We just received a very encouraging update from our co-workers Chad & Janeene Mankins who are in Tobo right now busy with teaching, discipleship and translation of the Tobo New Testament. We were encouraged by this little update and just wanted to pass it on to all of you who have been faithfully praying for the growth of the small church there in Tobo.
“The other day I was working on a Bible lesson in Romans and checking some scripture translation of Ephesians with my good friend Welsen. During that time, Welsen said, “I’ve got a new song that we can sing at the end of our meetings on Sunday that I’d like you to hear.” Intrigued, I said, “I want to hear it. Good,” and he proceeded to share the following with me (and this is what it comes out like in English):
God’s talk, God’s mouth-teeth (=words), it has come from his place.
God’s talk, God’s mouth-teeth, it has come from his place.
Let us not leave it to fall, leave it to fall on the ground.
Let us place it in our insides.
Let us not leave it to fall, leave it to fall on the ground.
Let us place it in our insides.
Let us hold it and go, go to our houses,
And we will take and share it and hear/know it.
Let us hold it and go, go to our houses,
And we will take and share it and hear/know it.
I am not usually at a loss for words, but I was overflowing with praise to God for giving my dear brother the gift of composing and expressing songs like this one. “This is great,” I told him. “I think it will be good to sing this and to see the fruit of it appear in our lives.”
And if you’ve enjoyed reading the words of this song, imagine how much sweeter it was for us to hear them sung on Sunday.
God is truly at work in lives here, even in the midst of what often seems like a long, slow process with its fair share of hiccups. God still delights at encouraging our hearts by giving us glimpses like these of the work he is continuing to do in the hearts of His children here in Toboland. And at the very same time, we discover that He is glad to use them to minister to and encourage our own hearts as we too are His children and His “works in progress”.
Please continue to pray with us and for us here. Pray that the words of this song will indeed become fruit in the lives of us all—that we will not leave God’s talk just fall to the ground, but place it in our insides and take it and share it with others and hear and know it.”
· Would you also pray for our co-workers, the Mankins, that God would supply them the strength and encouragement that they need day by day as they minister there in Tobo.
· Just Also wanted to thank you for all of you who were praying for Nisae and I as we ministered at the First Baptist Church in Stryker Ohio this past weekend. We are so thankful for the many opportunities that God gave us to share about what He is doing in Tobo. Friday night we shared with the youth group, then Saturday afternoon Nisae spent time with ladies at a luncheon and in the evening we met with the church for a panel discussion about life on the mission field. Sunday morning I had the privilege of sharing in the morning service and Sunday night we showed our ministry videos and shared about our roles in the Tobo work. Our hope and prayer is that God used this time to challenge many others of the urgency of this task and that many would respond to God’s leading in their lives.
Your hands & feet to Tobo,
Jason & Nisae Williamson
Kadynn, Judah & Eden
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