Monday, April 25, 2011

Missions Report

May your Easter (Resurrection Sunday) be one of celebration as you reflect on all Christ endured in order to pay the price for our sins. We are so thankful that the Lamb’s sacrifice was enough to satisfy the demands of our holy and just God. He is risen!

As we have shared in churches this year, we have shared about God building His church among the Inapang people. Below is an update from Bill and Kelley Housley who work among the Inapang in regards to the Good Friday celebration that the believers had. We thought it might encourage your hearts as it did ours.

Thanks for your prayers and support for our family. We are in the midst of getting things together to ship to Papua New Guinea for this next four-year term. Pray for Brian as he completes the paperwork and gets our stuff on a truck soon. Pray that there will be room on the container for the things we intend to ship.

1 Peter 1:3 “All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by His great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead.”

Because He lives,

Brian and Arlita Burnham and Family

Brian and Arlita Burnham
Melissa, Nathaniel, Megan & Micah, Caleb, Joshua, Jonathan, Joel & Nicole
13421 Deerfield Trail
Derby, KS 67037
Phone: 316/776-9295

Serving the Lord with New Tribes mission in Papua new guinea!

"And you will be a light to guide the nations.

You will open the eyes of the blind.

You will free the captives from prison,

releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.

I am the Lord; that is my name!

I will not give my glory to anyone else."

Isaiah 42:7-8


Good Friday! He has risen! He has risen indeed!

Today the 4 churches of the Inapang people gathered together to worship. Several days before, some of the men and boys got together and built some bush shelters around the gathering building so that everyone would have shade to sit under. Today, hundreds of Inapang believers gathered here in Itutang. It was not all the Inapang believers, but there were believers from each of the 4 churches in the Inapang Language Group - Itutang, Mbongen, Ziangaret and Isarakan.

Each church brought several songs they had composed and sang them. Then several Itutang teachers and several Mbongen teachers taught the Resurrection story. It was a good time of fellowship for everyone.

After the lesson was over, about 100 people from the various churches played what we would call Bible trivia. Matthew and Kletus stood in the middle and asked questions from the Old Testament and the Gospels while everyone raced to answer them.

What a difference the Lord makes in a community! For one, to see the communities gathering, not for war or bickering, but to worship the ONE TRUE GOD, it was nothing short of a miracle. Secondly, listening to the questions they were asking, I had to think hard just to come up with the answers in my head before they did. What a joy to see how the Lord has been at work over the last few years!

Please continue to pray for the Inapang churches. They will begin the process of taking the gospel to 2 more of the Inapang villages in June - Poneke and Ongi. Also, be praying for the process of translation. That the Lord would give wisdom to our translation team. Also, that he would give us wisdom as we seek to train the guys in translation principles so that they can become more and more involved. Also, be praying that we would be wise disciplers as we seek to equip the church to reach not only those of the same language group, but also the different language groups around them.

To encourage you, I wanted to close with several prayer requests and praises from last weeks' service here in Itutang. A man prayed for our Bible teachers, that they would teach well. And one person prayed for the young people. He said that mobile phones were like idols!!! ( I am not even going to comment on that) . One man was so thankful that they do not have to do custom sinful things to make their food grow. One lady was thankful that her child did not get hurt falling off her porch and several men were thankful for the grace of God and specifically that it surpasses our sin! You can tell that the gospel has reached into every aspect of their lives! Praise the Lord!

Thank you for partnering with us and for being part of the Inapang team!

MARANATHA! The King is coming! Let's be found giving all for his glory

and fulfilling his last words to us as he ascended to prepare our home in HEAVEN!

By God's Grace and For His Glory~

Bill for the Housleys

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Missions Report






Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Missions Report

Sechlers’ Spring Signpost - 2011

“For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.” Romans 11:29 NIV

Can you believe that it’s already Spring? We are still having cold weather mixed with warm weather, so one day it seems like winter and the next seems like spring.

Things have been quite busy and challenging since Christmas. Since we knew that we would be leaving for Home Ministry Assignment by May 1st, we have been busy arranging ministries here for the time we are gone from the field. We will miss our students but look forward to a time with each of you and a time of reflection and planning on the future ministry.

If you have not set up a time for us to come and visit you during our HMA, please e-mail us or call us. We would love to have a time to share with each of you. You can e-mail us at: richardksechler AT gmail.com or call us at 917- 683-7039. After the first of May, we can also be reached at: 662 – 289 – 7212.

Also, during the last couple of weeks, Sharon spent some time in the hospital to have fluid drained from her chest. Many of you have been praying for her, and we ask you to continue to pray. She is doing much better and overcoming very sore ribs.

Please pray for our students and for the volunteers who will be working with them while we are away.

Please pray for more volunteers to step up and help those already committed.

Please pray for our travels while on HMA.

HMA address is as follows:
7054 Attala Road 4167
Sallis, MS 39160

“Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed” Proverbs 16:3, NIV

Monday, April 18, 2011

Cynicism: Low Level Doubt

This radio broadcast was referred to in the morning service. It would be a worthwhile listen for anyone who can spare twenty minutes.

Paul Miller, the Executive Director of seeJesus, discusses how prayer is hard work. Additionally, he talks about the following issues:

1) The why, when and how-to's of prayer
2) The need to talk unreservedly to God as children do their fathers
3) The danger of giving into cynicism when it appears God isn't listening or not following our plan

Click here to listen to the program.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Missions Report