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These are pictures of the snake that was killed near our village. It is a python so is not venomous, but still rather large. We like snakes, they taste just like chicken!

James

JAMES & NICKY POARCH MISSIONARIES IN WEST BORNEO, ASIA-PACIFIC
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M A R C H – A P R I L  U P D A T E
We were able to sight see in NYC!
Visiting James’ grandparents in NH was the highlight of our trip.
We were thrilled to be able to spend time in Connellsville, PA with a wonderful supporting church!
We were able to visit NETwork Youth Ministries, which is a mission my parents started in Chambersburg, PA.
Our sending church in Chambersburg, PA, had Christmas for us.
Gifts were bought for us, & at the end of the missions celebration, we opened up our
gifts. We’ve never felt so loved & supported as we had that week at Open Door Church!
Thank you so much for praying for our travels. Our hearts were so
encouraged as we met with faithful supporters. We are so thankful to our
God for allowing our hearts to be revived in this way as we continue to
plan for our return to Asia-Pacific. Our plane tickets are bought to return
to Asia-Pacific in June.
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MATTHEW 7:9-11
“Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a
stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? If you then,
being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your
Father who is in heaven give what is good to those to ask him?”
We’re thankful to our Father who is always teaching us new things through His
Word. Recently, He has been challenging us in regards to our prayer life. At church,
the pastor is going through the Lord’s prayer, sentence by sentence. It’s been
wonderful & refreshing. It’s been challenging to think about the order in which Jesus
modeled in His own prayer: glory, kingdom, basics, forgiveness, and sin.

Kids in sports

What Are We Doing?
This is the question we get the most since we’ve been on furlough. It’s
surprising that our days are filled daily. James is just returning from a 9 day trip
to North Carolina where he was able to share with supporting churches &
individuals. He also took a 9 hour drive down South to visit his mom who just
recently had a knee replacement. James just ended coaching Jr. High soccer.
Nicky has joined a Bible Study on Tuesdays. She is also the room mom in
Emily & Samantha’s class. She volunteers in Luke & Samantha’s class several
times a month as well.
Together we have joined a cell group that meets on Tuesday nights. Our
children are playing soccer, softball, & gymnastics. They are going to Awana
every week. Ok…it seems like we’ve become busy Americans but for us
enjoying these activities is a joy & a privilege & something we were looking
forward to while on furlough. God has been refreshing us through relationships
& His Word! We praise HIM who is faithful in our lives!

James & Nicky Poarch

To all of my women friends…(okay…guys, you can read it too)

HAVE YOU EVER…not read a book because the cover looked boring? Right now I am reading a book that my mother gave me last Christmas. I didn’t read it right away, even though she told me that it was good, because it looked pretty boring!

The book is called “Holding Nothing Back” by Ron Susek – it’s a true story about Ernst Vatter who worked in Germany. Ernst and his wife Sigrid, went to Japan as missionaries for 12 years. BUT, before Ernst became a Christian he was enlisted in Hitler’s “service” to become a teacher.

After Hitler fell, Ernst was then falsely accused (he was mistaken as his brother who was actually serving) by the French and imprisoned (even though it was illegal to imprison 16 year olds). After this, he became a Christian and went on to train and eventually served in Japan.

This book has taught me so much, I can hardly put it down. The main aspect of the book that has taught me is looking at the attitude of Ernst’s wife – Sigrid. She seemed like a wonderful example of a missionary wife. She always tried to encourage her husband, to love him, and to challenge him.

In one part of the book, she said that when Ernst came home, she always tried to have the children ready to greet him and was ready to show her children of her love and respect for her husband. Sigrid knew that although she was a missionary, right now – her first priority was her children and “freeing” her husband to go without anything holding him back to the Japanese.

WOW – this is exactly the position that I find myself in daily. I’m home with the children, although I love it, it’s hard to be content daily. It was a challenge to see how Sigrid showed her love and respect to her husband by trying to have things in order so that when Ernst came home he could enjoy sitting and spending time with the children. What a challenge!

I’m sure that we can all think about that in whatever area of our life we find ourselves in. The main challenge that I see is to show love without expecting gain or something in return. Sigrid gave and gave and gave to her husband so he could have a “successful” ministry.

Thank you all for lovingly praying for us, we are continuing to press on…we will celebrate Luke’s first birthday next Sunday (Halloween). It’ll be a lot of fun as we’re having a “dress up” party for the missionary kids here.

It seems that we are busy everyday with James helping out with supply buying for the missionaries in the tribes and me watching the kids as well as being involved with the local church here. We are praying about our future ministry here in Asia-Pacific and the timing of moving into a tribe…please continue to pray for us in that.

Isa 41:9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its remotest parts And said to you, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and not rejected you.