Dear Praying Friends,
September has been a busy month. I began with a trip upriver
to Krausirpi and Pansana, to see about setting up a date for holding an
evangelistic meeting in each of the two villages the first part of December.
Most everyone we talked with was favorable to us coming, in Pansana, one lady
said she had no problem with us coming, but she wouldn’t come to the meeting,
because she was Catholic. I said that was fine, we just wanted to be sure folks
were ok with us coming. Her granddaughter who was there immediately asked, “Can
I come, even if she doesn’t want to?” I assured her that everyone was welcome.
Pray that the Lord will begin already to deal with hearts in these villages, so
that when the Word is preached, some might come to know the Lord as Saviour. We
will be going back there the first week of December, Lord willing, with Bro.
Rabisin to help preach the meetings.
This trip was made in our old, aluminum john boat, which
leaked quite a bit. But thanks to the generous offerings given by several
churches and individuals, while I was gone on this trip, our new “river boat”
was completed. “Awala Gospelka” or “River Gospel” is now finished and ready to
go for the next trip. We have taken it out on the river just a bit to try it
out, and will be taking it across the lagoon to town this coming week, so that
we can begin the process of getting it registered with the motor that we will
use with it, and have everything legal. We are very thankful for those who gave
to provide for this much needed boat so that we can better reach the villages
upriver.
We have been using our Sunday evening services to teach
membership classes, covering the basic doctrines and beliefs that we as Baptists
hold to and where they are found in the Bible. In previous months, we covered
God, the Bible, Salvation, and the Church. This past month, we covered Baptism
and the Lord’s Supper, Biblical separation, and Tithing. Lord willing, we will
finish out in October with Marriage, Church membership and Modernism. In a
culture that is filled with confusion and false doctrines, it’s important that
the people know what we believe and why we believe it, according to the Word of
God.
We have a lot coming up, the last Sunday of October is an
ordination service of two Miskito pastors, to be held in the village of
Tuntuntara. The following Sunday, Nov. 1, we will be holding the constitution
service of la Iglesia Bautista de la Biblia, here in Kaukira. We are excited about
my Dad being able to come down to represent our church for this special day. We
are expecting a record crowd and asking the Lord to let us see souls saved as
well. The following day, Nov. 2, we will begin another 3 week session of the
Bible Institute. A lot of work to be
done, we appreciate your prayers for strength and wisdom in these busy days to
come.
We enjoyed a good visit with Kayla during August, and she is
now back at school in Pensacola, classes started the first part of September.
Please keep her in prayer, as she is having a bout with mrsa, a very
antibiotic-resistant strain of staph infection. She has several spots under her
arm. This is the second time she has had this, and she’s on her second round of
antibiotics. The medicine that she has been taking so far has caused dizziness,
nausea, and weakness. We are looking into some other treatments to see what can
be done. There is a danger of this infection spreading and getting into her
bloodstream, which could be very serious. Please pray for her, that the Lord
will touch and heal her of this infection, and also give us and her, wisdom to
know how to treat it.
Thank you all for your faithful prayers for our family and
the ministry here.
In Christ, Gene and Robin Trask and family
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