Prayer Letter from Kim in PNG

Here is a prayer letter I received from Kim this morning. Keep her in your prayers.

Journey to Papua New Guinea
July 18, 2007

Greeting to all from PNG,

So much has happened in the last 16 days. It feels like
I've been here much longer than that. On Monday July 2nd I
made it to Los Angelos with no problems. There I met
almost all of my teammates. Tuesday the 3rd we had
orientation and then went to the beach. Afterwards we
started our nearly two day journey to PNG. We flew out at
1 am on the 4th and arrived in Goroka at 10:35 am on the
6th. Overall we had a good flight. We had a long layover
in Singapore and were able to take a tour of the city. It
was a good time.

Finally we arrived in PNG. We had a 45 minute drive to the
interface campus. I was so tired I don't remember much of
that day. Saturday the 7th we started classes. So far in
classes we have studied phonetics, culture and language
accquisition and the chronological approach to evangelism.
We've been reading a book called A Stranger on the Road to
Emmaus. It's been a good study. In order to simulate
learning language in a tribal setting, we are learning Tok
Pisin from language helpers. I'm struggling a little bit
in this area, though my Tok Pisin is improving. These past
two or three days I've learned a lot of Tok Pisin.

In the afternoons, I've had opportunity to either visit
with the Bena people in the villages or here on campus.
One village is next door. Two others are within a ten
minute walk. I cannot communicate well with the people
because I know little pidgin (Tok Pisin), but the more
time I spend with them the more I connect.

The Bena people are a lost group. Syncretism has seeped
into all the churches here. New Tribes has missionaries
working with this group but they are all on furlough. One
family, the Fosters, are waiting to return to the Bena.
They are currently waiting in Austrailia for their visas
to go through.

Please pray that;
    1. The Fosters visas come through so they can     
        resume teaching with the Bena people
    2. I am able to learn the language so that I can talk
       with the people
    3. I stay healthy and the rest of my team stays
       healthy. Last week we had a flu go through the
       campus. This week our director has strep throat
    4. I and my team are able to adjust to this new
culture

Thank you all for your prayers and support.
In Christ,
Kimberly Phillips