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PRE-FIELD ORIENTATION Brendle Dave by Photo There’s a place for your career experience on the church missionary live and minister successfully in Canada or planting team, helping missionaries serving in remote abroad. It does this by exploring the needed skills for villages — people who rely on other dedicated missionaries developing a ministry support team, understanding the who support their work. core values of Ethnos Canada, recognizing the distinctives Associate missionaries can serve anywhere from six in Ethnos Canada’s strategy in world missions, becoming months to four years and beyond. Each year we provide an aware of the dynamics of living overseas, building orientation for new associates. Over the last three years, we and maintaining healthy relationships, meeting and have had Canadian associates serve in Papua New , becoming friends with others joining Ethnos Canada, and , the USA, England and Canada. encouraging personal and spiritual growth. The orientation is designed to help the associate ethnos.ca/go/skilled-associates

THE KALANGUYA BIBLE The Kalanguya (Philip- Now work is almost com- pines) with plete on a second revision of Genesis and Exodus was the New Testament, includ- translated by Bob Ambrosius ing footnotes and cross and printed in 1983. references to reflect the After a revision and relationship of Old and New reprinting of the New Testaments. A digital man- Testament in 2001, two uscript was in the hands Kalanguya mother tongue of the printer in July, with translators were further expectations that the trained to translate the will be in print by the fall of remainder of the Old this year. Testament. With Bob as You can help to get the their mentor and consul- Kalanguya Bible printed: tant, they completed the ethnos.ca/ translation kalanguya-bible-printing/ in 2018. 3

PALAKA LITERACY TRANSLATIONS HELICOPTER UPDATES NEW TESTAMENTS UPDATES COMPLETED There are two ongoing PRINTED Verne and Denny Johnson Praise the Lord for the projects for helicopter Doug Lotz is the mis- have been ministering recently completed New purchases along with land, sionary in the USA home among the Palaka people Testament translations. buildings and permissions. office who prepares the New in . With Bible They have run the gaunt- As of August 7, the Testament translations translation moving along let of multiple consultant Philippine helicopter project digitally to be sent to the well in the Palaka lan- checks, comprehension needs only $158,457 to printers. Three transla- guage, during October and checks and spelling checks. purchase their helicopter; tions have passed through November, the Johnsons And each one represents not the one for needs Doug’s office in Sanford, and the rest of the team will only years of Bible transla- $916,317 to complete their Florida recently. These are focus on writing literacy tion, but also evangelism, project. Thanks to all of you the Bulongish from West curriculum so that people continued discipleship and who have given to see these Africa, the Tepehuan from can learn to read the trans- literacy training. With joy two aircraft purchased. Mexico and the Kuman from lated Word of God. It will we announce that the Tigak ethnos.ca/ . After also be a time for literacy and the Mengen transla- -helicopter/ going through the printing consultants to be further tions (both from Papua New and binding processes, they trained and gain experience Guinea) have been completed ethnos.ca/ will be shipped to their final so they can help other teams and will soon be on their way helicopter-program-for- destinations for delivery to with literacy. to be formatted for printing. brazil/ the churches. Praise the The Johnsons said, “We Lord with us as His Word is just returned from a trip translated into these heart to the big city where our languages. team met with a large group of Palaka men, all unsaved. Our intent was to engage with and invite these educated workers into the literacy push we THE KALANGUYA BIBLE are making this year. They were thrilled with what has already been done in their language. They requested written materials for them- selves and for their children who are losing a grasp on their mother tongue. They Earlier this year, the Lolo Bibles said that they could not thank all of us enough for were shipped to . all we are doing for them in their language and are The Lolo believers now have eager for us to return next time with books to sell to the Scriptures in their own hands! them sometime after our workshop in November.” 4 ETHNOS.CA

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Pastor Ben Hazen believes that when people see God’s plan from the beginning was to reach the world, they fnd a sense of purpose, The Wayumi program in Pennsylvania has been a strategic asset for and the church benefts. Rochelle Callahan and her husband, Seth, as they work among the Iski people in Papua New Guinea. Seth and Rochelle trained to be cross-cultural church planters in Durham, Ontario with Ethnos Canada. 6 ETHNOS.CA

aybe the answers to those big ques- being. They’ve found the [answers to], ‘What are tions that plague Christians really we here for? What does God want for me? What’s aren’t that diffcult. God’s will for my life?’ They’ve started to fnd “For us, missions isn’t just one of the things some of those answers, and they’re content — they the church is doing,” said Ben Hazen, director of have more joy.” adult discipleship at Community Baptist Church That sense of satisfaction and joy was evident in in Montoursville, Pennsylvania. “It’s not just one talking with others in the church. of the things that Christ said for the Church to “I’m happy to be part of something bigger than do. This is something that God’s been up to from me,” said Troy Kanouff, who is on a sending the very beginning, and I think when our people team for one of the missionary couples supported grasp that — there’s the reason. There’s the reason by Community Baptist. Troy sees everything for missions. the church does as being connected to missions. “It’s not, ‘The missionary’s trying to get us inter- “That’s what God calls us to be. It’s His story, and ested in missions,’ or ‘The pastor’s trying to get He wants us to tell others about Him. … It’s a cool us interested in missions,’ or ‘The apostles, they thing, to be a part of that.” had this idea for missions.’ No, this is what God “I got excited about being on a sending team,” has been doing from the very beginning. I think said Missy Ward, who is on the sending team for if a church is going to catch a vision for missions Ethnos missionaries Tyler and Allegra Sanford. “I and what God is doing, they have to understand can see the impact it had on those missionaries.” that this is something God’s been doing from the beginning and that He’s going to do it to the end.” Missions involvement goes deeper Ben believes that view impacts people. Missions has always been part of the culture at “We’ve found that when people see that pur- Community Baptist. Harry Boyer, chairman of pose, they have a greater interest and desire to be the church’s elder board, said reports on the very involved in missions, and I would argue too, those frst meetings in 1950 show that early on they who have stepped out in trying to be part of that decided to guarantee a certain percentage of the purpose have found great joy and a big reason for church’s budget would always go to missions. But it’s gone deeper. “It has become a personal relationship between I think if a church is going to catch a vision people,” he said. “Not just, ‘They are our mission- for missions and what God is doing, they aries and we support them because that’s what we should do.’ … It’s about building relationships. And have to understand that this is something when you build those relationships, people love God’s been doing from the beginning and that you and work with you and support you because He’s going to do it to the end. — Ben Hazen they love you.” “And then that builds the next level,” Harry said. People begin to see what they can do and how they can be a part. Community Baptist encourages that. “It’s not OK to do nothing when you can do something,” Ben said, “so we want to make sure that we explain to people what they can do.” That’s vital because missions is a huge task. “When you think about upwards of 1,600 lan- guage groups that haven’t been reached, when you think about the average annual need for a missionary — for the average person, that’s well beyond them,” Ben said. “No one person is going to reach 1,600 language groups. No one person’s 7

going to raise 100 percent of a missionary’s sup- understand the big picture, the calling and the port level. But what ends up happening is, if the need, as well as the fact that missionaries move average church-going person just ends up looking through training, support raising and on-feld at things that are beyond them, they’re not going orientation before their church planting ministry to get involved. They’re just going to say, ‘It’s too can begin in earnest. Even then, the work moves much for me.’ … through phases — moving in, learning the culture “‘I want to, and I know I should, but I don’t know and language, teaching literacy, Bible teaching, how.’ If we can break the task down into more disciple-making, leadership development and manageable pieces, they feel like there’s some- teacher training. thing they can do.” “A lot of them don’t even know that there are Missy agreed that the challenges can be “over- whelming” and that “it is hard to not think of it just Obviously we can give — and we should — but as a money thing. … Obviously we can give — and we should — but … that isn’t the only way to be … that isn’t the only way to be involved.” involved. … They can connect — let [missionaries] — Missy Ward know they matter and that they’re not forgotten.” Getting involved somehow, some way, leads to deeper involvement. “We fnd there’s real momentum,” Ben said. “That when maybe they start supporting a mis- sionary at $10 a month because that’s all they can afford, they’ll fnd it a lot easier to go to $25 a month or even $50 a month because there’s momentum.” People need to see the bigger picture Ben, who is also missions committee chair- man and who describes his job as “waving a big huge banner for missions,” says that explaining “the missionary process” is vital. People need to

It’s not OK to do nothing when you can do something, so we want to make sure that we explain to people what they can do. — Ben Hazen Photos by Ian Fallis 8 ETHNOS.CA

people over there who haven’t even heard the gos- have a direct way to be involved. … There are lots pel before, and so we’ve found that laying out the of times when a missionary comes home, and their whole process is key,” Ben said. needs are beyond one individual person.” Perhaps “When they see the whole process from start to they need a car or face a big medical expense. fnish, they can already start to connect the dots “We fnd our people are intimidated by that or and see that, ‘Oh, they might need this,’ ‘Here’s a are left with the question, ‘OK, how can I help?’” way that I might be able to help,’ ‘They’re going But sending teams at Community Baptist con- to need a house when they get over there? Well, nect people into a group of fve to ten people who hey, I’m a builder. I’m going to go over there and can advocate for the missionaries and “spread those build them that house.’ Before they might have needs out through the entire church,” Ben said. thought they’re going to rent that house in the Ben called sending teams “a direct line of middle of nowhere. communication back to the church.” And it’s not “So for us, we feel that information and teach- just about communicating needs or updates. It’s ing is key, because it’s going to be hard for us to communicating what’s happening in their lives, engage with what we don’t know. But the more even stuff that can be, as Ben says, “embarrassing we know about it, the more we’ll see very clearly, or diffcult.” hopefully maybe even by the Holy Spirit, how we Or as Deb Hanczar, a member of the send- can be involved.” ing team for Ethnos missionaries Tim and Sue Sanford, said with a laugh: “It’s the one time that “Sending teams” help people engage you’re allowed to be nosy.” That’s why “sending teams” like the ones Troy “You’ve got somebody in the church that knows and Missy are on are so valuable to Community about you and knows where you’re at,” Harry said. Baptist. “It’s broken down the wall of, ‘We can’t share that Through sending teams, Ben said, “our people because it would look bad.’ They can share on an

We’re interested because someone we know is interested in what’s going on, and that’s blessed the church because now you have people who might not know a particular missionary, but they know the person who is on their sending team, and that sending team person is excited and interested, and that interest spills over. — Harry Boyer

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intimate basis … those things you wouldn’t just tell everybody. It becomes that personal relationship.” So, Troy didn’t just use WhatsApp to talk with the missionaries whose sending team he’s on. “I’m not a good singer, but I sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to them. That probably wasn’t good but made them laugh, I’m sure of that,” Troy said. Missy is glad she’s been able to get to know Tyler and Allegra so well. “It’s exciting to know Tyler likes root beer and Allegra likes mango juice.” Relationships build involvement Harry said those personal relationships carry on through the church. “We’re interested because someone we know is interested in what’s going on, and that’s blessed the church because now you have people who might not know a particular missionary, but they know the person who is on their sending team, and that sending team per- son is excited and interested, and that interest spills over.” Harry likened it to a spreading fre, igniting interest and involvement. That’s why the sending teams are “an indirect way to disciple people,” Ben said. “We’re fnding that a lot of times our sending teams have more passion or interest in spiritual things. … I think it has something to do with rallying around a purpose, around a missionary. … And then when you see prayers answered and needs met, … there’s a greater level of excitement.” That too carries over to “spur on real Christian community at our church. Yes, we want to see the missionary helped, … but we’ve beneftted way beyond that,” Ben said. Wayumi: another avenue for involvement The Wayumi program in Pennsylvania has also been mutually benefcial. “From the very beginning of the development of the Wayumi program, Community Baptist Church has been heavily involved,” said Greg Sanford, Photo by Ian Fallis director of Wayumi and a teacher and elder at Community Baptist. Middle: Cleon Watts, right, made new friends when he went Teams helped remodel the buildings that had from Community Baptist Church to Papua New Guinea to help build a house for Seth and Kaitlyn Sanford. been used for years as a missionary training cen- Bottom: Students at Wayumi Expedition try their hand at tre. Church member Cleon Watts stepped in to learning an unwritten language. help oversee the work when an Ethnos missionary 10 ETHNOS.CA

needed to step back due to a death in his family. Even though she and Bill are retired and on They cleared land, built cabins, donated paneling a fxedIt’s a blessing income, they’veto us. … followed You come God’s here, leading and to and lumber and more. supportyou can more work people until and you’re sometimes stone-dead increase tired, what “We had one group of retirees who became known theyand are you giving, enjoyed “and yourself. God’s math — Troy is truly Kanouf amazing.” as ‘The Wreckers’ because they came and gutted each building that needed to be remodelled,” Greg said. Community Baptist members continue to be involved. “We help buy before the groups come,” said Bill Hanczar, Deb’s husband. “We help clean after groups leave. … We’re … happy to be quiet and serving.” “Linda, my wife, she comes up and she works in the kitchen, and she loves to be part of something like that,” Troy said. “It’s a blessing to us. … You come here, and you can work until you’re stone- dead tired, and you enjoyed yourself.” Photo by Ian Fallis “It’s another way for them to … be actually involved in missions,” Ben said. “I feel bad for the church that doesn’t have that opportunity.” She sees the same thing in the missions budget. And there are additional benefts. “It’s like we look at this balance — we’ve spent “Another thing Wayumi does for us,” Ben said, this much money, [but] we’re up money.” “is that it gives us a level of backing. It’s not just Beyond budgets and money is the question of Community Baptist that’s interested in mis- success. sions. It’s more than our church. There are many “We believe that missions is a key to being a suc- churches and groups. So Wayumi [is] another cessful church,” Ben said. “Succeeding at missions voice … saying this is true, this is what God has is going to make us a successful church, at least for us, this is God’s purpose, this is what He’s left according to God’s idea of success.” us here to do. So, it’s not just us.” Facing good challenges Is it too much involvement? And like any step of faith, the missions emphasis That’s not to say people don’t have questions has produced challenges, one of which Community and even doubts about the church’s missionary Baptist is facing right now. A half-dozen couples involvement at times. and families from Community Baptist are prepar- “As you’re trying to advertise and push for mis- ing to go to the mission feld. sions, especially to give more for missions,” Ben “We are in a unique position as a church,” Ben said, “you think, ‘OK, are we taking away from said. our general fund and our things that we’re sup- The challenge is “how to make sure we’ve got posed to do as a church?’ adequate support fnancially for everybody that’s “And I’ve just found that it appears that God in the stream coming through,” Harry said. “We’re loves to bless and spur on churches that are going to have to step up to the plate, because these partnering with Him in a great way in the Great are our people.” Commission. And so, I believe that any ounce of “‘He who calls you is faithful, and He will do energy or even money that we put toward missions it,’” Ben quoted from 1 Thessalonians. He’s called isn’t taking away from our bottom line: it’s going us to reach the nations, and Ben said that “those to add to our bottom line — that God sees that and churches that embrace that radically, maybe even rewards it.” at a great cost to themselves or beyond their bud- Deb called it “God’s math.” get or their regular means” will fnd Him faithful. 11

“It doesn’t mean we’re not nervous at times. [But] transporting people, [but] there are also support- year after year the Lord continues to bless those ers back here at home — those who are training that are stepping out.” those missionaries to get to the feld, those people who … build their houses and all of that. A narrow, deep view of missions “We want to be able to connect the dots.” Community Baptist does, however, take what That understanding has led one church mem- some would see as a narrow view of missions. ber, Tom Garber, to begin a support ministry “Our focus would be anyone and any efforts called I-Tech, serving the energy needs, particu- whose main goal is to get the gospel to those who larly solar energy needs, of missionaries in remote have not heard,” Ben said. locations. The church stands behind him because “We believe very strongly that in the Great the dots connect. Commission itself when says therefore go “Every aspect is important,” Missy said. “They and take the gospel to every tribe, tongue and can’t do one without the other. They can’t be in the nation … that He’s talking about ethnic groups. [village] if someone can’t take them the supplies.” We believe that the key word for missions is ethnos “It takes everybody involved to make this hap-

[people group].” pen,” Troy agreed. “If it wasn’t for the Bible school, But the view is also deep. if it wasn’t for the training centre, if it wasn’t for

“For every one that’s out there on the front lines, Wayumi — it takes all of that to make it work. … there’s probably ten or twelve others who are not Everyone has a place in that story.” only buying supplies and teaching the kids and “We really do not differentiate between a Unsplash ”

We believe that missions is a key to being a successful church. — Ben Hazen Photos by Patrick Fore, Rawpixel and Kyle Glenn – 12 ETHNOS.CA

[church] planter and a support missionary,” Harry said. “Our viewpoint of support missionaries is that they are part of the team, part of the string of everybody that has to be there to keep those missionaries on the feld.” “It’s the body of Christ, really, in action,” said Learn more Chris Santalucia, Community Baptist’s director of shepherding ministries. about sending “I think sometimes the people stateside might go … unnoticed,” said Shelly Karshner, who is on and sending teams a sending team for PJ and Heather Garton who serve at Ethnos’s training centre in Missouri. “I think sometimes their needs can be way more The book Serving as Senders — Today than we realize.” by Neil Pirolo addresses both the Deb recalled a trip she made to Papua New Guinea and the staff at a mission centre there. need for people to partner with “To see all those people in that supporting role, missionaries and the six areas of care playing a role that is so vital — all the supply buy- that a missionary needs to function ing, the weight for the planes, everything pack- aged up. … It takes special people to do that.” effectively while preparing to go, on the field and upon returning home. A passion for people to hear Available at bookstores and online. Many would say it also takes special people to relate to missions and missionaries the way the folks at Community Baptist do. But it’s all a mat- ter of the heart. Ben Hazen, missions committee “You just have to have a love for wanting peo- chairman at Community Baptist ple to hear God’s story,” Troy said. “If you don’t have that love, I don’t think missions, I don’t think Church, is available via email for church, I don’t think any of that works for you. You information about sending teams: have to have that passion for people to hear the [email protected] gospel message.”

Dawn Sanford helped develop and implement the concept of sending teams at Community Baptist and can also be reached by email: [email protected]

After 15 years writing and editing for daily newspapers Ian Fallis has spent more than 20 years writing and editing for Ethnos360. He’s interviewed missionaries and the people they serve around the world, travelling to Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. Sunrise Church Ontario in California has faithfully stood by him throughout his ministry. 13

ocals call it a creek, but a sizeable stream vision,” John said. “Wayumi helps a church’s good separates the campus for Wayumi from intentions to accomplish something great for God Pennsylvania State Route 287. become an attainable strategic plan. … Wayumi Without a bridge, it’d be tough to get there. lays out a strategy that has been fully developed It’s like the gap in knowledge, understanding and fne-tuned over years of successful experience and perhaps even motivation that keeps most believers today from being involved in God’s work among unreached people groups. There’s a big difference between good And Wayumi is a bridge. intentions and accomplishing a strategic “The average person doesn’t know what their vision. — Pastor John Green role [in missions] is,” said Ben Hazen, director of adult discipleship at Community Baptist Church in Mountoursville, Pennsylvania. “Wayumi is a great frst step.” “First, Wayumi is bringing much-needed aware- ness to churches regarding all that is involved in reaching an unreached people group,” said John Green, pastor of Cornerstone Church of Clarion, Pennsylvania. “Second, Wayumi is providing a holistic strategic plan to help the church effec- tively engage in this process.” Even where there’s a desire to engage — as there has been at Cornerstone — a church can come up short. “There’s a big difference between good intentions and accomplishing a strategic 14 CONNECT ETHNOS.CA

that helps the church launch their good intentions Lord is doing.” “We love the comprehensive, into a plan of action.” biblical approach they present regarding the In addition to the three-day sessions geared Great Commission, the role of the church, and for church leaders and members, Wayumi holds the reality of the situation for unreached people week-long youth camps all summer and week-long groups,” said Seth Callahan. Seth and his wife, college programs in the spring and fall. Rochelle, are church planters sent out through Though the time frames are different and the Ethnos to Papua New Guinea. “Wayumi is where methods are tailored to each group, the message I point anyone who expresses to me a potential remains the same. desire to engage in cross-cultural missions.” “There are still somewhere between 1,500 to 2,500 language and ethnic groups on this earth Find out more at wayumi.com that do not have access to God’s Word in their language or know clearly of what Jesus did for them 2,000 years ago,” said Greg Sanford, a vet- eran Ethnos church planter who directs Wayumi. “Somebody needs to translate the Bible for them and tell them of Jesus.” “Wayumi is a phenomenal program,” Ben said. “It’s one thing for a pastor at a local church to talk every week about the Great Commission, … and it’s another thing to go into a back room where there are four huts and smoke and people … speaking a foreign language. Wayumi is kind of bringing the mission feld to America. They’re helping people visualize what it’s like.” “So many people don’t know about unreached people groups and have no idea the process of how to reach them,” said Elizabeth Minium. Elizabeth interned at Wayumi’s summer camp and is now on her way to the Philippines with her husband, Alex, as part of Ethnos360 Aviation. “It’s amazing to see teenagers having their eyes opened up to the world and what all the

WAYUMI Expedition Ben Hazen shares about his experience on Wayumi Expedition, a summer camp and missions trip rolled into one. Watch the video at ethnos360.org/magazine Photo by Rochelle Callahan Top: Alex and Elizabeth Minium, heading for the Philippines with Ethnos360 Aviation, are grateful for Wayumi, not the least because they met there. Bottom: Wayumi presents “the reality of the situation for unreached people groups,” says Seth Callahan, who should know — he and his wife, Rochelle, work among the Iski people of Papua New Guinea. Photo by Dale Stroud 15

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Praise. WATCHING FROM A DISTANCE The seminar was simply Banwaon church leaders. on this very first inter-tribal fabulous! And we had hardly We love that the Banwaon seminar that they are perfectly anything to do with it. elders and deacons organized capable of running something Here in the Philippines, there everything. Dates, times and like this. is a large [people] group called invitations going out to the Bible We might not have been phys- the Higaunon to the far north teachers in all the Banwaon ically present at the meetings, of us. The church in that place outreaches. Food for the week, but we kept hearing wonderful is more established than the snacks and accommodations. things. Reports of deep, encourag- Banwaon church. Each year they They even built a little toilet ing teaching from the Higaunon hold two week-long seminars for block near the church. church leadership. Singing, sing- the church leadership. This year Then the day came. Everyone ing and more singing. Laughter the Higaunon believers agreed to in the village, including us, was and fellowship. hold their seminar here with the fidgety with anticipation, ears to Later, the Banwaon church the ground. Finally, we heard the elders shared that they learned roar of motorbikes … all loaded so much and now plan to have with Higaunon Bible teachers, their own seminars. We are so church leaders and their wives. encouraged. This seminar was We ran out to the road and yelled a big step forward as we move and waved a big welcome … [to] towards completing the Banwaon all eighty-six of the Higaunon New Testament and phasing believers. out of full-time work here in Albert went up to say, “G’day,” the tribe. The Banwaon church but after that, we left them to it. continues to mature. That might seem strange, but Photo by Albert Castelijn we wanted to make a clear point — Albert and Lynne Castelijn YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE RICH Here are opportunities for anyone to give to heart language ministries.

REACH OUT FOR AS LITTLE AS $3 that you can help solve. Interest in God’s Word Mengen Literacy and Evangelism: The is so high that they are out of Bibles. With your three churches among the Mengen people in help, they can print 20,000 more copies at a Papua New Guinea are inundated with requests cost of less than $14 each. to learn to read and write and for Bible lessons. But they lack the materials they need to do so. BRING A VERSE TO LIFE FOR $35 Bible Translation: Your gift to Bible Here are some of the specific things your gifts translation means another people group will be can help provide: able to open God’s Word in their own language, · Mengen literacy kit: $1,250 read it and understand it. That’s because · Six Mengen Evangelistic Bible teaching your $35 gift provides for translating a verse; booklets for teachers: $60 each for literacy materials so people can learn to · 50 Bible study Booklets for Acts: $3 each read and write; and for Bible lessons in their · 50 Bible study Booklets for Romans: $3 each language. · 50 Mengen Bibles: $10 each You can find out more about these and other GOT $14 FOR A BIBLE? heart language projects and give online or learn Guahibo Bible Printing: The Guahibo how to give by mail or electronic funds transfer church of has a wonderful problem at ethnos.ca/translate/ 17 The Old Honey Hunter

Far above the ground, Le’enis inched out on a There are a million things that we can be talking limb, his gnarled feet gripping it expertly. He gave about. But there’s nothing that invigorates or the honeycomb a good whack with his long stick. inspires us or that rallies our spirit more than the But then he lost his balance. The old honey hunter truth. What kinds of conversations are you having? crashed down through the branches to the foot of May our words always bring life-giving truth. the huge tree. In the Manjúi culture of , being a strong — Debbie Burgett, Staff Writer and capable person is highly valued. So when a sick or wounded person thinks he might die or become a helpless invalid who can’t provide for his family, he resigns himself to his useless fate, refuses to eat or drink and eventually dies. And this seriously injured honey hunter began to follow his culture. But Le’enis was also part of a new culture as a believer and follower of Jesus. And his 21-year-old grandson was going to make sure he didn’t forget it. He sat on a mat and gently held his grandfather’s head in his lap. Softly stroking his hair, he reminded Le’enis that it was the God of the Bible, not fate, that was in charge of both the quality and the quantity of life. He reminded him of God’s provision, His goodness, His sovereignty and His plan — His perfect plan. But most of all, he reminded his grandfather that the sweetness in life came not from the honey that he found, but from the loving God who supplied the honey. And the weakened, old honey hunter listened to the truth — and lived. Sometimes life can just jar the truth right out of us. And in our weakened, vulnerable state, we can fall for deceptions. If Le’enis’ family had just shaken their heads and walked on by, this story would have had a very different ending. But one grandson took it upon himself to tell his grandfather the truth — and it made the difference between life and death. “But exhort one another daily, while it is called ‘Today,’ lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin” (Hebrews 3:13). Photo by Pete Humphreys 18 CONNECT ETHNOS.CA

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Ministry: Equipping cross-cultural church planters in Canada Sent by Clifford Community Church, Clifford, Ontario and GraceWay Bible Church, Trenton, New Jersey

Shane and Karen are Karen worked in the main office missionary kids from the Asia- as registrar and director of Pacific Region and , admissions, and Shane taught respectively, and their growing 4th grade. up experiences impacted them After serving for 4-years in seeing the need for church as associates, they returned planting among the unreached to Canada and completed the around the world. missionary training program in Shane’s family served with the Durham, Ontario. They served Lauje tribe which has a thriving, at the training centre for three growing church today. years before returning to the Karen’s family were dorm Asia-Pacific Region. parents the first term and served For their second term on Summer and SHANE & KAREN in carpentry/maintenance and the field, they served on the a new PNG friend guest hostess/hospitality the missionary orientation team— WHATLEY second term. Shane as leadership and a After graduating from the Culture/Language Consultant Connect with Shane and Karen at Ethnos360 Bible Institute in and Karen as the Personnel ethnos.ca/shane-and-karen-whatley Jackson, Michigan, they dated Secretary for the field committee. long distance while getting their They considered it a privilege Elementary Education degrees and blessing to welcome new from Philadelphia Biblical families to the field and assist University (Shane) and Florida them through their initial Bible College (Karen). They year and a half of culture and married in 1996 and headed language study. to the Asia-Pacific Region two Returning to Canada in years later to teach and gain November of 2011 for Home experience at Mountainview Assignment, they sought International Christian School. treatment for Shane’s Fabry Disease. Treatment for this genetic disorder made a return to Use your career experience to help expand the reach the mission field impossible. They rejoined the training of the gospel to every tribe. Our Skilled Associates team for Ethnos Canada in July, 2012. They greatly enjoy this program seeks to match your occupational skills and ministry of preparing candidates to GO to the unreached, spiritual gifts with specific ministry roles. proclaiming the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ.

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Ministry: Public Relations —Short Term Trips Coordinators Sent by Christian Mennonite Church, Steinbach, Manitoba

a people group who had no gospel witness, and no Bible in their own language. By the age of 15, the challenge to “Go and make disciples of all nations” was pressed on her heart. After getting married and completing Ethnos Canada’s missionary training, they moved their family to Guinea, West Africa where they lived for 13 years. They served in many different support roles—from dorm parents, to bush house builder, to guest house and project leaders for short term teams. Pete and Lesley have four children who loved living in the jungle! PETE & LESLEY In 2010, they transitioned from Africa to Papua DOERKSEN New Guinea (PNG) and served with the Interface program for college students. After three years in PNG, God moved them back to Canada. For the Connect with Pete and Lesley at last five years, they’ve been involved in equipping ethnos.ca/pete-and-lesley-doerksen pastors in West Africa. Earlier this year, they’ve gone through another transition by joining the Public Relations Team. Only God could bring a German Mennonite boy They will be coordinating short term trips over- living in , South America and a Canadian seas and within North America. They are looking girl living in , West Africa together! forward to helping people see the need and showing Pete came to Christ through the faithful witness them tangible ways they can be involved. of a friend, and reading missionary stories, which Are you looking for a way to serve the Lord on ultimately challenged him to go and tell others a short term trip? Are you interested in learning about Jesus. The first step was a short term mis- more about what God is doing to fulfill the Great sions trip to Liberia. Commission? Want to come with us to Wayumi or Lesley came to Christ at the age of 10. Shortly Interface? We’d love to hear from you! after, her parents moved to Liberia as missionaries with Ethnos Canada. She lived in close proximity to ethnos.ca/go/mission-trips/

See firsthand what it takes to plant a church among people who have no concept of the God of the Bible. Learn from missionaries on the field and spend time with indigenous people in Papua New Guinea. INTERFACE A six-week college-level course in Papua New Guinea. ethnos360.org/interface FIELD SUPPORT INTERNSHIPS Come for Interface and stay an extra two weeks to get a closer look at one of six key support ministries. ethnos360.org/internships CHURCH PLANTING INTERNSHIPS Spend a semester in Papua New Guinea experiencing cross- cultural church planting firsthand. ethnos360.org/church-planting-internships 407.547.2491 | [email protected] 20 CONSIDER THIS ETHNOS.CA THE PLAYING FIELD

ootball season’s here in the in the involvement of God’s people USA, but for all you hockey here and in lives changed there. Ffans, I know you are excited to But on the other hand, yes. see how your team’s equipment man- It’s a problem when we value mis- ager is honing his skate sharpening sionaries who serve in support and skills for the upcoming season. missionaries who serve in North Or are you anticipating following America less than those whom people the action of the front offce staff as like to call “front-line” missionaries. they book planes, buses and hotels for As a missionary who serves in a sup- away games? port role in the USA, I have seen that Maybe you’re eagerly searching the happen. sports news to fnd out what changes That’s why it’s more diffcult to fnd the laundry team has made to keep support — and keep it — in roles like those jerseys bright and shiny. this one. It’s why people who leave Wait! You’re not? church planting ministries to fll vital I’m not surprised. If this were a support roles or leave the foreign feld multiple-choice test administered to to come to North America and fll sports fans, the most popular answer strategic international roles usually would be “None of the above.” see their support plummet. Fans go to see sports games for This leads to the loss of experienced the action. But to see the equipment missionaries in vital and strategic manager? No. roles. Therefore, either those roles go Missions is the same way. We unflled and front-line missionaries celebrate the work of “front-line” lose some of the help they need, missionaries. But what about the folks or we have to ask other front-line who labour behind the scenes to make missionaries to fll vital support it all happen? roles … and the cycle repeats. Would you like to read a digit-by- But you can help too. As you grow digit account of accounting? Interested in the Lord and He prompts you to in an article on complying with HR increase your generosity, would you or privacy regulations in an interna- consider supporting a missionary tional nonproft organization? How who serves in support or even in a about a bright little feature on the Canadian support role? Would you cost-saving motion-sensitive lighting encourage others to do so? system in our Ethnos home offce? After all, if you truly want to support Um, no, thank you. “front-line” missionaries, you ought “So what?” you may ask. “Is that to help ensure they have the support really a problem?” team they need. On the one hand, no. The value of missions is not measured in the — Ian Fallis, Senior Editor ledgers of missions organizations but LEVELLING 21 THE PLAYING FIELD

We may not celebrate the folks behind the scenes, but they’re vital to the team.

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