Just got this from the Kunzer's

Hi there everyone!

We hope this finds you all doing well. We haven’t sent an e mail to all of you in a very long time and we do apologize.

Back in April, Tammy’s mom became very ill. She had been ill for quite a while but her health was getting worse. We sought the Lord and He provided the money for the girls and Tammy to get home. Tammy and the girls were able to be in the states for several weeks and had some precious time with her mom and made many wonderful memories. Tammy’s mom isn’t saved and Tammy and the girls had great opportunities to share the Lord with her. She didn’t receive Christ when they were there but we know that God planted seeds. Please pray for Tammy’s mom, Jean. Her health is still poor. She will not get better. We just pray and wait.

Butch stayed in the tribe and did language and culture study. It was a good time for him but he said it was just too quiet and he missed us as well.

Tammy and the girls got back from the States in July. It was so good to see Butch again. We had never been apart for that long. We immediately got to work on our house (cleaning and organizing) and our partner’s house as it had been closed up for a year and were due to get back soon. Aaron and Lori returned from their furlough in August. It is good to have them back. We have been busy getting back into home schooling (we have four in school this year), language study, and culture study.

Now we are gearing up to start our literacy program with the Patpatar people. We have lots to do. We will be getting together with the leaders of the tribe and will figure out where to hold the classes, who will attend our first class, and we will be getting all of our materials together. It is exciting to be moving into another phase of our work out here. The people seem to be excited about the upcoming classes as well.

Also, Butch has had another language evaluation. It was good to see what things he needed to work on and have some direction in his language study.

We would appreciate your prayers. Here are some things to pray about:

• - success of the upcoming literacy program
• - that we would continue building relationships with the people out here
• - our health to remain strong
• - home schooling; that we would learn all that God wants us to and have teachable hearts
• - language study; that we would learn quickly
• - safety in traveling on the sea and the roads here
• - Butch’s language evaluation on October 11th

Thank you all for your prayers and support. We couldn’t do this work without you.

In Christ,

The Kunzers
Papua New Guinea