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March through May
Rabaul Bible Baptist Church and its mission works:
15 saved, 11 baptized
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Easter Camp 12 saved **********************
Kokopo Baptist Church
5 saved, 4 baptized
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Men's Retreat 2 saved **********************
21 Baptized in the Bougainville works which we failed
to report last letter. **********************
New Testament
Baptist Church:
1 saved, 4 baptized |
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CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS
THIS CHANCE..... |
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As soon as the paperwork
is done and visas are approved, our son, Richard and family
will be coming. We're praying for an August arrival.
Here's the deal! He will be shipping his personal
effects, some household items and equipment. The first
time in the country, his effects can come in duty free. It
would be wise for him to ship as much equipment and supplies
as possible. We need several things in the ministries and
personally. These are priorities: |
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WE ARE IN A GREAT NEED
OF: BIBLES
(not to be picky, but we need reference Bibles, and good
durable Bibles for preachers & workers. KJV
please. Your contribution would make it possible for us to
make Bibles affordable to the people.) |
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STRONGS' EXHAUSTIVE
CONCORDANCES |
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50 Of them would be
a good start |
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WAY OF LIFE BIBLE
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
(by David Cloud) TREASURY OF SCRIPTURE KNOWLEDGE
UNGER'S BIBLE DICTIONARY
HYMN BOOKS alsp needed! |
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Richard and Joyce Crotts
Papua New Guinea
Ministering in the Islands:
New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville
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20 years of Missionary
Service |
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Rabaul Bible Baptist Church and Kokopo Bible
Baptist Church co-hosted a special thanksgiving service marking
the Crotts' 20th year of missionary service in the New Guinea
Islands region. Several other sister churches and mission works
started out of these churches were represented as well. It was a
wonderful day of recounting God's goodness and blessings, and
also a time to look forward to the future. Pastor Sialis
preached from Romans 10 and ended his message by saying. "The
job is not done!... |
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Youth Choirs lifted hearts and voices
in song. (Above) Pastor Burua Sialis, Kokopo Bible
Baptist, (right) was the Crotts' language teacher and
has been a valuable and faithful co-worker & friend.
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It's up to us to start more churches and send
missionaries beyond our borders to other Pacific nations and
beyond !"
Pastor Sialis was also the speaker at the Easter Youth Retreat
where 12 souls were saved and many spiritual victories won.
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Nearly 10 years of hard use have
taken its toll on "Bigfoot." Perhaps we should have
showed you some of the roads it travels.
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Even "Bigfoot" wears out . . .
God gave us this truck at half-price
nearly ten years ago. It was a second-hand
vehicle even then. It has survived horrendous
roads and a couple minor accidents. It's a bit
beaten and battered. It has had to "breathe"
volcanic ash and dust and therein lay a problem.
The air filter broke and no one knew until too late.
The engine was ruined and required a complete
overhaul. This cost nearly $4,000, but that is
20-25% of the cost of replacing the truck with
another second-hand vehicle. Still, the $4,000 is
outside our tightly stretched budget. Can you
help? If so, contact Pastor Kevin Metsinger.
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LIFE IN PNG . . .
CAN YOU IMAGINE?
| By Joyce Crotts
Can you imagine ... One roIl of toilet paper costing
$1.40? Or a gaIlon of gas costing $3.79 ... Can you
imagine a Bible costing you two weeks wages? ... Or not
being able to find a KJV Bible in your city? ... Can you
imagine, as a church, being given a piece of land after over
20 years of praying for land? Then can you imagine
exercising the faith to |
build on that land when most of your
members have little to no income?
Can you imagine the joy of seeing nearly 1,000 people gather
to help you celebrate 20 years of missionary service in such
a place?
If you can put your imagination to work a little, you can
begin to get the picture of living and serving in Papua New
Guinea. If you want
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the full picture, you will just have to
come and visit us. We love and appreciate everyone of you
who have helped us stay here the last twenty years, by your
support and by your prayers. One day we will all stand
before the Lord and we will rejoice in having been
colaborers with Him and hearing him say "Well done ... "
CAN YOU IMAGINE?
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