HorizonsJUNE/JULY 2013

editorialA Thief Whose PhotoWill Never Be Seen!

Reggie Hundley

Editor, HORIZONS andExecutive Director,Mission ServicesAssociaiton

I have vivid childhood memories of a shopping area in our small hometown. Along the canal that served the textile mills, there was a Rexall pharmacy, the Post Office, a mercan-tile, and the local “Building & Loan.” I recall fascination with the pictures on the Post Office wall and my parents’ simple explanation about “people who have done bad things.” While I pay no attention to photos on the Post Office wall now, there is one that belongs but will forever remain absent.

A friend was recently preparing for vacation. My part-ing admonition was, “Don’t worry about one thing.” Their response, “You know me well enough to know that is not pos-sible.” To be sure their circumstances have taken sufficient turns to cause uncertainty, but worry is another issue. Soon thereafter the following question appeared on my computer screen from a different friend, “Is it really wrong to live in fear your whole life?” Worry may not issue an immediate ticket to an eternity in hell, but it is a professional thief that robs us of God’s blessing!

Worry steals joy from our lives! Fretting and worrying about what we do not have or living in fear of what may potentially happen prevents us from seeing how God HAS provided for us now. As Jesus said, we should consider grass, flowers and birds when we think about the things we do not have (Matthew 6:26, 28-31). If God is going to care for each of these, why would we entertain the thought that God may not meet the needs of people? If God loves mankind enough to sacrifice His Son for our sin, He loves us enough to meet our needs. Worry is Satan’s minion sent to rob the joy of trusting in God from our lives.

Worry steals energy from our lives and replaces it with exhaustion! People who allow worry to linger always seem

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Horizonsto be too tired to act. Worry creates stress, which makes us susceptible to many illnesses. As Jesus reminded us, worrying about being short cannot make us one inch taller, nor can worrying about tomorrow make today one minute longer (Matthew 6:27).

Worry steals the opportunity to demonstrate God’s glory to an unbeliev-ing world (Matthew 6:19-24). Worry is all around us. People worry about the economy, how much is not have saved for retirement, how much the repairs cost for the car, and more. Jesus promised if we take the eternal perspective, if we make God’s kingdom our treasure, then we will never be disappointed. Such a lifestyle stands out in the world of worry and gives glory to God, because everyone knows such a person is living a special life. Worry steals our opportunity to SHOW people how great God truly is!

Worry will never have its photo on the Post Office wall, but it surely belongs there. Worry will knock on my door and yours today. Let’s make sure we send the thief running away as we rely upon the sovereign God of creation. You think about that!

June/July 2013No. 1187 • Vol. 62, No. 6

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6 Investing in the Lives of the Ap Ma PeopleChrist provided a good model for us when He was on earth. He shared the struggles and hard times with his disciples. Yet He also rejoiced with them in the good times as well. . . . His goal was about the individual people around him. He shared his life with them, to equip them for when He would no longer be there in person. Knowing that human life is frail and unpredictable motivates us to prepare the Ap Ma people for when we will not be there. To do that, our investment has to be in the people themselves, for His Kingdom. God did all He did for you, me, and all peo-ple around the world. We are all created with the purpose of being His.

n articles 2 A Thief Whose Photo Will Never Be Seen!

n spotlights 5 Coming Events

12 Prayer Needs & Praises

14 Thank You!

14 Gift in Memory

14 Report on “Riding A Century for a New Era of Mission Communication”

15 Memorial -- Gerald A. Martin

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coming events

2013JULY 9-12 North American Christian Convention Louisville, Kentucky Theme: “Victorious” President: Matt Proctor Contact information: North American Christian Convention 513-772-9970 / www.gotonacc.org

JULY 21-27 2013 Lake James School of Missions Angola, Indiana Contact information: Kent Shady, Program Chairman 260-824-2132 / kdshady@adamswells.com

NOVEMBER 14-17 International Conference On Missions Kansas City, Kansas Contact information: David Empson 317-539-4231 / david@theicom.org

NOVEMBER 15-17 Eastern Christian Conference Hershey Convention Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania President: Ben Cachiaras Contact information: Eastern Christian Conference 410-836-6102 / info@easterncc.com www.easterncc.com

byJessePryor

~Missionaryserving withPBT inPapua NewGuinea

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The term “missions” has been used to define many things over the years. The logic has been whether some program, or method, or type of ministry is the key factor to define what the “mission” is. In some cases it has meant the difference between someone getting financial support, because they are or are not doing “missions.” I have been told on different occasions, “We would like to support you, but we only support this particular kind of ‘mission’ or missionary.” I find all of this ironic and in most cases very sad. I don’t know how you define the term or what you consider it to be. I only know what it means to our family.

“Missions” to us is about the Ap Ma people group in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). It is the people themselves that we see as our “mission.” Whether you are ap-plying a bandage, erecting an elementary classroom, training someone to teach, or giving specialized training in operating a piece of equipment, all of these are just good excuses to minis-ter to people. I’m reminded of the movie and quote from Patch Adams, “You treat a disease; you win or you lose. You treat a person; you win every time.” This is not to say that if you are doing something different from us, that it is wrong. Just be-cause your methods or modes are different than ours doesn’t make them less “mission.” The danger can be doing something for “its” sake, losing site of the fact that we should be doing what we do for “HIS” sake.

I believe Christ provided a good model for us when He was on earth. He shared the struggles and hard times with his disciples. Yet He also rejoiced with them in the good times as well. The point is that His goal was about the individual people around him. He shared his life with them, to equip them for when He would no longer be there in person. Knowing that human life is frail and unpredictable motivates us to prepare

Investing in the Lives of theAp Ma People Group

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the Ap Ma people for when we will not be there. To do that, our investment has to be in the people themselves, for His Kingdom. God did all He did for you, me, and all people around the world. We are all created with the purpose of being His.

In some ways the way we go about “missions” is unique, but in some ways it is the old tried and true method as well. We have been working in Samban village for a little over 9 years now. We help meet some physical needs through the operation and administration of the clinic. If our nursing staff or facilities are inadequate to meet the need of a patient, we provide evacuations to town to a bigger and sometimes more equipped hospital. Pre-natal care is a very impor-tant service that the clinic offers. The infant mortality rate in PNG is very high. This is due to several factors, but one of them is low birth weight. Through some supporting churches we are able to give new mothers blankets and some clothes for each newborn baby whose mother came to seek treatment at the clinic.

We also meet spiritual needs working in the local church as well. We support the local Sunday School program with lessons, coloring materials, and supplies. Karie is involved in the Weekly Women’s Bible Study. I (Jesse) am involved in preaching, as well as offering discipleship classes on a continuing basis. Getting involved with the young men through sports, such as soccer, provides an out-reach as well. There have been many late night discussions in the living room of our home where someone has asked, “What about this passage where it says…?” How can you go to sleep when someone who hungers for the truth has come right to your door? To go to bed just because you are tired would be such a huge missed opportunity. Many times that person who has stayed up late to ask the question does not want to seem ignorant in front of everyone else so he/she has waited up so that no one else is around. It ends up being a one-on-one Bible study!

You treat a disease; you win or lose.

You treat a person;you win every time.”

--movie, Patch Adams

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We have concentrated our efforts in community development to meet the basic needs of education and literacy. Karie and I have been investing our time in training teachers to teach in the local elementary schools. We have had training courses with over twenty-six potential teachers attending. Some of these train-ees came from a two-day walk away. The training emphasis is not just in teacher education. Each day of training is enriched with Bible study and prayer times. The entire curriculum itself is based on translated portions of Scripture.

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We were so excited at the beginning of last year when three of the men we had been training in the local elementary school in our village of Samban asked to be baptized! That means that all five of our teachers in the elementary school are immersed believers. We have four satellite schools that have been operating in some more immediate outlying villages. As new satellite schools continue to be started in the outlying villages of our language group, we hope to continue the training, as well as the discipleship and mentoring.

That is not the only community de-velopment work in which we are in-volved. We have trained men to use and operate the sawmill and chain-saws. This knowledge and work provides us the building material to erect a local literacy center, which also doubles as a drinking water source for the surrounding commu-nity. With the availability of timber due to the one-to-one exchange of trees for milling with the tree own-ers, there have been many buildings built to generate cash crops for the local people. Up to this point, some of the timber that the communities have gained has gone toward six cocoa dryers in six different villages. These dryers allow the people to dry their cocoa beans in the village. When taking them to market, the dried cocoa beans now fetch a higher price.

One other very important way that we contribute to the community develop-ment is through a scholarship assistance program to local men and women who desire to further their education. The stipulation with this scholarship pro-gram is that for the number of years we support them in their efforts, they will return to work and assist us in the “mission” in Samban. The recipients of these

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scholarships are carefully chosen for several different reasons. The first is that with limited finances to support them we can only send as many as supporters partner with us to support financially. The second is that if we are to invest heavily in someone, we need to make sure that investment will yield a good return. We have found that someone who sees their education as a way to bless others because of their faith is a much more devoted worker. It’s not just a job to them. It is truly a rewarding experience for us to see someone use their newly acquired skills to minister and help those who did not have the opportunity as they did.

So what does the future hold for the Ap Ma people? The outside world continues to have an effect on the day-to-day living. Only one genera-tion removed from cannibalism, now 70% of the adult population owns cell phones. The outside world is forcing changes that in so many ways are not good for their culture or with their individual interests in mind. To shield them or keep them isolated is not a feasible option. Change is

inevitable for the Ap Ma people, just as it is for all of us. The best way is to en-able, educate, train, and equip them for the years ahead. This gets back to the old tried and true. We know and want to share that HOPE that we have with the Ap Ma people. There is only one name under heaven that offers life everlasting! It’s the same for the Ap Ma people, as it is all around the world. Christ’s parable of the wise and foolish man and where they built their house illustrates that. We all know that story well. If the Ap Ma people believe and entrust themselves to Him, then their future is secure with Him, just as all our futures will be.

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focus on

Prayer Needs & PraisesAsia• Please pray for God’s hand of

protection over Saleem Massey (Pakistan) and others as they speak out on behalf of Chris-tians/minorities when Islamic extremists are expanding activity against them.

• Please pray for Dorothy Uhlig (Thailand) as she recovers from an extreme sodium defi-ciency.

• Keith Summers (Japan) re-quests prayer for the All-Japan Christian Convention to be held on Kyushu at Kagoshima on July 31st through August 2nd.

• Please pray for Paul Clark (Japan) recovering from recent hip replacement surgery.

• Ajai Lall (India) requests prayer as the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have experienced massive floods and landslides that have devas-tated the Indian and Nepali landscapes.

South Pacific• PBT-PNG requests prayer as the NT

in the Tay language is scheduled to be completed this year, with the Mborena Kam, Waran, and Apal New Testaments following soon after. Pray that God will protect the people and resources involved in finishing these translations.

• Jesse & Karie Pryor (Papua New Guinea) give praise that several of their locally trained teachers have been accepted into the Papuan New Guinea Education Institute. Keep these teachers and their families in prayer as they will not be able to go back home until December.

Mexico• Please pray for the Bible college in Que-

retaro, under the leadership of Director Jaime Castro, as it is revamped to train young people on campus and by exten-sion. Their first students are scheduled in August.

• Give praise that Rusty & Audrey Swaf-ford, as well as their daughter and son-in-law, arrived safely on their new mission field on the border of Mexico and Belize.

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Team Expansion• Join Paul Daniels (In-

ternational Services) in praying for healing for Jainok Kim in Poitiers, France.

• Thank God with D & C for successful field visits among the team mem-bers they oversee.

• Praise God with Wayne & Greta Meece (Inter-national Services) for a great field visit to Roma-nia and Hungary.

• Pray for J & J (Interna-tional Services) as they prepare for several weeks of summer travel as well as help with a Kairos course in Mis-souri.

• Pray for JS (Interntional Services) as she travels overseas next month to visit workers in sensitive fields.

• Join JW and JW in pray-ing for their parents who are dealing with health issues, alzheimer’s, and for continued interaction with the Italy team.

• Pray for wisdom for Don & Julie Adair (Interntion-al Services) as they plan a field visit to a sensitive land.

Global• Pray as Good News Productions translates The

Global Gospel Project, a series of 88 stories on the life of Christ, into the top 25 languages of the world by the year 2015. (To view these, go to www.themissionsnetwork.com)

• Bob & Connie Sheffler give praise for the devel-opment of TEE classes in Ethiopia and the Philip-pines.

• Ask God to bless the efforts of Bob Sheffler, Jai-mie Castro, and Josh Neal to start TEE classes in Mexico and Haiti this year.

Brazil• Please be in prayer for Lloyd David Sanders as

he suffers greatly from tumors in his kidneys and several other areas.

Youth Hope• Pray for Justin Hannaken and New Mission

Systems Affiliate, Derek Ried, as they travel to Bulgaria and Zambia.

• Pray for all Youth Hope interns, their leaders, and host missionaries around the world.

Good News Productions, Int’l• Give praise with Tom Silkwood (GNPI, Thailand)

as the new Christian Television Network is up and running.

• Gustavo Velazquez (GNPI, Mexico) gives praise that the global gospel in Spanish is almost ready for duplication.

• Prince Makaya (GNPI, Kenya) reports their series of popular music videos are now complete. These are accompanied by devotional thoughts and follow-up questions.

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Thank You!MSA greatly appreciates these individuals and churches who have given to our recent “A New Era of Mission Communica-tion” appeal as of June 26, 2013. So far a total of $13,382.40 has been given. Thank you!!! See below for a full report on Reggie’s 100-mile ride!

Adams, Brandi J.Adkisson, Jane D.Alexander, Ben & MirandaBarnett, M/M FrankBecker, LeonardBonner, Patricia J.Brooks, AndrewBrunson, Darlene M.Clifford, Carol M.Clites, Louise GGFirst CC, Brazil, INFirst CC, Priscilla Circle, Columbi-

ana, OHFirst CC, Dyer, INForbes, MarthaFulton, M/M DennisGreenwood CC, Canton, OH

Horton, StuartHundley, M/M William R.Kemp, Helen D.Leonard, M/M John M.Malinnag, M/M AndresMcCormick, LoriMiller, M/M Howard C.Murphy, Ray C.Nichols, Dorothy M.Perry, Charles A.Priest, Doug & RobynRice, M/M James R.Snapp, Jim & LindaStevenson, RichardSturgeon, M/M HowardThomas, M/M ReggieWalworth, M/M Merlin

Giftin memory of

Ed SpencerM/M Ray C. Murphy

Troutville, VA

West Towne CC, Knoxville, TNWesthoff, Donna I.Whitmer, LindaWise, M/M JimWoodard, Zelma

“Riding A Century for a New Era of Mission Communication”A big “thank you” to all of you who supported me in my 100-mile bike ride

to raise money for missions. As you can see from the photo, the “event” has been completed. God was gracious to provide a wonderfully sunny day of comfortable tem-peratures and relatively low humidity. I com-pleted the ride in just over 7 hours of cycling.

Although the ride is completed, our goal of $35,000 is still a ways off. To date, we have re-ceived 121 gifts totaling $13,000+ -- just over the 1/3 mark.

Pray with us that those who have yet to re-spond will join the effort. We are encouraged by your response so far and what we have been able to do with it for the sake of missions. But

there is so much more we dream of doing for the kingdom.The work of Mission Services has been important for 67 years, and we are

sharing more news today from more missionaries in more nations than ever be-fore. The plans we have will MULTIPLY what we are able to accomplish now. Please join with us in praying for a successful completion!

Gerald E. MartinAugust 11, 1939 - March 8, 2013

Gerald E. (Jerry) Martin, 73, of Camanche, IA, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 at Hope Creek Care Center in East Moline, IL.

Jerry was born August 11, 1939 in Clinton, IA to Earl and Mildred A. (Holt) Martin. He was a 1958 Clinton High School graduate. He attended Minnesota Bible College (now Crossroads College) before transferring to Nebraska Christian College where he received is BA and BTH degrees. After further study, he was awarded his Master of Divinity degree from Lincoln Christian Seminary.

On October 16, 1960, Jerry was married to his high school sweetheart, Sandy Howard. In the years since, the two of them were in ministry together, serving in many different capacities.

Jerry was ordained into Christian ministry in 1966 and, for 10 years, served churches in Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, and New Mexico. While serving the church in Buchanan, MI, Jerry counseled military service members and veterans and became convicted of the great opportunity to share the love of Christ with our servicemen. He subsequently visited an Army recruiter and contacted the Chaplaincy Endorse-ment Commission (CEC). In October 1971, Jerry was endorsed to serve in the Army Reserve. In 1974 he was called to active duty where he served until January 1997 at which time he became the Executive Director of the CEC, a position he held until December 2006

Reflecting on his life, Jerry once wrote, “My vocation lies within serving the Lord Jesus Christ. Because of my personal relationship with God in Christ Jesus, I feel He has called me into His service to serve His people and to seek the lost. In Christ I have found love, meaning, reasons and goals to reach. Jesus has helped me climb many hurdles throughout life that made me know His power . . . . I am an unholy servant made holy through Jesus, our Lord.”

Jerry touched many lives in many ways. He loved people and never met a stranger. He will be missed greatly. He leaves behind his wife, Sandy, of Clinton, IA; his son, Daniel (Robbie) Martin of Elgin, SC; his son-in-law, Adam Rogers of Colorado Springs, CO; his grandson, Ryan Martin of Elgin, SC; and his sister, Alice V. Fulton of Clinton, IA. He was preceded in death by his parents; his daughter, Dee Jai Martin Rogers; his brothers, Robert and Richard Martin; and his sister, Mildred Dorsey.

in memory

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