Korry Reuben!

Over the last six years I, John, have worked with a lot of Papua New Guinean interns who have wanted to become translation consultants. Not all of them have succeeded, so it is really rewarding when some do. One of those is Korry Reuben, and it has been really encouraging to see how he has stayed committed to the work of Bible translation in the four years since he became a consultant. Korry lives in Kainantu, the closest town to the missionary center where we work, and after he finished his internship, he was asked by his denomination to start a Bible school there. So he did that while also assisting with a revision of the Bible in his own language, and consultant checking from time to time for various translation projects. Korry has finished with his commitment to teach at the Bible school and the revision of the Bible in his own language is completed so he has had more time available. He has been telling me for some time that he would really like to be more involved in consultant checking and also do more Biblical studies. For a number of reasons, I wasn’t sure if there was much of a chance of either of those happening, but in just the last two months God has been opening doors so that both now seem possible. There is a lot that needs to be done in the coming months to make these things a reality, and I am responsible to do quite a bit of that work. So, I would appreciate your prayers that I will have success in completing the work that will enable Korry to become more involved in the work of Bible translation here in PNG. That will be cause for celebration!

Korry (top left) checking with the Fore translation team

Vaccine!

Several weeks ago, out of the blue, the clinic here on our missionary center informed us that they had obtained COVID vaccines and that we could get vaccinated if we wanted! And we did! We are so grateful that we are now more protected.

Trip to the U.S.!

As you all know, our Joey is getting married to Moriah Cassano on September 18th in Mt. Pleasant, SC. We recently purchased our tickets and are set to leave PNG on July 29th. We are giving ourselves a little extra time in case we are delayed due to a positive COVID test. To explain, we are required to take one test before we leave our missionary center, and another before we depart from PNG. There have already been two missionary families who have had positive results on the last test and had to quarantine for ten days.

I will also be having meetings with the Seed Co. Pacific Area Team in the middle of August, so we’re grateful that the timing works out for that.

Me with the Pacific Area Team in 2019

Work Completed!

We have had a productive last month here in PNG. I have been continuing to prepare for two consultant checks and will be doing the checks when we return from the States at the end of September. Brena has been keeping busy doing Cafes, a Village Ladies Tea, and hair cutting in spite of the COVID restrictions.

Village Ladies at the latest Tea

Baked Items that Brena and her team prepared for one of the recent Cafes

PRAISE & PRAYER:

• We are so thankful that a COVID vaccination was available for us to get, especially before our international travel.
• Please pray for us in this final month before we leave; that we will stay healthy and get a lot of work done. Pray too that we won’t be delayed when we are ready to leave for the U.S.
• We are thanking God that Grant’s new engineering job up in Virginia is going well, that Sara has started her residency program, and that they are getting settled in their new place of residence.
• We are grateful that it is looking positive for Korry Reuben to become more involved in Bible translation work and ask you to pray that I will be able to complete all the work so it can happen.
• Continue to pray for Joey and Moriah as they prepare for their wedding and marriage. We are so thankful that God brought the two of them together.

TO BE IN TOUCH:

john_bruner@sil.org – PO Box 1 (134), Ukarumpa EHP 444, Papua New Guinea

TO GIVE ONLINE:

https://www.wycliffe.org/partner/Bruners

TO GIVE BY MAIL:

send gifts to: Wycliffe Bible Translators, PO Box 628200, Orlando, FL 32862 (The check should be made payable to Wycliffe Bible Translators – include a note that says it is for the ministry of John and Brena Bruner)