Sometimes people ask me about our time in Indonesia, what kind of people did Ted serve as a missionary pilot? Well, today I am so happy--overjoyed, really--to share with you a 10 minute video about the Kimyal people of West Papua, Indonesia, as they receive the New Testament translated into their own language.
The Kimyal were first reached by Christians in 1963, when Phil & Phyllis Masters began to work among them. In 1968, Phil Masters and fellow missionary Stan Dale were killed and cannibalized by the neighboring Yali people. The work with the Kimyal continued, and the World Team missionaries who worked with them (the team leader, Rosa Kidd, is in the video) testify that they Kimyal were excited about the Good News from the beginning. It is an amazing story of transformation from a war-driven, stone-age people, to a people of joy. If you have never read Don Richardson’s Lords of the Earth, which tells the story of Masters & Dale, I highly recommend it.
The video picks up with the delivery of the Kimyal translation, and in ten minutes of watching I found myself very convicted. The Kimyal’s God is God. In the midst of Scott’s powerful “What If” sermon series, I am challenged by the faith of the Kimyal believers. I hope you take the time to see the power of the Word in action here, I really do.
Also, the pilot at the beginning, the guy who hands over the first ceremonial bundle of Bibles, is our friend Brent Palmer, and MAF missionary and friend of ours. I am so grateful that we had the chance to serve the amazing people of West Papua!
Hope this blessed and challenged you,
Nan
It did Nan and it's the video Beth and I are showing on our deputation as we get ready to go back this summer. HE is their LORD and mine too!
ReplyDeleteGlad to come by and see your post today! We serve an amazing God!
ReplyDeleteAmen and amen. That was awesome, Nan. Thanks.
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