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That They May Know Weekend Conference

John Allen — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:27:04 UT

TTMK with Pastor & Mrs. Hymer at Fairpark Baptist, Ft. Worth, TX

Wil & Trina Muldoon

Imagine four missionary families at your mission conference. Imagine that they are all going to the same country, with the same burden, but to different peoples or places. Imagine that these missionaries are all on the same team, with one heart and one mind and one spirit to see the Gospel of Jesus Christ taken to that country. Imagine that the passion of their hearts is to see the Gospel taken to those who have not heard, and that their passion is contagious!

John & Marci Gillispie

Pastor Kevin Hymer of Fairpark Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas held a Papua New Guinea Mission Conference, inviting four teams of missionaries who serve with That They May Know. In just two days of services, the burden was shared five times. A ladies’ meeting allowed the ladies of the church to hear firsthand from a veteran lady missionary about what it is like to serve in a remote place. Four consecutive services followed, with videos and preaching, allowing the entire church to see and hear what the Lord is doing among the peoples of Papua New Guinea.

Visiting a display table

The response of the church was whole-hearted and visible. The meal time allowed them to sit with the missionaries and hear firsthand about the burden of their hearts. Between services, church members were gathered around the tables, asking questions about the field, the missionaries, and the work of the Lord.

Josh & Rebecca Florence

Having all the missionaries from the same team and the same country allowed the church to focus on one country. It allowed the burden to build and the vision to spread. And it ignited in many a desire to reach the unreached, whether next door or across the sea.

John & Lena Allen

Maybe this kind of meeting is what your church needs. We’re not experts, nor are we the best. But we do have a passion for Jesus Christ, to see Him named where He has not been named. And that might make a difference.

Tags: meetings, mission conference, missions conference, TTMK

Maybe this is the kind of meeting your church needs…

Construction of the Kunai Health Centre

Lena Allen — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:55:42 UT

From August through November 2010, we were involved in building a permanent structure for the Kunai Health Centre. Since mid-2008 Lena had been using a small hut made from bush materials. It had a dirt floor, a bamboo-leaf roof, and open sides. Patients sat on two benches on either side of the clinic, sliding down as their turns came to be seen.

Dedication day of the new clinic

Another difficulty with the old bush clinic was it had no place to store the supplies. Daily the clinic staff (Lena, Rachel, and Margaret) had to carry everything out to the hut and back. Since there wasn’t much place for stock, during the day they made multiple trips back and forth to our house (the storage area) to resupply. It made for a long day and there was always someone sitting on our veranda…because they would follow Lena to the house, and decide they’d rather sit on the veranda than go back to the clinic.

Calm before the storm…the new clinic opens in 2 hours

With the new clinic completed, we now have a large area for seeing patients outside (almost 14 feet by 38 feet) on the clinic veranda. There are nice benches to sit on, and plenty of room to work with whatever situation arises. Inside, the clinic has three rooms: a secure pharmacy and stock room, an exam/teaching room with privacy for our prenatal clinic, and the office area which also houses our small solar-powered lab.

The building is built up on posts (as much for leveling it as to get it off the ground). We used sawmill-cut lumber and natural timbers for the framework, with a metal roof and siding for durability and ease of maintenance. Our home church, Landmark Independent Baptist in Louisville, KY, sent a team to finish it out with shelving for the pharmacy, benches for the patient area, cement pads for the steps, and plumbing from our rain tank to the sink inside and the flush commode outside.

A finishing touch on the wall, visible on the veranda, is a painting of “The Two Ways.” It is a representation, complete with Bible verses in Pidgin English, of the “narrow way and the broad way.” Literally thousands of people have come and looked at it, and we are able to use it as a witnessing tool. Pidgin literate people, lost or saved, will come and read it aloud, often translating it into Kamea for those who can only look at the picture. It is just another tool to share the Gospel with our beloved Kamea people!

We are grateful to the Lord for His provision of this special building to serve Him better in our medical outreach ministry.

Tags: aid post, building, clinic, construction, health, medicine, nurse

A Really Big Bug!

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:37:05 UT

This is the barbecue variety bug. Like, you don’t want to wake up with him in your bed. Probably over a foot long. ~ John Allen

Matt Allen radio interviews on World Evangelism Today

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:51:26 UT

Pastor Austin Gardner and Missionary Matt Allen

A few weeks ago, I gave a series of radio interviews to Pastor Austin Gardner in Alpharetta, GA on World Evangelism Today. (BCWE.org - Baptists Committed to World Evangelism)

Tags: interview, Missionary Matt Allen, radio

Video Resource Page

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:42:35 UT

Ordination Service for Pastor James Naudi

The great difference an airplane can make in reaching very remote areas of Papua New Guinea with the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Matt and Becky Allen’s video presentation of the work in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea - Sept. 2008

Tags: Papua New Guinea, video

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