Cheryl at the Market

Super markets are cool ( if the AC is working) but you don’t get to see all the cool things like they have at the market.  Take a peak HERE for more pictures from the local market.  I am sure you will see things you don’t normally see (unless you live over seas that is)

Health wise, we are all doing pretty good. Cheryl and Cheyenne have slight colds, but they continue on in school and play.  Cheryl apart from helping at P2J also helps out at Cody’s school HIS. She is co-coaching the JV Girls Volley Ball team and is Co-Sponsor of the Sophomore class. Along with this she has agreed to serve on the HIS school board.  Cheyenne has begun attending a weekly art class with other home school kids. She really enjoys this and is quite creative.  Cody adjusting well to school and do pretty good grade wise so far. The first week of school the whole high school went on a beach trip. This was a way to get to know the new folks and for the kids to get to know the teachers and have a “spiritual emphasis” time together.

Please enjoy the Pictorial update and please pray for our students and their teachers.

Students God has brought our way. 6 families that want to learn.

Teaching, working, kids. It's all a part of training

A former student and a bunch of his buddies came over today and played volleyball. Dr. Craig even let Cheryl play a few games. It’s been tough keeping her down this long. Thank you Lord for healing.

Sion always has a big smile

Speaking of former students, we have been blessed again by visits from two more guys that we helped train in Sulawesi. Sion was back in the early 2000′s and  is now on a Bible translation team with one other former student and a Wycliffe couple.  Matias has finished the Foundations Course in December and has been in his tribe teaching for the last 6 months. He is out in town for a couple of months. He will be able to hang out here at the P2J Discipleship Center for the first several weeks. This will give us some good time to be a blessing and encouragement to him.

Sion & his brother Marten

God is working through these former students to expand the reach of the Gospel in various parts of Papua. Thank you for being a part of
2 Timothy 2:2 ministry through supporting us both through prayer and financial support.

I would like to give you some prayer request for the next several weeks.

1. We have 2 applications in for the P2J Discipleship Center. We are planning on starting 15 August. We will start with one family or 7. We prefer 7. Pray the Lord will raise up a total of 7 families.

2. Monday 25 June is Cheyenne’s Birthday.  Pray that the Lord will giver a great day with her friends. She is leaving the single digit life and becoming a “double digiter”.

3. August 3rd Cody will turn 15. God has given him some good friends here in Papua. Pray for his spiritual growth and sensitivity to the Lord and His Word.

4. Pray for continued good health.

5. For the last several years we have been running about 50 percent of NTM’s recommended support level. Pray the Lord will bring this up to 100.

Thank you so much for praying.

Craig for…

The 4 C’s

Craig, Cheryl, Cody & Cheyenne

The 4 C’s Blogspot/Projects

It may seem like a small thing, but after much work in seeking out the students it is encouraging to have this first one. He will go back and get his wife and two of his non school age kids. He will come back once he has got the other two settled with grandparents in the village. Pray for Manuel as he and his family prepare to move here over the next several weeks.

NIcho (new coworker) & Anton (futuer PPMMP student) getting lunch.

Today was our last day with Anton, Sam & Anis. Tomorrow they will be on their way by ship to Sulawesi to attend the missionary training center. We along with a  couple co-workers had lunch with two of the guys mentioned above. Sam was visiting his dad in the hospital. Pray for Sam’s dad.

After lunch we relaxed with NatGeo about lions and how they get their prey. Once our food settled we played a little 3 on 3 volleyball. That was followed by some buah segar (fruit salad), which was quite refreshing.  In the midst of our fruity rest time we were paid a visit from another former student, Eddy Wowor. He is the director of another Indonesian mission agency. We had not seen him since 2001 when he and his wife graduated.  This was a great little reunion. At our house today were students from 1999, 2001, 2005(ish) & 2010.   It’s encouraging to see folks we taught involved in various ministries. Thank you Lord for a great day.

If you want to see a few other pictures then click HERE or find us on Facebook.

Eddy and Abi paid a surprise visit today.

Cheryl & Co-workers

We had a great time of building relationships with our co-workers on Saturday. Nicho and Jaing  just arrived last week from our school in Sulawesi. This week a group of 17, all coworkers and kids, went to Nicho’s mom’s house. After stopping at the market to get some veggies to share with her and the rest of the family we proceeded to the boat terminal.

Since they live on an island in the middle of the lake, fish is plenteous. In fact she raises fish in special nets just outside her house. This trip was a real blessing to us and an encouragement to Nicho and his family.   I posted all the pictures on Facebook. You don’t even need a FB account to look at them. Just click on PICTURES and you can enjoy the view.

You will not see Cody in any of these pictures though.  He has a good excuse for not being there.  He was part of a group who led the worship at the English speaking service this Sunday. They had practice on Saturday afternoon. He and they did a great job leading us in worship. He even played the bongos for one of the songs. Continue to pray for our kids as they develop relationships with others and the Lord.

Happy 4th of July

Dear ministry Partners,

We wish you all a very Happy 4th of July. As Americans we celebrate the 4th of July, Independence Day, the day our forefathers declared freedom from an oppressor (England).   Let us remember the freedom that Jesus gained for us. This does not make us independent but dependent on Him. He gained our freedom from the oppressor, Satan through His death on the cross, His burial and His resurrection on the 3rd day (1 Cor 15:3-4). As you pray and financially support us, you help us bring this amazing freedom to others who are still bound by the oppressor. Thank you for your ministry to us.

Just as many of you, we will gather with family & friends, play some games, cook out and do some fireworks. Cheryl has various games up her sleeve t0 play with kids & adults.  We will be with both NTM  missionaries as well as some from other groups.  Once the sun goes down we will have a few fireworks to light up the sky. A Cultural tidbit: Here fireworks are for Christmas and New Years time so it was bit difficult finding them.

I am working on a new page on our NTM My ministry Blog site that has to do with special projects you can pray and help out with.  Click on PROJECTS .   I am also trying out a new blog site at  The 4 C’s Ministry Blog Spot.    Stop by and “Click & Pray” .

Again have a happy 4th of July.

Craig for….
The 4 C’s
Craig, Cheryl, Cody & Cheyenne

Here are some FAQ’s you may be interested in.

There are other projects we would like to do at our ministry location but at present our monthly support does not allow us to proceed. We will only proceed as funds are given to these particular projects.

1. Paper work & Move.

With our recent move from Sulawesi to Papua, we have incurred a deficit of about  $1,800.  In August we will have to have more paper work done. We are not sure how much that will be. Once that is done, we should be able to put some aside each month to cover next years paper work.

2. Down Stairs.

Many of you have seen pictures of the house we live in.  It is on stilts and has a car port and laundry room “down stairs. We have one bathroom and limited “hanging out” room. We would like to dig and level out the rest of the underneath of the house and then put in a concrete floor. Eventually we would like to brick in that section, make a “Prophets” room, and a place the kids can have friends over and just hang out. We realize all this would have to be done in stages.  I will add more info as well as pictures in the near future.

3. Volley Ball Set Up

We figure it will be about $100 for a volley ball set up. This will include the net, good ball, 1 bag of cement, sand, stones, two used tires (free hopefully) and a long pipe cut in two for the volley ball polls. The break down is like this.

1. Volley Ball Net  Rp 125,000  = $ 15
2. 1 bag of cement Rp   75,000  = $ 9
3. Sand/Rock         Rp   40,000  = $ 5
4. Long Pipe          Rp  200,000 = $ 24
5. Good Ball          Rp  400,000 = $ 48

These prices are approximate with the continuing fluctuation in the dollar vs rupiah.

If you, your church, small group, Sunday School etc. want to help with this click on “give” tab.   This will be a special gift for “Volley Ball Set Up” for the Discipleship Program in Papua. Please note that with the gift.

Thank you for your participation. As funds come in we will keep you up on the progress.

Please click and pray for Craig’s ministry trip on Monday 27 June.

Thank you for Praying.

The 4 C’s