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new beginnings

FRontIeRsAdventist tHe MAGAZIne FRoM AdventIst FRontIeR MIssIons 01.2011

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2 aDVEnTIST FrOnTIErS Adventist Frontiers is available online!

Bill Fagal is editor of adventist Frontiers

‘‘FRoM “FIRst dAys AMonG tHe pAHARI” by dAyItA sHARMA | p. 18

"A MAn dRAped In oRAnGe ClotH, eyes rolling back in his head, lurched towards us. after spending the night drumming and blowing horns to call down his gods, the man had become possessed. now he was on our bus."

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From the Editor

DId you MAke Any new yeAR’s ResolutIons as you flipped your calendar page to a brand new January—one of the dwindling few before our Lord’s return?

Here in the AFM Communication Department, our designer, Ellen Poirier, started work months ago on our 2011 New Year’s resolution: To redesign Adventist Frontiers to tell its story with more force and clarity than ever before. You are holding the result of her excellent work.

What is the story of Adventist Frontiers? It’s a story about faraway places—spiritually dark strongholds where AFM missionaries bring Good News to people who have never heard about the God who loves them so much that He sacrificed His own Son so they can spend eternity with Him. To better convey a sense of the ministry taking place in these faraway places, Adventist Frontiers is now organized by region—Africa, Asia and Europe—and missionary teammates working on the same projects are grouped together.

Most of all, Adventist Frontiers is the continuing story of unreached people—their lives, their needs, their triumphs and tragedies, and their rebirth into abundant life as they fasten their hearts on their Creator. We want every reader to be awakened to the great need of the unreached, so Adventist Frontiers has a brand-new emphasis on pictures so you can lock eyes with your unreached brothers and sisters and come to grips with the reality of their lives.

We hope you enjoy the new Adventist Frontiers, and we pray its continuing story sweeps you up into God’s passion to save His unreached children.

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"joHn GAve tHe MAtHeMAtICs pRoFessoR a condensed version of The Great Controversy, and he devoured it. Then the teacher brought it to his friend, Sabit, elated with the story of the reformation and the ancient thread of a holy Sabbath tying together God’s kingdom from Creation to the end of the world. “I knew it was true immediately,” Sabit told me." Check out more on this story from the Hopes on page 41.

06 openeR [Lovitt]

08 FIeld news [Badé, Coker, Coleman]

09 FeAtuRes [Eklund,Petersen, Baldwin]

13 In tRAInInG [Harral]

africa14 openeR [James]

30 FIeld news [adams, Lieben, White, Williams]

16 FeAtuRes [Jonas, Greenfield, Sharma, Wright, Inara, Thea, George, Timmins, Erickson, Sorensen]

25 In tRAInInG [Holbrook, Palacios, Lello, Doss]

asia34 openeR [Hendrickson]

44 FIeld news [allcock, Bushey, Freeman, Martin]

36 FeAtuRes [Mays, Smith, Massey, Hope]

45 MIt updAte [aguila]

Europe

In Every Issue...04 Perspective: unglaub Tribute

05 Laying up Treasures in Heaven

46 FoCus FACts [Gogodala]

47 The Call

Cover photo by jason Harral. A young boy from Benin looks up with a smile.


| AsIA

africa • asia • europe

{ Projects: Gogodala, Gorkha, Great River People, Northern Khmer, Palawano, Pnong, Reach-Out, Tai-Kadai }

FeAtuResCouRAGe In CHRIstby Carrie James {14}

IntRoduCInG...Aaron and Rebecca Jonas {16}

Gone FIsHInGby Daniel Greenfield {17}

FIRst dAys AMonG tHe pAHARIby Dayita Sharma {18}

RAjesHby Jared Wright {20}

CoACH budby Joseph Inara {21}

ARe you A CHRIstIAn?by Joelle Thea {22}

RuMoRsby Leonda George {24}

AdRIFtby Greg Timmins {26}

suRe, I'll CoMe!by Laurie Erickson {28}

AjARn ReywAt:A new teACHeR

by Christopher Sorensen {32}

FIeld notesAdams {31}, Lieben {30},

White {30}, Williams {31}

In tRAInInGDoss {33}, Holbrook {25},

Lello {29}, Palacios {25}

AsIAInside asia

tHeRe ARe so MAny tHInGs on My MInd, I hardly know where to begin. As I ride my bicycle everywhere I

go, I imagine God walking alongside me, keeping me from falling or getting run over. At first, I was afraid to go anywhere without Isaac, but now I often travel by myself. God is really stretching my limits.

Everywhere I turn, I see spirit houses. The Tai-Kadai people place these ornate

miniature houses in front of their homes and businesses for luck and protection from evil spirits. Since we share a yard with our landlord, there’s even one in front of our house.

One evening, our landlord beckoned Isaac and me to come and see what they had done to theirs. It was decorated with many candles and gifts for the spirits. Our landlord’s mother took great care as

Sometimes it seems like the motto of the Tai-Kadai people is "It doesn't matter." by CARRIe jAMes

COuraGE In CHrIST


tai-kadai project / southeast asia AsIA |

spirit houses are decorated with candles and gifts for the spirits to ensure good luck and protection.

IsAAC And CARRIe jAMes* (Tai-Kadai) Contact: PO 286, Berrien Springs, MI 49103

she lit each candle. We stood in silence wishing they knew that the true God doesn’t require ceremonies and rituals. He only wants our hearts.

When we first arrived here a few months ago, one of our team members took us to the market to purchase food. I admired how comfortably she interacted with the vendors and wondering if

I would ever be able to shop at the market alone. Just counting the money boggled my mind. It took me about six weeks to get up enough courage to try it alone. I remember bargaining with a vendor for some fruit and how good it felt good to bring home my first purchase. My dream had come true! Now shopping is very comfortable for me.

Sometimes it seems like the motto of the Tai-Kadai people is “It doesn’t matter.” On the surface, it seems like nothing bothers them. But I have learned that people here are, in fact, very fearful. They carry specially decorated orange flowers with them in their cars and put them on their vendor tables and in their spirit houses as gifts to “good” spirits to secure their protection. I suppose if I didn’t know Jesus was always protecting me, I would be fearful, too.

Currently, our team is praying for wisdom and guidance for how best to share the Gospel with the Tai-Kadai people and disciple them.

The government here doesn’t want Christianity to give people hope in something other than their leaders. Should we be afraid, or should we depend wholly on Jesus and be “wise as serpents and harmless as doves?”

As Jesus’ crucifixion drew near, He stood with courage to drink the cup of suffering for us. The Father sent Him to this earth because of His love for all people. “He came to the world to display the glory of God, that man might be uplifted by its restoring power” (The Desire of Ages, p. 664). We, too, have to stand with courage in Jesus as we face challenges. Please keep us lifted up in prayer.

Our TeAm is prAying FOr wisdOm anD GuIDanCE FOr HOW BEST TO SHarE THE GOSPEL WITH THE TaI-KaDaI PEOPLE anD DISCIPLE THEM.


| AsIA great river people project / southeast asia

A blue boAt sped towARd us FRoM tHe sHoRe as our bamboo chinock pulled by a canoe with an outboard

motor drifted down the murky river. A chinock is a fishing raft with long bamboo poles fastened on top for lifting fishing nets out of the water.

In less than a minute, the boat pulled up to our chinock. It was the police. As the officer boarded the makeshift raft and began inspecting it, Abdulla, our captain, became fidgety. I knew what the policeman was looking for, and so did he. With a practiced handover, Abdulla pressed a few dollars into the hand of the official and gave him a polite farewell. The Policeman slipped the money into his pocket as nonchalantly as if receiving change at the market, said a few parting words, climbed down into his speedboat and headed back to the shore.

This ritual would have been repeated several times if it hadn’t been for Abdulla’s advance planning. Before setting out, he had paid off all the officials scattered down the riverbanks by buying them credit for their cell phones. Somehow, this policeman had slipped his mind. Abdulla smiled at us in resignation, typical of the attitude that comes from living in a culture of bribes and corruption. “I’m not going to make much money on this trip,” he said with a wistful chuckle.

Joshua Hooker and I had asked to tag along with Abdulla, the husband of our house helper, after hearing he was planning to transport bamboo from our village to another town about 40 miles down the great river. I had been keen to experience a river trip for some time, and Josh is always ready for adventure.

It turned out that we were transporting more than just bamboo. Our bamboo raft turned out to be a chinock complete with thick pillar-like posts forming a frame over the bamboo pontoons and several yards of rough-

GReG And Molly tIMMIns (great river people)

Contact: PO Box 286, Berrien Springs, MI 49103

[email protected]

josHuA HookeR And kARA wIxwAt

are student missionaries assisting the Timminses.

aDrIFT

by GReG tIMMIns

I longed for an opportunity for abdulla to experience God in a personal way. as it turned out,

God provided an opportunity sooner than I expected.


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cut lumber decking lying on top. This very sturdy chinock was looking suspiciously more and more like the basic ingredients for a house. In this country, all cutting and transporting of lumber is illegal. The more Josh and I examined our raft, the more we realized why Abdulla had taken care to give gifts to the river police.

With few police interruptions, most of our trip downriver was quite relaxing. We enjoyed talking with our friend who is normally too busy to spend much time with us. Since we are in the midst of doing our culture study about our people group, I used the opportunity to ask him a few questions. “What sins are considered unforgivable to a Muslim?” I asked him.

“You can never make and worship an idol. This is an unforgivable sin,” Abdulla replied.

“How about lying?” I probed. “Well, you shouldn’t lie to your

family or friends. That would be sinful. But lying to an official is fine.”

“How about merit?” “We believe people with a lot of merit

can share some of that merit with their relatives after Judgment Day. If you have a lot of merit but your relatives have little merit, then your merit can be used to help them escape hell sooner.” It was nice to be in a setting where Abdulla could let down his guard and express what he really believed.

As the sun sank over the horizon, Abdulla slipped away to another part of the raft for sundown prayer. Facing Mecca, he prostrated himself in the normal fashion of a Muslim in prayer. As he repeated the various prayers and verses from the Quran, I couldn’t help but admire his dedication. But I wondered how satisfying his religion really was to him. Did his faithfulness in performing the ritual prayers bring him into contact with God, or was it

just ritual? For most of our people, it is just a way to make merit so they can convince God to let them into heaven. I longed for an opportunity for Abdulla to experience God in a personal way. As it turned out, God provided an opportunity sooner than I expected.

As darkness descended, the outboard motor spluttered, coughed and then died. A few unsuccessful pulls of the cord by our friend in the canoe revealed that we had run out of gas. In the dark silence, we began to drift with the current. Without power and in the middle of the great river, we could continue to drift downstream for miles. Abdulla reached for his phone and called his friends who were waiting for us to arrive at their riverbank village somewhere in the inky darkness. It was no use, though. It would be next to impossible for them to see us in the middle of the river with no lights to speak of. And if they did see our small flashlight beam, what was to distinguish it from the lights of other craft?

The wind began to pick up, and occasional flashes of lightening revealed that rainclouds were coming our way fast. As the rain began to fall, we huddled under the shelter of the bamboo and palm-leaf thatching Abdulla had put over the raft to provide shade. It was a poor rain barrier, and soon we were soaked.

Here we were, two Muslims and two Christians, huddling together in a little bamboo shelter, rain dripping all around us, all wondering where we would end up. We were vulnerable and in need of help that only God could give.

God, is this the time for Abdulla to realize You are a loving, personal God? I thought. “Why don’t we pray?” I suggested. Our Muslim friends nodded. “Dear God,” I prayed. “Thank you that You love us, and thank You that You protect us. Please help us now. Amen.”

By this time, the rain had subsided, and the wind had died away to a gentle breeze. We made our way out of the little shelter. Not more than 10 minutes later, we heard voices in the darkness. They were Abdulla’s friends, the very ones we had come downriver to see. Soon they were towing us to the safety of the riverbank. How did they find us in the middle of that huge river in pitch darkness?

Late that evening as we ate supper in the home of our rescuers, Abdulla told his friends about how we had prayed for God’s protection. His mother related the same story to Molly a couple of days later. She was very impressed with how God had heard our prayer.

I thank God that Abdulla is beginning to see that God was the One who came to our rescue. I hope and pray that someday he will realize God not only wants to rescue us from storms but to bring us into eternal communion with Him.

Above Greg Timmins and Abdulla passing time on the raft.opposIte pAGe A Cambodian fishing boat

The wind began To pick up, anD OCCaSIOnaL FLaSHES OF LIGHTEnInG rEVEaLED THaT raInCLOuDS WErE COMInG Our Way FaST.


| euRope turkish project / turkeytwo turkish men on a

village street.

When we came to Turkey years ago, we wondered how long it would take to accomplish the first step of our project.

by joHn sMItH

THe blue wAteR oF tHe AeGeAn seA seeMed lIke A dReAM. The children in our group ran before us over the coarse sand and rocks, shouting to one another. Our group

of 30 or so people had come to a small resort that was closed for the season. We had wondered if the weather was going to cooperate with our program. It had been rainy and cold this week in October. We had wanted to find a Sabbath that was conducive for everyone to be a part of this great day.

When we came to Turkey years ago, we wondered how long it would take to accomplish the first step of our project. We aimed to plant a church in Turkey, to have that church plant a daughter church, and to have that church plant still another granddaughter church. Our goal was to ignite a church-planting movement. That goal is still in place, but it has expanded. Our project is now extending to reach the entire people group.

How long would it take to plant the first church, or even have the first baptisms? We had heard stories from China about a church-planting movement that waited 10 years for the first baptism. Would it take that long here in Turkey? It was certainly possible considering the environment we faced in the first six years. During those early years, it didn’t seem anyone was interested in taking Bible studies. But now, six years later, we are struggling to keep up with the number of studies people want to do with us.

We had church that morning in our rented facility. There, we transferred in 13 people into our church membership. Our church is formally recognized in the sisterhood of churches in the Trans-Mediterranean Territory. Step one of our first goal is in place. As Barnabas Hope, Paul Massey and myself put on our robes for the baptisms, there was

a solemn excitement about the moment. The three baptisms would bring our membership to 16. As I looked at these three Turks about to be baptized into Jesus Christ and join the remnant movement to proclaim His soon coming, I looked forward also to the second step of our project when these individuals reach out to their fellow Turks and plant another church. There is so much work to do! But just as this moment is a dream come true, much earlier than expected, so God can do exceeding abundantly above all that we think or ask.

I remembered the words of the spiritual, “Great day, God’s gonna build up Zion’s wall.” Zion, the city not of the Jewish people but of God, is the beloved of the Lord (Psalm 87). Those who are counted among God’s people are counted to have been born there (see verse 6). Before our eyes, one by one, we see these Turkish people becoming living stones in the spiritual walls of God’s great building (1 Peter 2:5). Great day!

I waded out into the water with Dilek to baptize her. What was going through her mind? She has been a Christian many years, but as she and her husband learned of the present truth, she also wanted to recommit her life in a public way to these newfound truths. How many others on the beach would be thinking, “I also want to be baptized?” I put my left arm forward, and Dilek took hold of it. I raised my right arm and said, “Now Dilek, because you love Jesus with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength, I now baptize you in the name of the Father and Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

Great day! God’s gonna build up Zion’s Wall!

Great Day

joHn And MARy sMItH* (Turkish) Contact: PO Box 286, Berrien Springs, MI 49103

CHURCH BUILDING GOAL: $625,000

10% 30% 50% 70% 90%$350,055 Still Needed

PUBLISHING HOUSE GOAL: $265,000

10% 30% 50% 70% 90%$58,927 Still Needed

beFoRe ouR eyes, OnE By OnE, WE SEE THESE TurKISH PEOPLE BECOInG LIVInG STOnES In THE SPIrITuaL WaLLS OF GOD'S GrEaT BuILDInG.



| euRope field notes

{ Balkan, Euro-Asian, Irish }

She rests now

MuM would HAve loved tHIs plACe,” said Graham’s sister, Margaret. “It’s so peaceful. Just

look at all the rabbits and squirrels.”A beautiful woodland is the resting

place for Graham’s mum who died last September. As I stood basking in a shaft of sunlight that pierced through the trees, listening to the songs of birds, I reflected on God’s goodness in allowing us to be in the UK at the time of Mum’s death. As we had said our goodbyes to Mum in June, prior to our summer trip to the States, we had wondered if this

would be the last time we would see her alive. The call finally came two weeks after Graham arrived in the UK in early September for meetings with Trans-European Division leadership. In His mercy, God arranged that we were just a two and a half hour drive from the hospital, enabling us to be with Mum when she passed away.

Mum died in the blessed hope, and we look forward to the day when she will respond to the trumpet call of the Life Giver and bask in the light of His glory, free from all the infirmities that afflicted her in this life.

VEHICLE GOAL: $25,500

10% 30% 50% 70% 90%$2,712 Still Needed

GRAHAM And pAulIne AllCoCk (euro-Asian projects) Contact: PO Box 286,

Berrien Springs, MI [email protected]

pRAy FoR vIky

tIMotHy And AnnA MARtIn* (Balkan) Contact: PO Box 286, Berrien Springs, MI 49103. [email protected]

a couple of weeks ago, we got a request from Viky on our prophecy website for a free

book (we have been giving away a translation we made of Shades of Grace by Ty Gibson). This was not too unusual—we have been getting more book requests every month. But, a week later, Viky wrote back. Her e-mail was titled, “Help!” She wrote, “Could you help me find a church? I want to become a Christian and be baptized.” She obviously had been reading an article on the site titled “How Can I Become a Christian?” which invites people to write to us for help. I wrote back asking where she lives, and I gave her the name and phone number of a believer who lives near her.

Please join us in prayer that Viky will continue the steps of faith that will bring her into God’s eternal kingdom. She was one of 5,000 people who accessed our websites last month. Please pray with us that many more of them will take initiative like she did to become children of the Kingdom.

FIeld notes

Mom, I am so different from other kids here,” Jared told me one evening.

“Yes, we are different,” I answered, sending up a prayer for wisdom.

“But I want to be with other kids, and since I’m homeschooled, I feel isolated sometimes.”

It was Jared’s bedtime, so I assured him we would discuss it later. I also needed to pray about what to do.

I had been expecting this conversation. When I wrestled with God about coming to Ireland, the hardest area for me to surrender was my children. Ireland is a very secular place. Few here have personal relationships with God.

“I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. . . .” (Isa. 42:16). “Lord, help!” I prayed. “You promised to supply all our needs, including the social and emotional needs of our children. Show me what to do.”

I checked my email messages and saw something from a homeschool support group. It was a science class, and it was scheduled for the next day! “Thank you, Lord!” I knew this was the answer to my prayer. Jared needed to know he was not alone, that there were other kids like him who homeschool here in Ireland.

The next day, we attended the science class with 18 other homeschoolers. We had a wonderful time meeting new friends and making a few chemical explosions in the process. Once again, God fulfilled His promise.

nOT aLOnE

jeFF And AnneMARIe FReeMAn (irish) Contact: Barna, Innishannon, County Cork, [email protected]

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InDEPEnDEnCE Day

Orangemen march after Belfast riot; 27 police hurt,” The headline reads.

Ireland doesn’t celebrate an independence day. When Sheri asked an Irish friend about this,

she replied that half the Island was still in bondage, so how could they celebrate?

For U.S. citizens, the Fourth of July is a happy, positive holiday. We enjoy freedom of conscience and freedom from sectarian violence and persecution. Pilgrims to the New World knew well what it was like to live without human rights. The Dark Ages cast a shadow for more than a thousand years, and before that the Roman Empire controlled the consciences of its subjects and slaves. Leading up to the colonization period, many Bible-believing people determined they wanted something better—a place where freedom and respect could flourish.

In Northern Ireland, the 12th of July marks the victory of Protestant William of Orange over Catholic James in 1690. Each year, this celebration is marked by marches and sectarian violence. This year, there was a bomb explosion, rioting and violence in which many were hurt, but thankfully no one was killed.

Praise God, the religion of the Bible is vastly different from these violent philosophies and political/religious systems. I’m so thankful we have the peace and love of Jesus to offer to this dying world.

sHeM And RoCHelle AGuIlA (middle east) [email protected]

In tRAInInG

LAUNCHING GOAL: $71,899

10% 30% 50% 70% 90%Complete - Thank you!

MONTHLY GOAL: $7,957/month

10% 30% 50% 70% 90%$4,271/mo Still Needed

bRAd And sHeRI busHey(irish projects) Contact: 3 Birch Close, Bellfield Ferrybank, Waterford, Ireland. [email protected]

Missionaries in training to the Middle East (Middle east project)

ReAdy to Go

Motivated. Visionary. Educated. Practical. Mission-minded. Converted.

Shem and rochelle aguila are missionaries in training with aFM, headed to a creative-access Middle Eastern country. This is very appropriate because both of these young people are very creative.

In addition to having a background in physical therapy, Shem is also a graphic artist and a talented photographer. These are skills he will be putting to good use in his ministry, seeking to create verbal and visual images that will draw people to Jesus.

rochelle is a physical therapist who is both compassionate towards people and passionate about sharing Jesus. She is using her healing arts today on this side of the world but will—with your prayers and help—be a living illustration pointing people in this Mideast territory to the One who brings physical, emotional, and spiritual healing.

Dedicated. Creative. Driven. Excited. Lovers of God. Committed.

Please pray for this young family as they prepare to go out, and please contact them through our office to let them know that you support them and their mission. —John Baxter

prAise gOd, THE rELIGIOn OF THE BIBLE IS VaSTLy DIFFFErEnT FrOM THESE VIOLEnT PHILOSOPHIES...



| euRope turkish project / turkey

THE BrEaD OF LIFE

by pAul MAssey

pAul And HAnnAH MAssey (Turkish) Contact: PO Box 286,

Berrien Springs, MI [email protected]

we ARe CuRRently wRItInG culturally contextualized, chronological Bible lessons for the Turkish people. Our hope is that, through the use of cultural stories, Turks will

be more equipped to understand Bible truths. It isn’t a new concept; we are borrowing it from the greatest teacher of all time—Jesus! He used illustrations, objects and everyday life to explain simple and complex ideas. Fortunately for us, some of those same things—sheep, olive and fig trees, fishermen and bread—are familiar to Turks.

While doing some research for a lesson about Jesus, I discovered some interesting facts. They were so compelling that I used them as an introduction to a lesson.

If you took a close look at your own life, what could you not live without? You might think of electricity, computers, cell phones, washing machines and cars. But these things are comforts of life, not necessities. If we think even more basically, we might be surprised at what we find. The answer is bread. “Bread? That is ridiculous!” some might say. But did you know Turks consume more bread than any other people in the world? The average per capita bread consumption is 146 kilos a year, or about twice the body weight of an average adult! That’s just under half a kilo a day.

Have you ever thought about how we use bread in our Turkish idioms? When someone tries to take our job, we say, “He is playing with my bread.” When someone gets his first job, we say, “He is taking the bread to his hand.” When someone seems to succeed at everything he does, we say, “He can pull bread from rocks.”

Of course, we could try to live without bread if we had to. But can you imagine eating breakfast without bread? What would you eat with your soup? Yes, bread is a necessity. Some might even say that bread is life.

Almost two thousand years ago, a man said that very thing. But the bread He was talking about was not the ordinary bread we eat. He was talking about something greater—Himself. But why would someone call Himself bread? Let’s find out by opening our Bibles to John chapter 6.

In our Old Testament lessons, we laid a foundation that prepares Turkish hearts to surrender to Jesus. We often found ourselves asking questions that would be answered in later lessons. Now we are getting to answer them. It is exciting to see all the pieces falling into place.

We have already started using the first lessons with some of our study contacts. Please pray that their spiritual understanding will grow as they read these lessons. Also continue to pray for inspiration as we finish the last batch of lessons. Our prayer is that this year, you, too, will remember how important the Bread of Life is to you.

CHURCH BUILDING GOAL: $625,000

10% 30% 50% 70% 90%$350,055 Still Needed

PUBLISHING HOUSE GOAL: $265,000

10% 30% 50% 70% 90%$58,927 Still Needed

VEHICLE GOAL: $26,430

10% 30% 50% 70% 90%$16,234 Still Needed

While doing some research for a lesson about Jesus, I discovered some interesting facts.


| FoCus FACts gogodala project

Focus facts on thequICk FACts

One-third of the Papua new Guinea population

lives on less than $1.25 per day. In the case of the Gogodalas,

far less.

18% of the Papua new Guinea population live in urban centers.

33 Gogodala villages are all located on or near the aramia

river with a population of 25,000.

The Ericksons have had eight pets.Three cats, two wallabies, one tree kangaroo, one turtle and one baby wild bird. Currently,

they have only one pet, a cat.

f The Gogodala project is located in Papua new Guinea.

f The Island of new Guinea is the second largest in the world.

f The ericksons and the whites have been serving this project for more than 5 years. GoGodAlA

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52 How far is Balimo from the ocean? 52 miles as the crow flies. 100 miles following the Aramia River.

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• GO be a missionary and set Satan’s captives free.

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Jesus.

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