Posts Tagged ‘Pray’
Posted by Lance and Laura Ostman on Monday, September 19th, 2011
Greetings once again from the Ostmans!
We trust this finds you doing well and encouraged in the Lord. As we sit here and type this, we realize anew just how much we take things for granted.
We don’t know about you, but we didn’t wake up this morning concerned about contracting some horrifying disease. An email this morning from Ron & Michelle mentions a strain of TB that is resistant to the common drugs used in treating patients. Several people in the village are on a treatment plan but for some, it doesn’t appear to be working. Two of the church leaders pictured here are sick with TB along with others in the village. The one on the right is in the hospital. Please pray!
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Tags: Church planting, Deuteronomy, Internet, laborers, Numbers, Partnership, Pray, prayer, Ron & Michelle Jennings, Satellite, TB, translation, tuberculosis
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Posted by Lance and Laura Ostman on Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Enjoying the grandchildren
Greetings from central Florida!
We trust this finds each of you encouraged and rejoicing in the Lord. Thanks to each of you who are praying for us as we adjust to life here.
What exciting days we are living in; so many are re-defining “truth” as something fluid that changes with time and circumstances. What a privilege to serve an unchanging God! “Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not!”
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Tags: Bayhon, car shopping, Family time, Pray, prayer requests, transition, translation
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Posted by Lance and Laura Ostman on Monday, June 13th, 2011
Us with Sona and Yanit saying "goodbye"
We’re home…
They say home is where the heart is and our hearts are where we are so I guess that means we are home! 
We are grateful for our church here in Florida that has provided a wonderful place where we can live and work on the Old Testament translation for the Higaunon. We are also thankful for all of you who have been praying for us.
We did have some bumps on the way here… but that was all good.
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Tags: Aloma Baptist Church, birthday, bumps, Church, Church planting, Enrichment, Family, Higaunon, home, Old Testament, Pray, prayer requests, scripture translation, translation, travel, volunteer
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Posted by Lance and Laura Ostman on Monday, February 14th, 2011
Happy People
We wanted to update you during this time that Laura is in the US to let you know how things are going…
Laura reports cold weather, snow, snow and more snow but LOTS of lovin’ on the grandkids. The picture with this update was taken by the webcam just after Laura arrived. She said that Nicole has mentioned over and over just how grateful she is to have her mom there while Justin is away. We’re glad that Laura could be there to be a blessing to her during this time. (She even got out one day and shoveled snow!)
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Tags: computer virus, globe, grandkids, Higaunon, home repair, Laura, Ostman, Pray, Proverbs, Psalms, reporting, snow, travel, weather
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Posted by Lance and Laura Ostman on Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Higaunon Children singing to their hearts content!
And the angel said unto them, “Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:10,11
Amy Carmichael said, “When you are facing the impossible, you can count on the God of the impossible.”
Thinking about all those years ago when Mary was going through the “impossible” in her life and all the things that passed through her mind – and in the end, what do we learn? We learn that with God, “All things are possible!” We are so grateful to the God of the impossible for the incredible things He has done and is doing in our lives.
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Tags: Christmas, God of the impossible, Higaunon, Hukmay, Impossible, Jonathan Ansihagan, Luke 2, Mary, Pray, Sayig
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Posted by Lance and Laura Ostman on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
It’s harvest time here in the mountains and people are busy bringing rice in from their fields!
This year has been a particularly good harvest for which they are all very thankful. They have had just the right amount of rain and sunshine at the right times to ripen it. The village is often empty during this time of year because people are working to get the harvest in before it rots with the oncoming rains or the rats get it. It’s important to get it in while the getting is good. (Speaking of good – it is delicious! Wish you could be here to enjoy it with us!)
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Tags: Church planting, Higaunon, laborers, Lord of Harvest, New Tribes Mission, NTM, Ostman, Philippines, Pray, rice harvest
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Posted by Lance and Laura Ostman on Friday, March 5th, 2010
Higaunon church leaders enjoying time together.
Thank you for praying
Okay, who messed with the thermostat? Isn’t Florida supposed to be warm? But then, anything below 70 degrees (f) is cold to us! We stopped off in Hawaii to visit good friends and it was even unseasonably cool there! All joking aside, we praise God for a safe trip and for exit row seats all the way! For those of you who may not realize, that means extra leg room and a more comfortable trip.
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Posted by Lance and Laura Ostman on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
The “Precious Cargo” of Higaunon New Testaments arrived safely at our NTM Guest House on Tuesday this week. Later today the shipment will be put on a truck and dear friends of ours will bring the shipment TOMORROW. They plan to leave at 4 AM, (4 PM Thursday EST) and the Lord willing, they should arrive somewhere around noon.
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Posted by Lance and Laura Ostman on Friday, March 30th, 2007
“Please pray with us that the Lord will destroy the effectiveness of Satan’s attacks on us. We want to grow and not be controlled so much by our Higa-unon ways.
“Please pray that those of us who are church leaders will be able to recognize the tricks of Satan and stand against them in the Lord.
“We really want to be faithful to the Lord and we want to see the rest of our people reached with the Gospel. We really need help through your prayers, that we would overcome these areas of our culture that we struggle with.”
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Tags: church growth, church leaders, culture, faithful, Pray, Satan, Satan's attack, Spiritual growth, struggle, The Higaunon Church's testimony: From Fear to Faith
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Lance and Laura Ostman Helping to equip the Higaunon People of North Central Mindanao