God has been so good to Philip and Natalie Hansen and family who serve among the Kovol people of Papua New Guinea. They are thankful and want to share their praises and lift up God’s name for all that He has done.
- They are thankful for their homeschool helpers. (First Milena and Paula, now Maik and Cecilia, and Lucas will arrive next month). They are such a part of and blessing to the Kovol ministry!
- They are grateful that the kids club has brought some deeper relationships with the kids and even adults.
- They are thankful that God in His mercy allowed them to finish the official part of language study. Philip has some discourse analysis to finish before he can move on to other tasks.
- They are thankful that God has sustained them through some challenging health concerns. He was faithful and they saw His goodness in it all, even though it wasn’t easy. God even restored some of Natalie’s heart function.
- They are thankful for their time away in Australia and Goroka.
- They are thankful that their homeschool material arrived and that after all the moving around, their boys are settling back into a school routine.
- They are thankful for Rudi and Daniel (who are from their home church in Germany) who are visiting them this month.
- They are looking forward to their translation workshop in December.
- They are thankful for their coworkers the Stanleys who are great encouragers, diligent and fun, and they can’t wait to have them back (hopefully early next year). Steve is also working on revising the literacy programme, another reason to be thankful. Once he is back, they can hopefully start their first ever Kovol literacy class.
- They are so thankful for their kids, that they are healthy and enjoy Kovol life, even though they miss friends. They are their first mission field, and they are thankful to God that He entrusted them with them and gives them wisdom to raise them.
- They are so thankful for their Kovol friends who have been waiting patiently for fifteen years to hear God’s Word (ten years asking for missionaries and then five more years as the team have slowly learned their language). They are so thankful for the relationships and their enthusiasm. They are such generous people as well, sharing their produce (mainly edible roots and leafy greens) with them.
This gives a glimpse of what has been happening in Kovol and how to praise and thank the Lord.
They are hoping for a third unit to join them to share the workload.
Pray for:
New team members
Philip to finish the required analysis papers
The literacy material to be finished soon
Several missing packages, post is very slow these days to PNG
Thank you for praying for the Kovol missionary team and for the people. You are the extended Kovol team reaching deep into the jungle with them. Phillip and Natalie are just the hands and feet and privileged to see firsthand what God is doing.