Get Ready, Get Set

By: Cindy

Well, we leave for Tanna tomorrow. Our flight is out of Port Vila at 11am and we should arrive in Lenakel about 45 minutes later. Our bags are packed (very nearly, except for the “last-minutes”) and we are ready to GO!

This last month has been crazy with preparations for our next three month stint in Tanna. Along with our checked baggage for the airplane, we are also sending 25 boxes by ship to arrive, hopefully, a week after we do. Some of it is food supplies, some warm clothes and blankets that we will need during Tanna’s cool season, and naturally a few things to make our lives easier on the island. Necessities…like a coffee press!

Mostly, though, those boxes contain supplies and Bible materials to aid our work. Aaron finally received the generator he had ordered. So, now we can begin showing some Bible-based videos to help increase awareness of the church in the village. We are also equipped with speakers, a projector, Jewel Miller DVDs, DVDs of the books of Matthew and Acts, and a DVD player all for showing the videos. In Vanuatu, if there is a video being shown, people come in large numbers to watch it – young and old. Anything for a little entertainment! The beauty of our plan is – while it offers movie-style entertainment it also offers Biblical teaching and an opportunity to teach about the one, true church of the Bible, as well! Then, in addition to all that we have 45 Bislama Bibles to give to people who do not have Bibles. Aaron has also boxed up copies of his Bible study outlines to hand out during our study times. Needless to say, we have big plans for the work in Tanna in the coming three months and we pray that our work and preparation will pay off by way of new souls converted to Christ.

We would also like to mention that we would not have had the means and the opportunity to bring all of those materials to Tanna without the help of congregations and people back home who have so generously donated to the work here. Many thanks to those who sent care packages, donated money for Bibles, the generator, and other supplies. God will surely bless you for your support and work in His church. Please keep our family, the work, and the local Christians in Tanna in your prayers.