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Shalom, dear all!

Thank you for faithfully praying for us. I am feeling more energetic now. And God has answered our prayer about the “I don’t care” skin disease. Some villagers tried squeezing lemon juice onto the sores, and it worked!!! The wounds are all dried out.   Thank you again for willing to participate in the miracle God makes.

感謝您忠心地為我們禱告。Sandy現在感覺比較有體力了。上帝也回應了我們為「我不在乎」皮膚病的禱告。一些村民嘗試將檸檬子擠在傷口上，效果很好。傷口都乾掉，痛癢也止息。再次感謝您願意參予在上帝施行的神蹟當中。

It is dry season now. The level of Sepik River drops rapidly though we have some rain at night. Douglas has worked very hard on the project to have water come through from the mountains. We can hardly buy vegetables in the markets. Most of the green stuffs we see in the market are either betel nuts or paradise leaves for wrapping sago jelly. We are blessed with the green papayas that grow on the papaya tree outside of the house. We enjoy green papaya salad made of green papaya, peanuts, vinegar, olive oil, and onion.             

現在已經是旱季了，雖然晚上會下雨，但是希比克河的水位急速下降。道格拉斯費力處理從山上引水過來的工程。我們在菜市場幾乎買不到青菜，市場裡看到綠色的東西不是檳榔就是包裹西谷涼糕的天堂鳥葉。我們很蒙福，在屋子外面的木瓜樹有很多青木瓜。用青木瓜、花生、醋、橄欖油和洋蔥做成的沙拉很好吃。 

Some Amunti church women are going to a village called Amaki on Wednesday and come back next Monday. One of them, Pastor Victoria, is going to hold a church decoration workshop there. I am not able to go with them because it not only will take a 3 hours boat journey, but also some more hours of journey pushing the boat forward in the mud that can be quite deep (This is due to the low water level, too). They would not enjoy pushing the boat forward with me on it. And I don't want to travel without Douglas. They told me about it because they knew that I will mention about this trip in my update. And they enjoy knowing someone is praying for them.
很多安布恩提的幾位教會婦女星期三即將啟程到一個叫做雅瑪奇的村子，下星期一回來。領頭的維多利亞牧師將在那裏舉辦一個教會布置的工作坊。我不能跟她們一起去，因為三個小時的船程後，還要有幾個小時推著船在很深的泥濘中前進的路程(這也是由於水位下降的緣故)。她們可不希望推著船前進的時候，船上還坐著一個Sandy(我也不想自己去，留道格拉斯在安布恩提)。但是她們告訴我這件事，因為我會在信中提起，知道有人為她們禱告的話，她們感到很安慰。

I was planning to another Level One training. But the materials I had purchased in Wewak for some reason were not found when we arrived in Ambunti. And it happens that there will be the annual Crocodile Festival in the first week of August that very much occupies Ambunti people this month. It provides for me a break to optimize the training course. It is cultural issue and students’ previous cognition on sewing and tailoring that they do not value fine work. That is why the effort they would like to put in is far shorter than the level they want to reach. Sewing in Tok Pisin is “samap” which is generated from the English phrase “sum up”. Therefore, the major work of sewing for them is to be able to use a sewing machine and to sum up pieces of fabric into something wearable. I am developing a workshop of making shopping bag in which students mainly would brush their skill of making bias. Hopefully, we can have the workshop take place in the third week of this month. 

我原本計畫再進行一次第一級培訓，但是不知怎麼回事，我在威瓦克購買的材料，到了安布恩提之後沒找到。剛好八月的第一週是一年一度的鱷魚節，這會使得這個月安布恩提的人這個月不太能定下心來。這也給我一個優化培訓課程的空檔。由於文化的議題以及學生以往對縫紉和裁縫的認知，她們不太認為精工有什麼重要。這會使得她們願意付出的努力，遠遠不及她們想達到的程度。濱涇語中的縫紉叫做「samap」，源自英語「sum up」一詞。因此，對她們而言，縫紉的主要工作是要能夠使用縫紉機把幾片布料兜成可以穿戴的東西。我正在開發一個製作購物袋的工作坊，主要是讓學生加強練習做滾邊的技巧。希望我們可以在本月的第三周進行這個工作坊。 

Please remember us in your prayers. 

 
敬請繼續在禱告中記念我們：

1.   May God be in charge of the fuel crisis in PNG.
願上帝在新幾內亞的燃油危機中掌權。

2.   The system problems of the bank used by PIM have not been solved yet, the staff of PIM in Wewak spend hours in the bank every week. PIM have to make fund transaction from the US to PNG several times a month. May God bless the fund wiring process.
PIM使用的銀行系統問題尚未能解決，PIM威瓦克中心的員工每個星期都要在銀行待好幾個小時。PIM每個月要從美國將數筆資金匯入新幾內亞，求神保守資金電匯的流程。

3.   May God be in charge of the “I don’t care” skin disease and grant His healing in Ambunti.　
求神在「我不在乎」這個皮膚病當中掌權，在安布恩提賜下祂的醫治。

4.   May God protect the church women on their trip to Amaki  and back to Ambunti, and bless the workshop of church decoration.
願上帝在這幾位教會婦女到雅瑪琪去回的旅程中保護她們，並賜福給這個教會布置的工作坊。

5.   May God bless MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) in sorting their difficulties in manpower and aircrafts. (Especially for the aircraft that is stuck in Black Water.)  
願上帝保守MAF(宣教飛行團契)解決他們在人力和飛機方面的困難。(特別是目前在布萊克瓦特的飛機)

6.   May God give me wisdom in preparing for the workshop of making shopping bags.  
求神賜給Sandy智慧準備購物袋製作工作坊。

7.   May God heal Douglas’ swollen ankle.  
願上帝治癒道格拉斯腫脹的腳踝。

8.   My visa is due on July, 10th. The application is in process. May God be in charge.  
Sandy的簽證將於7月10日到期。已經申請但尚未有結果。願上帝掌管一切。

9.   May God take care of my old parents, grant them salvation, health, peace and joy.
願神看顧Sandy年邁的父母，賞賜他們救恩、健康、平安及喜樂。All for Him

願神得榮耀

主內末肢

In Christ

Sandy 

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