Richard and Joyce Crotts
Missionaries to Papua New Guinea

Ministering in the Islands:  New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville

Prayer Letter 
July 2004

"We've never heard this message before."

Melki Parai was saved as a young person. He matured in the faith at Rabaul Bible Baptist Church. After school he went to teacher's college where he remained steadfast and started campus meetings where students find teachers came to Christ.

After teacher's college Melki applied for and a teaching post In his home province. He is teaching on Watom, a small island just a boat ride away from here. Melki is able to come back on the weekends and participate in church ministries. He became burdened for the people on Watom and began witnessing and preaching. People began to be saved.

Pastor Patrick took a team to Watom and held evangelistic meetings. Fifteen were saved! On one morning the pastor and Melki hiked over a mountain to a

village where they found most of the people were gone to the gardens. However, an old woman dying of cancer was there. They told her they brought her good news. She was saved that day. Pray that God gives Melki his heart's


desire to reach all of Watom Island. The people tell him "No one has ever shared this message with us before."

More Open Doors:
Bro. Peter Likius is from one of the main families in Rabaul Bible Baptist Church. He and his wife are now in Lae and have

echoed the Macedonian call to "come over and help us" in his wife's home province. Pastor Patrick has gone and started another mission work out of Rabaul Bible Baptist. Bro. Peter is doing his best, with Pastor Patrick's help and materials we provide, to lead this new work. They hope to send someone to Bible college next year. It takes time to train leaders. In the meantime we are struggling with a wasting harvest and few laborers.


More Prayer Requests:
Weekend evangelistic meetings (film and preaching) scheduled for Sikut and GelaGela mission works.

Mission works are often started at the homes of church members. These works need land: New Testament Baptist, Rabaul; Namatanai; Tavuluai Mission; GelaGela Mission.

LIFE IN PNG: Waiting . . .
By Joyce Crotts

One of the most frustrating things about living and ministering in PNG is that it seems like everything is always waiting on something. We seem to spend a great deal of time waiting...for spare parts, for building supplies, for one thing to get done so that another thing can get done, but the first thing is waiting on some thing before it can get done. Is your

head spinning? Join the club! The sad thing about all this waiting is that there are so many souls to reach and they are waiting for someone. There arc so many doors open to us--waiting for us to find the time or the personnel. Our son, Richard, is eager to be here. The national Pastors are anticipating his coming. "When Richard gets here. . ." is oft spoken among them as they talk about opportunities in the radio and

media ministries, the need for someone to go to this place or that place, "When is Richard coming?" they often ask. Thank you to those of you who have taken him on for support. Please pray for God to hasten his coming. This field needs more harvesters. What are we doing in all this waiting? We are "occupying" as Jesus said to do while we do our most important waiting for His return.

In Christ,
Richard and Joyce Crotts

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