Missions Team

Greetings from Nigeria!
Hope 2009 has started well for you. Glancing at the weather reports occasionally, it looks like the ice on the lakes should be getting pretty thick where many of you are.

We’re doing well. The girls resumed classes on Jan 14, and we’re back in our routines. Some of the programs that were postponed during the December crisis in Jos are now happening, so it’s”Christmas in January.” We’re still under a 7pm – 6am curfew though, so it does limit our evening activities…

We’re putting some thought toward our summer plans; we hope to see most of
you sometime between the beginning of June and the middle of September.
We’ll be confirming dates for church visits in the next month or so.

I’m planning to be out of Nigeria for visits to Sierra Leone and Guinea from
Feb 2 – 23. In Sierra Leone I’ll be joining up with a group of CRC pastors
from British Columbia, and for Guinea will be part of a Mission-program evaluation team.

We’ll really appreciate your prayers in the coming days
for:

* Safety with West African road, water, and air travel.

* Carolyn and the girls “on their own” for 3 weeks; for peace and stability
in Jos.

* Inspiring visits with the BC pastors in Sierra Leone; for a good understanding of how churches in North America and Sierra Leone should relate to each other.

* An encouraging evaluation of CRWM’s work in Guinea, with renewed hope for
God’s blessing on Muslim ministry.

Thanks for your love and support. Your partnership with us has been
such a blessing!

Albert (also Carolyn, Jessica, Kristin, and Andrea)Strydhorst

Pastor Shem from Nigeria

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Many of you have been asking how the lady with the retained placenta is doing. Her name is Elma. The baby doesn’t have a name yet, which is a common practice here in Papua New Guinea. Brent was able to go to the hospital yesterday and found out that the doctors were able to help her deliver the retained placenta and that she is doing a whole lot better. He gave her a packet of rice and two cans of fish to help supplement her diet while she is at the hospital. Thanks for praying for her! She is scheduled this next week to have an operation to have her tubes tied. Please continue to pray for this lady that the operation will go well and that she will not get an infection from the surgery. Attached is a picture of the lady with her baby and then a close up of the little one. Thanks again for praying for her.

This last week Brent completed a Dangerous Goods course. He flies fuel, low pressure bottle gas for stoves, lead acid batteries, matches, bug sprays and many other dangerous goods items. All of these items have to be packed in a certain way and special paperwork has to be filled out. Some loads can only be cargo with no passengers, due to the dangerous goods on board. Praise the Lord, he passed the course and is good to fly dangerous goods for another two years.

Please continue to pray for our safety in this country. This last week, two national people were robbed on the road that runs past our hangar in town. MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) was broken into and robbed right in the middle of the day. Cash and checks were stolen. A vehicle was taken and then abandoned a couple miles down the road. The police are often of no assistance so you are pretty much at the mercy of the robbers.

We trust each of you are doing well and are encouraged in the Lord. He is our Rock and Fortress.

Your missionaries to the people of Papua New Guinea,

Brent, Hollie, Andrew, Blake, Amber & Victoria Brielle Dodd

Brent, Hollie, Andrew, Blake, Amber & Victoria Brielle Dodd
Serving With New Tribes Mission Aviation in Papua New Guinea
New Tribes Mission
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