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News Letters
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- 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- 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.
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
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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
(I wish I could send a picture of how decorated my arms and legs are).
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-
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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
Any Contributions can be made to: Pioneer Bible Translators
And Sent to: P.O. Box 1328 Havre , MT 59501
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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