Golden Plains Baptist Church Bible Distribution Trip To Papua New Guinea

Our morning started off with group devotions, Josiah spoke on "our confidence need to be in God".    Just as we were leaving for the first school Bro  Brooks spoke to a school principal that was staying in Mapang and he told us that someone had burned down the boys dormatory and we're threatening to burn down the girls so they have cancelled school today.  This is PNG plans often change so we went to plan 2 a secondary school about 2 hours away.  But that school was also not able to do it today so we went to another school about 1/2 hour further.  We had a great time we sang Cameron and Ob gave their testimonies and Bro Brooks preached.    When we finished that school Bro Homes wanted to take us to the place that the first missionary came to PNG, James Chalmers back in the late 1800's.   From there we went to the beach area and looked for sea shells and coral on the beach.  It was there that one of the men from the area came to see ...

Today was an interesting day, we were up, showered, did personal devotions, had breakfast and then group devotions by  4:30am  then proceeded to the first school about 4-5 hours away.   That school was not ready so we went to the other vocational school in the same village.    Because of our timing many of the students were out doing practical, but there were still about 50 students and staff present. Bro Brooks opened, we sang and Ob gave his testimony then Josiah preached.  You could see conviction on their faces, it went really well.  After handing out the Bibles we went to the secondary school and did the same, this time Ben gave his testimony and Bro Brooks preached.   There were about 710 students and 45 staff there.  We then hung around for a while and talk to the students, signed Bibles and took photos.      After leaving that school we went down to the market to buy water. While there I got to witness to a number ...

Today started earlier, we had group devotions  at 5:45am this morning  and left for the first school. We arrived there  at about 8am .  The school had about 1200 students, after singing Cameron gave his testimony and Joe preached.  Joe did a great job, we handed out the Bibles, spent a little time there, many of the students wanted us to sign their Bibles.    We then went to the next school, it was a vocational school, their was about 160 students, Brown Brooks opened up and then we sang and Ben gave his testimony, I then preached and then we had the local church members hand out the Bibles.  We stuck around for a little while and then went back to Mapang.   We then went for lunch and then to Bro Homes church to stamp Bibles, after about 50 boxes of Bibles we went back to Mapang for a rest.   Church started at 6, Bro Homes did a Canadian theme service.  He had a video that he showed of him at Niagara Falls.  He had...

Today we had a good day,  we left earlier this morning to get to a 7th day adventist school.  We were there  at about 8:30  but they were busy and could not accommodate us but said that we could have a pulic assembly  at 10:40am . So we hung out there as it was a  long way from anywhere and was on a bumpy gravel road.   They had a farm that we looked at and visited with some of the students that were not in class.  They finally called the assembly and we were able to start our presentation.   They sang some songs for us and then Bro Brooks began the presentation. We sang and Joe and I shared our testimonies. Bro Brooks preached and then we handed out Bibles.  We did not have another school so we hung around to mingle with the students.  Many wanted their Bibles signed and many of the students wanted their pictures with our young men.    Very good reception amongst students and staff.     We then went to the ...

Today we were hoping to do 3 schools but only ended up doing one.  It was a school up in the mountains that we could not do a previous time.    It rained while we presented but they had a hall that kept the rain off.    We handed out over 800 Bibles there.  The students were quite responsive.  We sang and Ob gave his testimony.      After that school we traveled to another school to discuss a time that we could come there. We just found out that we are going to be there  at 8am tomorrow .  It is a Seventh day adventist school, it looked pretty big.    Should be a good time.   This morning Ob did the group devotions and spoke on "keeping our zeel"  yesterday Calen did the group devotions and spoke on "our responsibility to glorify God"     Everyone seems to be doing well and having a good time.   Our desire is to do more schools but we are restricted to move at their pace. ...

Thank you for praying, I had a great time this morning preaching at Kidron Baptist Church.  They hold church in a classroom on the University campus.   What a sweet spirit in the church. Pastor Chris has a big heart is very tender. His wife passed away about 3 years ago, his children were active in church.  The church had great singing and you could tell they loved their pastor. They had about 60 in attendance.  I didnt know what to expect so I prepared for the worse and made adjustments as I went. I am not the greatest when it comes to timing my messages or shortening them without making a mess, but it worked out.  Bro Darling preached at Mt Carmel Baptist church, they had about 100 in attendance. He said that it went well. Our guys went with Bro Brooks to a village church an hour and half away, I think we are going to that area as they have 2 schools with approximately 1200 students.  The guys sang 6 songs at that church.  It is funny when...