Jason & Nisae Williamson serving in Papua New Guinea
Hello everyone,
Thank you so much for all your prayers for us and for all the encouraging emails and notes! We are so thankful to have such an encouraging team of people supporting us.
I (Jason) just got back from 5 days in the West Gimi tribe helping the missionaries there in the village of Kora to build their new house. The missionaries; Seong and Mina Mun and their national co-workers Balus and Inei are in the process of learning to speak a dialect of the Gimi language. When they finish, they will begin to translate lessons and begin to teach the people in their own language. They just returned from furlough to find their old house in “unrestorable” condition. Their new house is now nearly complete. During my time in there I was reminded of how lost these people really are and how different their animistic thinking is. The second day we were there a 17 year old boy died, he was only sick for two days. This came as a shock to the people. Their custom is that when a family member dies, to show real sadness, they must cut off one of their fingers. So the brother of the boy who died came up to us the day after with his finger in bandages. He had cut off his finger down to his knuckle to show the depth of his sorrow. The missionary there then took and mended it up as best as he could. It was really heartrending to see that without the hope of Jesus Christ the Kora people have no peace when someone dies. Because of their animistic beliefs, death is never caused from natural reasons or sickness, but rather from curses put on them from someone else. So after the boy died the people rubbed ash all over their faces and said that they were going to find the person that had put the curse on the boy. They then took some hair from the dead boy and put it on the end of a stick. One man held the stick and all the others with their bows and arrows followed behind. The hair was supposed to lead them to the boy’s killer.
1. Kora people watched us all day long as we put up the new house for Seong and Mina.
2. Putting ash all over their faces is a way to mourn the loss of someone.
3.Seong, trying to fix up this man’s finger.
Would you pray for the Kora people, that the Lord would prepare their hearts for the Bible lessons? Also pray for missionaries Seong and Mina Mun & Balus and Inei, that the Lord would give them strength and understanding while they continue to learn language.
House Building
We have recently set up a house building fund for ourselves. Our goal is to begin house building sometime later this year. We have begun planning and will need to begin purchasing materials for our house including wood, plumbing, electrical, furniture, appliances, etc. We currently have a washing machine and our solar electric system. Would you pray that the Lord would provide for our needs in this area? Our goal is about $20,000. Currently we have about $5,000. If you would like to help us with this need, please make a note on your gifts “Jason Williamson, house building” and send to NTM, 1000 E First St , Sanford , FL � 32771 .
We are privileged to serve with you. Keep praying for direction for our family. Soon we will be decided where to allocate and begin the house building process to live among a people group, learn their language, translate scriptures, teach Bible lessons, and ultimately see a church planted that will thrive and bring hope to generations to come. Thanks for being involved in making this happen!
Working together,
Jason & Nisae Williamson
