James and Nicky Poarch Follow our journey Made it to Asia-Pacific!!
Hi all, just wanted to update you on our status.
We made it safely to Asia-Pacific and are planning for our trip into our village. I, James, will go first for about 3 weeks as there is some work that needs to be done on our house first.
James & Nicky
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James & Nicky Poarch
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Made it to the other side
Well, we are here on the other side of the Pacific ocean. I am in Malaysia while Nicky and the kids are on their way to Asia-Pacific. I have to stay here for a few days to see my skin doctor (all this tropical sun which I love…).
Thanks for praying for us and our travels, we are doing well and getting adjusted. All our bags seem to have made it fine and nothing missing [which is nice 
] Its nice to be near home again. And the food is great once again! I do like American food, but nothing beats authentic asian food, fried rice, fried noodles, and lots of it.
James and Nicky and kids
One more week!
bags for travel
We are loading everything up into our bags to get ready to fly to Asia-Pacific. We leave next week. We are so excited to finally get going! Thanks for praying for us and for our journey.
The Poarch Page- May 2010
James & Nicky Poarch, missionaries in West Borneo, Asia-Pacific, serving with New Tribes Mission
May 2010
Ephesians 2:10
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God
prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.”
The family
How do you feel when someone gives you something? Do you politely try to refuse the gift?
How do you respond when someone does an act of selfless kindness towards you? Do you feel awkward and undeserving? If you do, then you and I can identify with each other to some extent.
This year on home assignment, the Lord has been teaching me humbleness and to be someone who is ministered to instead of always being the person doing the ministering. In Asia-Pacific, James and I are involved mostly in the “doing” aspect, it has been a challenge being the “receivers” this year.
But boy, has it been refreshing. Through YOU we have been encouraged in our faith.
The easiest thing to do is to refuse an act of kindness or insist on doing it yourself, the harder thing to do is to let people. For instance, this past Sunday, our SS class decided that they wanted to pack, sell, and clean our house that we have been living in this past year. They will do all this after we leave for Asia-Pacific. This means A LOT less work for James and I before we leave. Talk about humbling. It would be easy just to say, “no, no, no I can do it” it’s much harder to let people serve you and allow it to happen. I am being humbled and through it all seeing Jesus in my life working all the more. Praise His Name!
June is Coming
James family was just visiting with us this past weekend. Saying good-byes is never fun. However, the times we do have together become all the more precious. We had some precious times with them and our new niece, Shaddai.
Thank you for your continued prayers as we say good bye to our family in 5 weeks.
We continue to purchase and pack items too. Everything is coming together and lists are being checked off.
Prayer Requests:
1. Stressless packing days
2. Good connections with
family & friends as we say
goodbye
3. Ability to get all we need to get done…done!
God Bless! James & Nicky Poarch
(Emily, Luke, & Samantha)
Poarch Page March/April
JAMES & NICKY POARCH MISSIONARIES IN WEST BORNEO, ASIA-PACIFIC
POARCH page
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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Ready to move in…
Right now, our co-workers are living in their new house. They have moved out of our house (a good thing, since we are ready to move back to Asia-Pacific and move back into our own house). There is still a lot of work to be done on their house, but it is livable.
Getting there!!
The local men are very good builders when it comes to the “rough carpentry”. They are the ones doing the work.
Our Co-workers are building!!
Our German co-workers are currently living in our house and building their own house nearby. When we were there we were just able to start clearing the land at the location. The Da’an people are the main ones helping build the structure. After that, we missionaries will do all the electrical (solar electric), plumbing, and fine carpentry (cabinets, beds, etc.)
Here are some pictures of our co-workers, Markus & Lilly Sindel, and their residence building activities.
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- Sindel’s house (at least the beginning)
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- Markus digging the basement (not really, it’s the septic tank)
Poarch Page Jan 2010
Happy New Year!
It has been wonderful to be able to spend Christmas and the New Year with family around. It was a something we will never take for granted.
Upcoming Travels
Feb 26-March 22 are the dates our family is flying out East to visit friends, churches, & loved ones in Center Barnstead, NH, Chambersburg, PA, and Connellsville, PA. We are excitedly looking forward to participating in a mission’s conference in Chambersburg as well. Please pray for our travels. We will also be taking our children out of school, please pray that we can keep on track with their school work we will be bringing along.
“Faith Unchallenged is a Faith Stifled”
I know this statement is true, but to be honest, I’ve often told the Lord “Ok, I think I’ve been stretched and challenged enough, how about working on someone else?”. On the contrary, this is exactly the type of “faith challenge” we should LONG for, desire, and seek after. But when this time of stretching comes, how do we react? I know I’m not good with my reactions (just ask my husband!); however, I AM learning to abide in such a way as to point out that the Lord is totally in control of every situation that touches my life. And since we were created to glorify Him, pruning is needed, branches need to be reshaped & broken off at times so that we can truly glorify Him in an honoring way. in each of our lives.
PRAISE REPORT (project update)
God has answered our prayers through YOU! Thank you for responding to the needs we have been communicating. Take a look at what has been happening:
Art Curriculum – RECEIVED
Science Curriculum – RECEIVED (just received in the mail last week!)
Handheld GPS – RECEIVED (just received in the mail last week)
Food List – RECEIVED
Monthly financial supporters – since that letter went out, we’ve RECEIVED 5 new supporters!
STILL NEEDED
Plane Tickets – I just checked the price of tickets and will be $4500 to fly our family back to Asia-Pacific
Satellite Modem – This will enable us to communicate through e- mail while in the tribe. $1500
After His Glory,
James & Nicky Poarch
Along with Emily, Luke, & Samantha
Eating together as a (large) family
Check out our new NTM video “AWAYO”
Watch our new NTM video “AWAYO”. The Da’an people who we minister to doing Bible translation and Church Planting, are very similar in their beliefs to the Moi in this video.