Jason and Angie Bechtel Bringing Hope to Unreached People Groups
Isn’t it funny that the best gifts at Christmas are the ones we are expecting the most. Angie got me the best gift this Christmas, an iPod touch.
But for my Mom, the best gift was exactly what she was expecting: the announcement of another grandbaby on the way.
That’s right, Delena is going to be a big-sister.
Baby Bechtel #2 is due mid-July.
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I just finished reading some wonderful testimonies. The missionary team to the Patpatar people of Papua New Guinea just finished teaching on the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. The missionaries were surprised by the seemingly lack of response. But followup conversations proved very exciting.
Clear Tribal Testimonies
"I want the others (those who weren’t at the teaching) to believe like I do now. I believe in Jesus’ work for me. His blood paid for my sins. I am not good enough to pay for them. He was the only One that was the perfect Lamb so my sins could be paid completely. I thank God that His Talk has been made clear to me."
"When you started to teach God’s Talk I was not one stomach (in agreement) with you," said Matias. "I didn’t want to hear the talk and I didn’t want you to be here. Then one day I went to hear the teaching. The talk fought with my stomach (really made me ponder). I started to come all the time. Now I have heard the work of Jesus. I couldn’t sleep last night because that horrible suffering Jesus endured was for me. He did the work for me to get to heaven. Now I want everybody to hear this message."
"I came with lots of questions in my head. I didn’t want to throw them out," said Pius. "I wanted to hear God’s Talk from the beginning to the end so that it would go inside and answer those questions. Now I am clear. The questions have been answered. I know that I am a sinner and can’t get to God on my own. I am clear now on the way to Heaven; that Jesus died for those sins and it is by belief in Him that God will accept me."
"I used to be in Satan’s clan because I am a sinner," said Tamrau. "I tried to do good works, follow the laws of the church, even appease the spirits, but now I know that was not enough for me to get to God. I am now trusting in Jesus’ work for me. He died. He was put in the tomb and He rose to pay for my sin. He is the only way to God. I am believing in Him. Yes, the Spirit of God has given birth to me in God’s clan now."
Pray for the Patpatar people
Please be praying for the Patpatar people, and other tribal groups, that are hearing a clear presentation of the gospel for the for the first time in the history of their language group. Pray that God would continuously bring to their mind the teaching they have heard. Pray that they would continue to have a desire to know what God’s Word says.
Jason has been keeping busy in the New Tribes head office. Each day he learns new things which I don’t even try to understand.
Things must be going well though because whenever I join the staff ladies for coffee break, they can’t stop singing his praises. Apparently he catches on to things really fast and they are all really enjoying having him in the office. Dave’s wife (Jason works with Dave) even said that Dave comes home raving about Jason. She jokingly said, “I think Dave likes Jason more than me now!” 
That’s my husband!
Since the 17th of November, I have taken on the role of teacher at NTMC Academy. It’s a good starting spot for my teaching career as I’m only teaching one class to one student. Ruth Dyck is a highschool student at the Academy on campus in her last year. Ruth knew my background in Science so she asked if I would teach her trigonometry. That’s definitely not what I pictured I would be teaching when I went to teacher’s college, but I figured since I’ve taken University math courses, I can hopefully teach highschool math!
Thankfully Ruth is a great student! I’ve forgotten some of the geometry skills that the textbook assumes I should know, so Ruth reminds me of the old things and I teach her the new things.
One twist to teaching is that the newest edition of the textbook has just been released and we have a copy. The is great except for the fact that the answer key is back-ordered! We have test and quiz answer keys, but no answers for textbook questions. Right now we bank on the fact that if I get it right and Ruth gets it right, we must be right. I can also look for similar questions in the old textbook, so that helps too. Please pray that it comes quickly so we can actually know for sure we’re on the right track!
