “clear” to the readers compared to reading it in their Tok Ples. Who am I to deny them this privilege of reading the scriptures? Who am I to say I wont return to school for one or two more years to receive the training that can allow me to teach them? Yea, good question. God has laid this burden on my heart and I intend to pursue it.
One of the best experiences that I have had in the past months was one night in Gandep. I was/am very confused about my future and trying to “figure it out” all week. I felt almost a huge cloud over me all week trying to know what exactly God asking from me. I longed to be back out at Samban. One night after everyone else had gone to bed I just sat in a chair crying, begging God to make it clear to me. I confessed my fears of looking towards the future in Papua New Guinea alone, I confessed my desire to be in control of my life, and I confessed my worries to him. I told him my desire was to return to PNG one day. I told him that was my desire and if that was his will to bring me back here. As I was in this conversation with God, I felt utterly helpless. I cant tell you what is going to happen tomorrow or next week, but I can tell you God has me in PNG right now. I wish I could go back home in July and give everyone a 10 year plan of my future, but God has asked me to trust him and wait for him to reveal one step at a time. As I gradually wrap life in PNG up here in the next five weeks, I will be saying a lot of good byes or see you laters. It will be hard because I don’t know if I will return, but I know I have been blessed to be a part of the family of God and to spend these past few months with the family in PNG. I pray daily that I will one day reunite with them in PNG, but more importantly I pray that we will rejoice in heaven together.
So with that please pray with me. Pray that God’s guidance will be clear as I move towards the future. Pray that I will continually have peace moving forward. Pray for wisdom, that God will shower it down. Pray that I may have a longing for knowing more, that I will continue to have a learning attitude for the remainder of my time in PNG and as I return home. Pray that my dependability on God will not decrease as I go back to a controlled environment in the states. Pray that God will send workers to the harvest field in Papua New Guinea, there is a huge need. Pray for Jaymi and I as we spend our last few weeks together. Pray for our health and attitudes as we are in Madang with the rest of the branch preparing for interns and summer visitors. Pray that God will draw you close to him today.
I pray for that you all will have a chance to totally depend on God today, to experience him as the controller of your life not just pieces of it, but all of it. I pray that you have the chance to completely surrender your desires to him and that your faith will follow him to his desires for you. It is amazing to be on the journey with the Father and I cant wait to see his face in heaven when all is said and done.
Thank you all for your prayers and support. I have been so blessed by the prayers. Praise God that both Jaymi and I have survived malaria and that he has granted me with good health since. Praise God that we finished the Luke Study Guide. Praise God that there are leaders rising up in 6 language groups at Gandep Bible School. Praise God for all the safe travels we have had across PNG so far. Praise God for his family.

In His Name-
Emily

 


May 7, 2007

Hello All-

            This is the first update I have sent you from a village in Papua New Guinea.  How exciting!  Four months after departing Montana, I am situated in the East Sepik of Papua New Guinea, in a village called Samban.  This is where we were for ten days at the end of March, when we came out to get our feet wet and get to know the place.  The first impression that time was this was a place with many, many mosquitoes and lots of rain.  Funny how things change in PNG!  We returned to Samban two weeks ago and it felt like coming home.  It was the first time we have been somewhere where we recognize familiar faces and we know what to look forward to.  Granted the heat the mosquitoes are the best things to look forward to, but they are worth it compared to the relationships we get to build here. 

            Since arriving back here, we (Jaymi and I) have spent our time working with the ladies on translating a Luke study guide from Tok Pisin (the language used countrywide) to ApMa (the village language).  Basically our job is to organize the time and the materials for the ladies to the work and to encourage them, considering we don’t know ApMa.  It is a good chance for us to sharpen our Tok Pisin skills and make us more confident in out speech. 

            Also since we have been back we have moved into our own house, inhabited by rats and bats.  The first few nights were a bit challenging, but thanks to rat traps and my friend Susan we do not feel the presence of the rats anymore.  The bats hang to the attic.  This has been a neat experience to live in our own house, because it has allowed the girls of the village to come to our house and visit.  At times it seems like our house is just the entertainment place, because I feel like every younger girl (age 3 to age 25) is up in our house, just sitting and staring at us for entertainment.  It has been frustrating for Jaymi and I at times, because we don’t know what to talk about with them when they don’t talk.  So I resorted to opening up the Tok Pisin bible a few times and reading passages of scripture aloud.  I figured if they wont talk they might as well hear scripture.

            The highlight of most of my days, is when I get to become the “meri bilong play” and go outside and play volleyball with the boys and girls our age.  It is a time for plenty laughs and a lot of fun.  Most days I am laughing, because of some of their attempts to speak English slang and other times I am just laughing to see them fun.  Their smiles are plentiful and beautiful. 

            So needless to say I have become attached to this place.  The time has gone by quickly so far and I expect that the next two weeks will speed by even faster.  I am starting to dread the day that I have to say goodbye.  The relationships I have built will remain with me.  They are already starting to talk about the day we leave and how some of them will cry.  I am trying to convince them that when I say goodbye its alright because I will see them in heaven. 

            Speaking of heaven, I have become homesick for it since being here.  I read 2 Corinthians 5 the other morning when I couldn’t sleep.  It made me long for heaven and the day that I can be surrounded by my brothers and sisters in Christ.  What an amazing day that will be to live in heaven with people that I have met in Mexico, Ecuador, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, and the U.S.  There are times that I miss my family and friends from back home to a deep degree, but than I think of this hope that awaits us in heaven and how great it will be.  I stand to live away from the “comforts” of being near to the one’s I love, because I know one day we will all be reunited again in heaven. 

            In closing I ask that you will pray that I will continue to see this eternal hope.  Pray that the people in Samban will see this hope.  Pray for Jaymi and my ministry here as we interact with these people.  Pray for patience as our “personal space” is not our own.  Pray for our health as our bodies are weak from the heat and mosquitoes.  Pray for Jaymi and my relationship, that we may sharpen each other as sisters in Christ.  Pray peace from God as I ask him about the future.  Pray that he will send more workers here that these people may become literate and understand the scripture.  Pray, asking him what role you can play in this.  The work here will never be finished unless someone comes. 

 

 

In His Name-

Emily Hinebauch


 

 

May 4, 2007

 

Hello Fifth Ave. 
       Good morning from Samban.  It is a warm Saturday here as I write.  I am happy to tell you that Jaymi and I have now been in a village now for two weeks without having to leave early.  Yay!  Two more weeks in Sambanhere, before we travel on to Gandep to teach classes.  Samban has quickly became our home.  I have enjoyed it very much returning to this village, where we were for ten days before returning to town.  This time we have our own house, where we can work with the ladies that come up and work on the Luke study guide, turning it from Tok Pisin into Tok Ples.  We have started to build some good relationships with the people here in Samban and I think they are getting used to us.  It has been especially good to continue building a relationship with the Pryor family who works out here.  Last night we had their daughter Nalleh Dawn down to spend the night.  She loved it.  We had a tea party decorated with flowers and candles.  Life is going good in Papua New Guinea, as my time here draws to a close.  Ten more weeks and I will be back in Montana.  The time has flown by fast and I have been told the rest of it will go even faster. 
   So with that I ask for your prayers.  I ask that you pray for purposeful relationships in Samban.  Pray that we may be able to finish the Luke study guide with the ladies.  Pray for good health, both Jaymi and I have been up and down.  Pray for Jaymi's and my relationship, that we may be able to lift each other up.  Pray for my heart as I build relationships here, knowing in two weeks I have to say goodbye.  Pray for extra strength in the warm weather and plenty mosquitoes.  Pray that God will give you a way to get involved with the church worldwide. 
 
In His Name-
Emily

 

April 28, 2007

Hello Fifth Ave.

Good Morning from Samban, in the East Sepik of Papua New Guinea. It is a hot one here as I write and is a place full of plenty mosquitoes.  Yes, we have finally returned somewhere. Amazing! After living in 7 different houses and packing up and preparing for a long village stay, we have finally arrived back in Samban and have set up camp at our 8th
house, since we have been in country. I feel worn out just thinking about how many times we have become familiar we a place and than said goodbye, even if it is just a new house in town. Needless to say, when we returned to Samban on Monday, I was a little bit emotionally and taken back. It was crazy to recognize the faces that met us at the plane and
to think that I didn’t necessarily have to start from the bottom and build up. What a feeling. It is also crazy to think that I can communicate with these people. I can understand them and I think most of the time they can understand me. I have lived in this country for three months and I can communicate with them. Now the big step is to allow my communication to be purposeful and stirring a desire within the people to read the bible. As we have settled back into Samban, working with the Apma language we have a chance to open the ladies eyes to some of the scripture. Granted there has to be a desire from them. Now as the week ends, marking the end of our first of four weeks in this stay, I feel hopeful for our work here. Especially since Jaymi will be returning here after I leave for a month to follow our Scripture-in-use through, very exciting.

This week please pray that my body will adjust well to the high heat and the many mosquitoes here. I already can see a difference from last time; the mosquitoes don’t like me AS much. Praise God! Pray that every morning I can wake up and see some ways that I can serve Jaymi and the Pryor family throughout the day. Pray that I will have purposeful
relationships with the ladies here. Pray that my body will be strong and that it will withstand any illness that comes. Pray for protection against malaria. Pray for PBT/PNG branch. PLEASE ask God if he has a role for you to fulfill in this country with PBT. We need people to come to the harvest field in Papua New Guinea. Please pray that God will nudge people and that their ears will be open. Please pray that the last of my 11 weeks will serve a purpose and that my attitude is one like Christ.

In His Name-

Emily


 

 

April 18, 2007

Hello All-

    These past few weeks of flown by quickly.  I had the privilege of living with PBT’s Papua New Guinea branch director, Todd Owen and is family since April 5th.  What I thought would be stretching as far as our living conditions in a house with five kid’s who are very curious and being introduced to another village, almost entirely different than any of the other villages I have been to, turned out to be blessing.

    A few things about the village I was at for the past two weeks.  Uria is a village that several missionary’s have come and gone from, because of the spiritual warfare that resides in the village.  People that had been there said they left with darkness.  So when I set out for Uria two weeks ago I expected to experience a somewhat different atmosphere.  But I shouldn’t have doubted.  Our God is much bigger than the enemy and the entire time I was in the village I yearned for the Scriptures with a urgency.  I found much comfort in 1 Corinthians.  I felt the need to read through 1 Corinthians after Todd read chapter 15 Easter Sunday night around their family table.  When he read I was reminded of my time in Africa and how I had clung to that particular chapter, especially verse 58.

    Easter Sunday was a very special occasion in Uria.  It was the day that they dedicated their first written scripture in their village language.  The book of Mark is now the only scripture they have in their language.  In church this past Sunday, Todd read scripture from the book of Mark aloud.  The people were amazed that it was in their language, there were murmurs throughout the congregation and smiles on their faces.

     In my time with the Owens’ I was able to hear the dream that they had for the branch here.  These past few years have been hard on this branch and it has seen many people come and go and it is still not finished.  I asked Todd to keep me on track with the dreams over the next few years as I finish school.  Since there are so many variables that can change between now and tomorrow, it is impossible to know what exactly the future holds.  I still feel a peace about being in Papua New Guinea and seeing it as a long-term field that I can serve on.  Until I feel like God has changed my direction, I want to say I will return.

    In light of that I ask for your prayers.  I ask that you will pray for strong guidance from the Father’s hand.  I ask that you pray specifically that he will instill a confidence in me in the next few months that I be in my work with both feet.  Pray that God will reveal his plan to me, that he will slam doors shut and throw open new ones, if need be.  I ask you to pray for the unity of PBT’s PNG branch, pray that they will draw together and make a dream for the future.  Pray that there will be many, many new people coming to this branch in the next few years.  Pray that God will guide you in your walk and ask him to stretch you.  May I dare to ask you to pray that God will create a stirring in you to join this branch?  Pray with confidence that he will answer and know our home is not here on earth, but in heaven.

This is a truth that I get to feel everyday as I live here in Papua New Guinea.  Oh what a wonderful day it will be when we all get to heaven and rejoice with everyone who has inspired our walk with Christ and those that we inspired.  I think that is well worth the miles that separate me from “my home,” and the “comforts” of society.  Granted PNG has its comforts.  It lacks in Hidden Valley Ranch dressing packets, Dr. Pepper, Starbucks, and air conditioning, but it does bring the sun, the magnificent beauty and God’s harvest.

In His Name-

Emily


 

April 4, 2007

Hello Fifth Ave. –

Well life in Papua New Guinea is busy. This past week of being in town has had its high points and low points. I think I am ready to go back to a village for a little while. Though it is getting harder to go from place to place, moving constantly; it gives a whole new meaning to living from a suitcase. Because basically I will for the entire six months I am here. But it is good to experience a lot of what happens in the missionary life. Transitions, transitions, transitions…moving,
moving, moving.

So, during our week long stay in town shopping for our five weeks village stay, our Scripture-In-Use course we will be teaching, and settling things in the office for our next town stay a few exciting things went on. One there was a tsunami on the Solomon Islands which on a map looks relatively near to PNG, but not really in reality. Anyway, this caused some chaos in Madang. The police went around town telling people to evacuate (which means they yelled over a megaphone from the back of their truck) so there were large masses of people racing for the hills. Thanks to technology and the internet, the missionaries were able to monitor the storm a lot better and evaluate that we weren’t in any danger at all. The whole town shut down for that day, so it was pretty
pointless to try to do more shopping, so I went home and took a nap recovering from my lack of sleep due to the large thunder storm the night before. The thunderstorms here send a bit more a chill through my spine than the ones in Montana. The ground shakes a little bit more here and the walls aren’t as thick to dull the noise. All apart of Papua New Guinea.

Anyway, not to much “new” news this week, but I am drawing to my “half-way” point this coming Tuesday. It is rather odd to think that I have been in PNG for 2 ½ months now and that I will start my downward spiral next week. The time has flown by, but the past week or two have been a little more on the slow side. With things being slower I have thought a lot more about home and missing it, but it has been good to evaluate these feelings in preparation for the future. I have found comfort in some scripture when my thoughts drift to missing home. Luke 9:58, 62.


A few things to pray for this week, please pray for my heart as we are having a bit more down time bringing my thoughts to home and the states. Please pray for guidance from the Father for future schooling. Pray for continued guidance for service within PBT while I am here and for thefuture. Pray for me to live in humility each day remembering my PBT teammates and thinking of their needs. Pray that Jaymi and I will continue to find joy in our relationship as teammates and as friends.  Please pray that we will see ministry opportunities outside of the PBT realm. Please pray that God will guide and direct you today in the ministry that he wants you in.

In His Name-

Emily


 

March 29, 2007

Hello All-
I am back in Madang town for the week. We came back on Monday morning for medical reasons. The missionary we were working with came down with a severe skin disorder (kind of like poison ivy) and it was spreading quickly all over his body. So we left two days early. So we are residing in town for a few days, preparing for our next adventure.
A brief update on the last village we were in. The name of the village is Samban and we work with Jesse and Karie Pryor out there. It has been quite fascinating, because we have been working with some ladies from the village on translating a study guide into their Tok Ples. It is interesting to get a sample of what the translation is like.
Not only did we get an idea of what translation was like to a small extent, but we were able to experience life with a missionary family. When we first arrived Karie was sick with malaria and when we left, Jesse had his skin disorder. Malaria is very high out in Samban due to the mass amount of mosquitoes. I was literally attacked by them every time I went outside. My legs are covered in bites and my arms are at least half covered. Along with the mosquitoes there is the heat that comes with Samban.
Though the physical conditions are “the best” it is still worth being here. Being able to finally get to work on a project and have a goal in front of us to work on. I know I am learning more language, but it seems slower because I am not learning as large of amount.
Some things to pray for as you think of Papua New Guinea, Pioneer Bible Translators, or me. Which ever one comes first J Please pray for continued guidance from the Lord on what he has in front of me. Pray for patience as I encounter new people regularly. Pray for Jaymi and I to continue to find ways to work together. Pray that we will find each others weaknesses and make them each other’s strength, so we are purposeful for the Kingdom. Pray for physical strength as the mosquitoes are starting to where on me. Pray for the people we encounter that we may see them as Christ see’s them and we can love them like we should. Pray that everyone I have contact with will have an opportunity to see Christ in me and that my “self” does not cover him. Pray that God will use you to be a missionary in your community.

In His Name-
Emily

 


March 29, 2007

Hello Fifth Ave.

Well…”our plans” changed yet again. We arrived back in town from the village two days early. Jesse Pryor encountered some tree while he was working out in the bush and it gave him an awful skin disease that kept spreading rapidly. So we ended our village stay a few days early to allow him to see the doctor.            Em I orait (It’s alright), we are in town preparing for our next time we go out. We get to do A LOT of shopping and meeting with everyone before we head out again.

When we return to Samban we will continue to work on translating the Luke Study guide from Tok Pisin into Tok Ples, so we are anxious to get back out there to finish the study guide. We will be out there again for one month. But before we head out there we will go out with our director’s family for the dedication for the book of Mark. We will reside with them for two weeks.

Some things to pray for as you think of Papua New Guinea, Pioneer Bible Translators, or me. Which ever one comes first J Please pray for continued guidance from the Lord on what he has in front of me. Pray for patience as I encounter new people regularly. Pray for Jaymi and I to continue to find ways to work together. Pray that we will find each others weaknesses and make them each other’s strength, so we are purposeful for the Kingdom. Pray for physical strength as the mosquitoes are starting to where on me. Pray for the people we encounter that we may see them as Christ see’s them and we can love them like we should. Pray that everyone I have contact with will have an opportunity to see Christ in me and that my “self” does not cover him.  Pray that God will use you to be a missionary in your community.

In His Name-

Emily


 

March 23, 2007

Hello All-

   Hello from the village of Samban.  It is green and beautiful out here. Aside from my decoration of mosquito bites all over, my time here has been great so far.  I have been located out here for ten days and have five more to go, this time.  This stay is helping with my learning of Tok Pisin and learning the ways of this village.  Our main purpose outside of learning Tok Pisin here is to work on translating a Luke study guide into the language of this village.  In order for us to do this, we have to communicate in Tok Pisin with some ladies and have them talk out the translation in their language and record as we go.  It is an interesting setup.  It can be challenging after being in the heat and mosquitoes all days.

    So as I close for this week, please

  • pray for my continued Tok Pisin learning. 
  • Please pray for my patience in working with the Luke Study guide.
  • Pray for my physical strength and patience with all the mosquito bites

(I wish I could send a picture of how decorated my arms and legs are). 

  • Pray for bonding with Jaymi as we work side by side.  Pray for good relationships with the nationals. 
  • Pray that I will yearn for the scriptures as my strength. 
  • Pray that you will be hear "liap bilong God"  (God's plan).

 

In His Name-

Emily


 

March 14, 2007

Hello All-

  Hopefully as you read this I will be residing in Samban, a village in Papua New Guinea.  Our last week's attempt failed due to Jaymi being sick, which ended up just being something she ate.  That is a huge praise, because of our fear of her having Hepatitis or Malaria.  That would have slowed us up a bit.  But now we are ready to hit the road again.  Or shall I say the sky.  If all goes according to plan, we will fly out to Samban on Wednesday March 14.  We will reside in this village for two weeks.  I am most excited about this time, because we will be working directly with nationals during the day, learning Tok Pisin and observing the literacy project.  The more and more I am in contact with the missionary we will be working with, the more and more anxious I am to finally meet them.  They are a young couple with three children.  Jesse grew up in Papua New Guinea and they actually are working in the village he grew up in.  His wife has just been here a few years and has learned the culture and language well.  This will be a perfect opportunity for me to encourage this family during my time, as they spend the majority of their time in the village isolated from other missionaries. This is also the opportunity for me to interact firsthand with a literacy program, which is role I came interested in filling.     Please pray for guidance these next two weeks as I experience "missionary life" to another extreme.  Pray that MY selfish wants and desires are put aside and that God will be glorified through every action I make.  Pray that I will hear God's voice loud in clear in what he wants from me.  Pray that my mind will be disciplined to learn Tok Pisin quickly.  Pray that I will continue to remember our eternal home as I wrestle with "home" right now.

Pray that this will always be in my frame of mind, so my selfish desire won’t damage any relationships that I have made or will make.  Pray that I will always see opportunities to serve and that I will take them.  Pray that God will reveal to you, His plan for you today. 

In His Name-

Emily


March 7, 2007

Hello All-

So apart of being a missionary is learning how to change plans quickly. Well, on Tuesday March 6 I just finished packing for my 8:30 a.m. flight and saying my final goodbye to my mom on the phone. By the time I got off the phone my teammate Jaymi was at the doctor. She had been feeling under the weather, but we didn’t think it was bad enough to hold us back. Though it was worse than we thought, we had quite a scare, because when she came back the doctor had her get blood tests for malaria and hepatitis. So needless to say we did not go to the village. But good news, Jaymi does not have hepatitis or malaria. She went back to the doctor on Wednesday for another checkup and he said it was probably something she ate. So that means we will be leaving for the village early next week. It has not been determined what exact day.

We will continue to stay in Madang until early next week. Jaymi will be recuperating from her illness and I will try to help in the office for the next two days, as well as get some last minute packing done for extra supplies to take out next week. The time in Madang has been good and I have enjoyed getting to know the PBT staff here, but I am ready to get out into the village and learn more about the Papua New Guinea culture and their language.

Please pray for full recuperation for Jaymi this weekend. Pray for this next week, that I may be effective while I am feeling anxious to get out of town. Pray that plans for this next will go smoothly and that we will in fact, be traveling to the village next week. Pray for continued guidance for me as I seek to find God’s will for me here. Pray for guidance for my future. Pray for Jaymi and I, that we will continue to bond and be effective, we will both be experiencing physical adjustments which can possibly cause more and more frustrations with how much we can be of service. Again, continue to pray that God will push you and lead you to “living the unexpected.”

In His Name-

Emily


 

March 2,2007

Hello All-

Needless to say, I love my time in the village. I learned a lot about the customs of Papua New Guinea and how to relate to the families in the village. Good thing that we had a brief five day stay to get us acquainted with the village, because on Wednesday, March 7, we go to a village for three weeks. While we are in this village, named Samban, we will work with a literacy program and work on our Tok Pisin. We need to learn a lot of Tok Pisin, because we will be teaching a course at a Scripture-in-Use seminar in Tok Pisin at the end of May.
As far as the past ten day, I have been residing in Madang, Papua New Guinea. This is where PBT is based in Papua New Guinea, so I have been familiarizing myself with the office and getting to know the members of the PNG branch. I have thoroughly enjoyed this time. Jaymi and I live in an apartment above our mentors, so it has been good to have our space for awhile. In the month at POC, we were constantly together and always referred to as a two in one deal, so it is nice for people to know us by our names and our different personalities. We bring two totally different perspectives to Papua New Guinea, so it has been interesting to see how well we have gotten along. We have laughed a lot about how we haven't gotten mad at each other. Considering how different we are its surprising. I was very blessed with Jaymi as a teammate and I am praying that the remainder of our time together in Papua New Guinea will be a blessing and that we will continue to challenge each other and embrace each other's differences, so we can use both our talents for one common goal.
So in closing, I ask that you will continue to pray for Jaymi and I to bond together in this next month as we head back out to a village. Pray for physical and spiritual protection as we begin to directly work with a few Papua New Guineans. Pray for patience and knowledge as far as language learning goes. Pray that I might bond with the Pryor's as we work with their family this next month. Pray for continued guidance from the Father, as positions of need come to my attention in the PNG branch. Pray that I will be sensitive to God's voice and touch in these opportunities. Pray that I will have a yearning for the scriptures and that I will go to them when I feel frustrated or down. Pray that God will be glorified through every word I speak and every action I take. Pray that God will stretch you and use you today. Pray that God will reveal to you what His plan for your life is. Who knows maybe he wants you to come join me in Papua New Guinea J
Thank you all for your continued prayer support. I know I would not be here if it were not for the many hours you all have spent in prayer. Please continue this earnestly, that God's Kingdom will be expanded.

In His Name-
Emily


P.S. I am a new licensed driver in Papua New Guinea, as of today. Yay!
 


 

February 28,2007

Hello All-

Well it is warm and beautiful in Madang, Papua New Guinea.  This past week and a half I have been residing in town and working in the office in downtown Madang. I have enjoyed getting to know my fellow PBT members that are here. It has also been nice to rest up and start preparing mentally and physically for our first village stay.

On Wednesday March 8th, Jaymi and I will be going out to village called Samban. We will be staying there for three weeks working with a literacy project and learning more Tok Pisin. This will be a pivotal point for our language, because during the month of May we will be teaching a Scripture-in-Use seminar in Tok Pisin. So in order for us to teach in Tok Pisin, we might have to know it pretty well.

So needless to say, I need prayer for the language learning.  Please pray for my physical strength in adjustment to Samban, the village is very hot and has a bad mosquito problem. Please pray for guidance from God on positions for me to fill in PBT. Please pray for continued Spiritual protection as we go into a village.

Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement through emails and website postings.


In His Name-

Emily
 


 

February 21,2007

Hello All-

So I have survived five days in the village. It was amazing! I loved every minute of it. We did in fact get to bath in a river, wash dishes in the same place and even washed my clothes for the experience. Now I can say I have lived small part of my dream. We lived in a grass hut, where you could hear everything outside. So needless to say sleep was lacking, but well worth it. The last evening they had a big party for us or referred to in Papua New Guinea as a sing sing. They made a lot food and the young men played bamboo for us for about four hours. It was a late night. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know our "mama" in the village. I bonded with her quickly while we made the evening meals.

Okay, a few things to pray for this week. We have now repositioned in Madang in the office for two weeks. We are living in a nice apartment and enjoying it. But I have managed to become sick the past week, mainly from the lack of sleep. So if you could pray for my health right now.  Pray for our hearts as we prepare to go to the village for a longer stay in two weeks. Pray that we will bond well with the PBT staff in the office. We have been blessed with a wonderful introduction to the office and an overwhelming amount of encouragement from all here. Pray for a continued positive relationship with Jaymi.

Thank you for your continued prayers.
In His Name
Emily

 



 

February 13, 2007

Hello All-
Tomorrow I embark on my first week long village stay. In order for me to complete my six week (which was shortened to four weeks) training course, I must spend my last week in a village. I will be living in a grass hut, bathing and washing my clothes in a river and cooking over an open fire. What more could you ask for in life J. Needless to say I am excited to go on this adventure in the morning.
Not only am I excited to go to the village, but I am excited to complete my training course that I might begin my work with PBT. At the completion if this course I will spend a week or so in the city of Madang, where PBT is based in Papua New Guinea, preparing to go out to another village. This village called "Samban" will be where we start our work with Scripture-in-Use, helping a missionary family that has been there for awhile. This is very exciting, because this is what Jaymi and I came here for.
So far, I have been very blessed with good health. Aside from the many mosquito bites, I am doing quite good. I am enjoying the beauty of Papua New Guinea and continuing to discover more and more about the culture here.
I am finding out quickly that part of being a missionary is meeting lots of amazing people and having to say goodbye to them soon after meeting, taking the chance of never seeing them again. These past four weeks at our orientation course has been very enjoyable and I have been able to get close to many of the other families that are training to become part of Wycliffe Bible Translators here in Papua New Guinea or two families from other missions here in Papua New Guinea. Since these were the first families that we met here in Papua New Guinea, I would like to say we have created a special bond with them. But we will have to leave them next week. Even though it will be good to join the rest of PBT it is another series of good byes we have to say, much like the ones from home.
So please pray for Jaymi and I as we transition out of POC next week and transition into our work. Pray that we will not be hindered in our ministry. Pray that we will continue to look to God for our emotional support. Pray that we will know how to encourage each other as we are reaching a point of being gone for one month already. The freshness of arriving in Papua New Guinea is wearing off and it is becoming more like life. Pray that we wont become comfortable, but that we will continue to strive to be stretched and used for His Kingdom to our full potential. Pray that will not be hindered in our upcoming relationships, because we are afraid to lose them also. Pray that God will break our hearts and will make us vulnerable to His work here.
Thank you for you continued prayers. It is a huge blessing. Continue to seek after God for you life and ask him where he wants you in ministry for your everyday life. Thank you for caring about the expansion of His Kingdom.

In His Name-
Emily


 

January 29, 2007

Hello-
Just a short note to inform you all I have arrived in Papua New Guinea. Our internet at the training camp I am at has been down, so sorry that this is the first contact. Please pray for me as I have been playing catch up on the two weeks of language training I missed and that I can fully comprehend and speak it. It will be vital once we are done with our course in two and half weeks, for we will jump into Scripture in Use seminars. Thank you for all your prayers. Our travel went very smooth once we left the States. No hang ups anywhere and a couple extra blessings along the way. The twenty hour layover gave Jaymi and I a lot of time to catch up and share with each other. It also gave us a day to somewhat adjust to the time change before we arrived. That was important, because were taken directly from the airport to our training camp, where we have been since. Thanks again for your prayers, please keep praying.

In His Name-
Emily
 


 

January 24, 2007

They Have arrived!

Hello,

I was just at the PNG Madang airport and saw Emily Hinebauch and Jaymi Cook arrive. They were greeted by almost the entire PNG branch and the people who are running Pacific Orientation Camp. They went straight from the airport to Pacific Orientation Camp known as P.O.C. They looked in
excellent condition and had even had a free meal and hotel room from an airline along the way. All of their luggage arrived and in short all of
our prayers were answered. They said that everything had gone smoothly. I thought you parents would like to know. I just happen to be visiting
here right now. I will be returning to Dallas on Saturday.

Greg Pruett, President
Pioneer Bible Translators

 


 

January 17,2007

Hello All-
  I cant help but smile, God has done it again.  He just wanted me to cry for Him and forget about my plans.  He has ever so gently reminded me that He has plans for Jaymi and I in Papua New Guinea and nothing is going to stop him. 
  Yes, that means Jaymi's paperwork finally arrived at the Embassy. They are processing her paperwork today and will be sending her passport with her visa stamped in it back to her today.  Trusting that it will arrive in her hands tomorrow, we will be departing on Friday as planned (in plan G).  Please pray that these do arrive tomorrow and that we will be able to enjoy our final two days at home. 
  My hope is to send out an update from one of the airports to inform you that our travels are successful, so look for those.  If not, I will attempt to send out an update once we arrive in Papua New Guinea.
  Thank you so much for your prayers.  This could not be happening if your prayers were not offered up.  I know I am going being showered by prayers and I am so blessed with that.  Please, keep me informed on how I can pray for you.  Thank you for the blessing you are to me. 
 
In His Name-
Emily

 

January 16,2007

Hello All-
  A quick note just to ask for your continuous prayer over the next twenty four hours.  Good News! My visa is being sent to me today.  Bad News! I cannot go without my teammate and my teammate does not have her paperwork in D.C. yet.  Something went haywire when the documents were being sent from Papua New Guinea to the Embassy in D.C. and they Embassy only received my paperwork and not Jaymi's.  This poses a huge problem, because we need to be in Papua New Guinea on Monday, in order for us to jump into an orientation course that we are already two weeks late for.  This has all came to my knowledge in the past couple of hours and I am feeling a little sick to my stomach, because if Jaymi's paperwork is not in the Embassy tomorrow, we could be postponed for months.  Please Pray that something happens in the Embassy and in Papua New Guinea that will make these papers come through.  Or pray that God will reveal his plan for our next step. 
 
In His Name-
Emily

 

January 4, 2007

Hello All-

            I am writing to inform you that I am not leaving tomorrow.  The visa did not come through this week.  The Embassy has been closed all week and is supposed to be open on Monday.  I have also found out that my approval is still in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea due to computer malfunctions last week in their office. 

            I am in the process of changing my tickets today.  I will keep you updated as more things come together.  Please continue to pray for this documentation. 

 

Thank you for your prayers.

 

In His Name-

Emily


 

December 29,2006

 

Hello All-

            I hope you all enjoyed a Merry Christmas and are looking forward to a Happy New Year!  I have enjoyed my time in Montana celebrating Jesus’ birth with my family and friends.  It has been great to be back and see all the familiar faces.  I have loved fellowshipping with everyone at Fifth Ave. Christian Church and catching up with many of them, but there are so many I still haven’t had a chance to talk too. 

            While I have been home I have also been able to enjoy watching my two little brothers wrestle.  It was great to see them display their talents in a very competitive weekend of wrestling my first weekend home.  I never realize how much I miss watching them until I am home. 

            In just one week Jaymi and I are scheduled to get on our first plane and depart for Papua New Guinea.  We will hopefully start our three day journey, arriving at our final destination in Madang, Papua New Guinea on January 9 (PNG time).  This means we have successfully bought our tickets!  Praise God!  After many long weeks of talking to several different travel agents we chose one and she booked our tickets the week before Christmas. 

            As great at that news is, it does come with some if’s, and’s, or but’s (doesn’t everything). These tickets are only helpful to us if we receive our Visa’s from the Papua New Guinea Embassy in Washington D.C.  Our passports as well our Visa stamp have to return to us by next Friday before we can board our first plane.  The Embassy was closed for the holidays, so we have not heard anything on their progress for over week.  When I last checked we were waiting for an approval to be sent from Papua New Guinea.  They had though, received my Visa application which is another Praise God!  It seems like I have worked on all the paperwork for this document for four months (oh wait I have).  It will be a big relief when I finally see the stamp. 

            So, needless to say this process needs prayer.  I have yet to get nervous, because I have been assured by many veterans that this has happened before.  I also know that God is in control of all the plans and he has gone before me in these preparations. Through Him all thing are possible. J 

             Along with praying for Jaymi and my Visa’s, please pray for our hearts and minds as we make the transition into the Papua New Guinea culture.  It will be a tremendous change for both of us for different reasons.  I honestly can not comprehend how different my life is going to be next months compared to today, or even in seven months when I come home.  I hope that it will change and the change will be helpful for the expansion of the Kingdom. 

            Thank you for your prayers and the support that you all have given me through cards, financial support and just face to face conversation.  It is my deepest desire to keep you informed in the next seven months on what God is teaching me and how he is molding me for future work.  Please continue to send me updates on your life via email or snail mail.  I hope to have an address posted in my next update for my time in Papua New Guinea. 

 

In His Name-

Emily

 

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November 29,2006

Hello All-

   As I sit down to write this I am processing that in just a few short months, (God willing) I will be writing you from Papua New Guinea.  What a wonderful thought.  Finally, after all the paperwork, all the budgeting, all the what if's and to do lists, this is actually coming true.  But of course there always has to be a catch or more to do's and what if's. 
   Right now the battle with the "to do lists" and "what if's" still rage on.  But they are narrowing down to just a few things.  The #1 thing that is preoccupying my mind right now, instead of me doing the mass amount of reading I have for classes or one of the five projects left in this semester, is my teammate Jaymi and my work permit number.  We are waiting on a document from the government in Papua New Guinea right now, before we can continue our visa process.  Once we receive the work permit, it can take up to one month before we will receive a visa back from the embassy here in the states.  BUT we must have the work permit number to send in our visa application.  If you are lost it's okay, because well...I was for a long time in preparation for all of this.  But it is something you can pray for as we continue to hurry up and wait, because there is nothing we can do to hurry along this process. 
   Another big issue right now is our plane tickets.  This is the first time Jaymi or I have actually bought an international ticket and so #1, we don't know all the in's and out's if there is any, #2 we are trying to figure out every possible question to ask the travel agents and how much that costs :) #3 The work permit numbers could move our departure date (we are trusting God that His plan will be revealed), so we aren't sure how this could affect our plane ticket.  Basically this all boils down to another HUGE prayer request.  Please pray for my teammate Jaymi and I this week as are coming back to school from break, trying to figure out details and still be around people 24/7 on a college campus.  The time of burn out is very close and my prayer is that I will leave this country revived, so my ministry will be fully effective in Papua New Guinea and I will return home in the same state. 
   Thank you all so much for the prayers you have already said concerning the next year and thank you in advance for the one's you will say.  Please continue to be persistent in these prayers for the lost in Papua New Guinea.  There is such a huge task at hand for Pioneer Bible Translators and others to translate the bible so everyone may have the word of God.  It is something I have taken for granted all to frequently growing up.  I never thought how life would be like without the Word of God.  What excuse do I have for not praying for these lost people?  None. 
   Thank you to all of you have financially supported me for this internship, I am so happy to represent all of you in Papua New Guinea.  I love the accountability have to all of you.  I have thought about it allot lately and how huge this is, I know I have chosen the right path to walk on, because of the support I have gained for so many men and women in the Lord.  What more could I ask for than to be surrounded by my brothers and sisters here on earth, preparing to celebrate within the Pearly Gates?  I don't know, but I cant wait to see heaven. 
   Just a few housekeeping items to cover now.  This will hopefully be the email that you will receive updates from while I am in Papua New Guinea, because my mom will be sending them from this email account.  I know it may not be the email that some of you have communicated with me in the past, but it was most convenient for this next year.  It is also the email that is found on my website, so if anyone has questions for me concerning my internship I can just come to this address. 
   Thank you all and have a blessed day in the Lord!
 
In His Name-
 
Emily Hinebauch
 
P.S. For those of you who just got added to my list from other email lists and I haven't been in contact with lately, I am going to Papua New Guinea with Pioneer Bible Translators for seven months :)  If you don't want to receive my updates just send me a quick note and I will remove you from the list. 

 

 

 

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