Driggers

April M ay 2013

The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It never needs a furlough, and is never considered a foreigner. Cameron Townsend

April 2008

days

Praise God for...

Several one time gifts that have greatly decreased our debt to the branch. A great start to the last term of the 2012-2013 school year. A Tok Pisin language course has been scheduled for Ukarumpa!

It means, she has the Bible

School. Please, will you pray with me? I am so hungry!

After they had prayed, Naomi asked if she had purchased an Audibible. Responding to he tarp of the temporary meeting shelter her nod, Naomi said, Now you can listen to snapped over their heads, casting a dusty blue the Bible, even if you cant read it! haze over the two seated women. The shouts Her eyes widened in realization. My name is of the ball game grew quiet as dusk settled over the village. Earlier, there were too many Marito, she whispered. It means, she has the Bible. people, but now its just us. Marito touched Naomis arm, asking Would you pray with Naomis breath caught in me? her throat as she squeezed

Pray that...
God would build our partnership team to 100% of our needed monthly budget. Provision to pay the shipment bill for Martys motorbike. That God would grant us continued health.

That morning, over 1700 Dedua speakers had gathered in the now-empty meeting shelter to celebrate the dedication of the Audibiblea handheld solar-powered audio player that contained the recorded Dedua New Testament and Genesis. Now, as the sun sank behind the Morobe mountains, Marito began to share her story. When she was a little girl, her stepfather refused to allow her to attend schooland when she tried to sneak into the classroom, she was disciplined. But her desire to read and write still lived, and years later, when as a wife and mother she lived in the capital city of the province, she enrolled in an adult literacy course for both Tok Pisin (the trade language) and English. We moved back to the village before I learned muchnot even to read Deduabut I keep trying! She twisted her bilum (string bag) fiercely, then looked up. It is my deepest hunger to read Gods Word! I desperately want to share with my friends and teach Sunday
April 10 Term four begins

Maritos hand. Then God has heard your prayers today, because now you indeed have the Bible. *used with permission November 21, 2012 Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea Written by Catharine Rivard with Tim Scott

The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the Word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40:8 (NLT)

May 4 Miriam is 13, and Taylor takes SAT

May 24-25 Ukarumpa International School Secondary Campus Sports Day

Driggers Childrens Home Parents Papua New Guinea

PO Box 1 (185) Ukarumpa EHP 444 Papua New Guinea

E-mail: m-s.driggers@sil.org.pg Facebook: Track the Driggers to Uka

Blog: Driggers-Days.blogspot.com Skype: marty.driggers & sara.driggers

Those Girls...
God is growing and maturing our sweet baby girls daily. Thank you for blessing us by praying and encouraging them! Heres a glimpse into their lives: Taylor is on the track and varsity girls volleyball teams this term; Tia is trying out for the Soul Purpose Band (youth worship team); Miriam will be a teenager in less than a month (May 4th) and is on the junior varsity girls volleyball team; and last (but not least!), Jade is excelling in second grade and enjoying a weekly ballet class offered by a fellow missionary.

Hostel Life
You might be a hostel parent in Ukarumpa if: Your kids can speak a total of eight different languages and represent six different nationalities You have at least ten unmade beds in your home at all times You have more than 25 pairs of shoes by your front door You find it perfectly normal that there are nine computers operating at once in your living room You can plan an easy meal of breakfast for dinner and end up cooking two dozen eggs for omelets, four and a half loaves of bread for french toast, twenty four sausages, and a dozen potatoes for hash browns Read more about our daily life and routine at: Driggers-Days.blogspot.com

As Wycliffe missionaries we rely solely on God each month for our income. Through your sacrificial giving, prayers, and encouragements and by Gods grace we are sustained in our ministry here. Please accept our heart felt gratitude for your investment in our lives and ministry! God is glorified through your partnership and lives are eternally changed through the translation of the Bible into the heart languages of the people groups of Papua New Guinea. Thank you, dear friends. Until all have heard, Marty, Sara, and those girls Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy, for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ Philippians 1:3 -5 NLT

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Sweet Tia is sixteen

Partnering in Prayer

Thank you for your partnership!

Miriam in the rain

Financial Partnering
Giving online is easy: http://www.wycliffe.org/partnership.aspx?mid=6db362 Or make gifts payable to Wycliffe, with a separate note stating, For the ministry of Marty and Sara Driggers, account # 270928 and mail to: Wycliffe Bible Translators 1-800-WYCLIFFE PO Box 628200 Orlando, Florida 32862