Happy New Year! We can’t believe it’s already 2023 and two months of our home assignment are already finished. Thank you for praying for our adjustment back to life in America. It’s been nice to get settled in a mobile home on the Wycliffe center in Dallas. It has everything that we’ve needed, and we’ve enjoyed the peace and quiet here. The housing department even loaned us extra mattresses and bedding so that our kids could stay with us over Christmas! We are so grateful for that time together and a bonus was having the whole Peters family (with kids and grand kids) together, not to mention getting together with some of the local Bruner family as well. Before Christmas we were able to go down to Houston and spend a few days with Grant and Sara, and after Christmas I (John) went with Grant and Luke to Big Bend National Park for 4 days of camping, hiking and off road 4-wheel driving.

So great to have Luke, Sara, Grant, Joey, and Moriah with us

The whole Peters clan at Christmas

It was great to catch up with 3 of our Bruner nephews and their families.

Sightseeing with Grant and Sara in Houston

Our remote camping site at Big Bend. Not a landscape I am used to!

On top of the highest mountain in Texas

Happy News!

Grant and Sara are expecting a baby girl in late June! We’re so happy that we’ll be grandparents and also that we will still be in the States when the baby arrives.

The Months Ahead

We are now planning out our remaining time in the U.S. before we head back to Papua New Guinea at the end of July. During our next month in Texas, we hope to catch up with supporters and friends, and then the end of February we’ll begin our road trip to the west coast and then back east again. I had been planning to go to the Solomons this month to do consultant checking, but that trip has been postponed because the translation team hasn’t been able to get the book they are working on ready.

Video – Take 3!

Before we left Ukarumpa in November last year we (with the expert help of our colleague Susan Frey) put together a short 3-minute video. We hope it will help you better understand our ministry with Wycliffe.

Thank you so much for your gifts, prayers, and friendship. You are a blessing to us!

John and Brena

PRAISE AND PRAYER:

• We have been thankful for a quiet place to live for a few months before we start our travels.
• It was special being with our kids and extended family at Christmas.
• We are thankful that Grant and Sara are expecting, and we would appreciate your prayers for good health for Sara and baby.
• Pray for safety in driving and good connections with friends and supporters during our upcoming trip.
• Pray for Luke as he starts his second semester at Liberty University in Virginia. He is still unsure about what he wants to major in.

TO BE IN TOUCH:

john_bruner@sil.org

Address during our home assignment: 4807 Ruidoso Dr., Arlington TX 76017

Phone Numbers: John (682) 364-4015; Brena (682) 364-4009

WEB ADDRESS FOR PARTNERSHIP:

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

MAILING ADDRESS FOR PARTNERSHIP:

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