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from Ephesus traveling to Miletus to see Paul
and Timothy for a few short hours or days
in Acts 20. Some of our friends would travel
for days by canoe and then a day by bus to
cross into Colombia to meet with us. I would
have to drive across Paraguay, fly to Bogotá,
Colombia, and then fly on a smaller plane
the next day to Puerto Carreño. I said, “Yes”
with no hesitation because we felt that God
had a purpose. We had no way of knowing
that purpose, but we were confident it was
His plan and His time.

What a blessed time when we found each
other! Traveling across borders, we had no
phone service. I arrived at the hotel but they
were not there. I went to the river and they
were not there anymore or not yet. Their last
message said they were crossing and to pray
that the border guards caused no problems.

I returned to the hotel, praying they would
find it. What a blessed reunion it was!
The Ye’kwanas have the New Testament in
their language like the verse given earlier, but
they do not have the Old Testament. A group
of faithful men with another missionary are
now revising the New Testament for a new
printing. The Bibles from the last printing all
rotted away from the humidity and use.

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Number 1, 2024
We had planned a four-day seminar on the
Old Testament, so we got right down to it.

Twelve hours a day—lots of teaching, lots of
questions, lots of tears, and lots of laughter.

Why was God doing this? Food and money
were scarce in Venezuela. We had to cover
all costs for them to stay in Colombia. It was
a great sacrifice for them and their families
to get there.

We began by sharing what God had been
doing in our lives since we had separated. We
shared all the happenings for our families,
new children, new marriages, and strong men
passing into eternity. Heartaches and joys all
need to be shared. We took the time to learn
again all we could of our families and friends.

That is the way and it cannot be rushed.

People are always more important than time.

A soul lives forever but time will come and go.

They began to share their dreams, their goals,
and hopes with us. What could they do for
God? How could they serve the Almighty?
They have no resources to spare. With
Venezuela in economic crisis and perilously
close to a national collapse, what did they
have to offer to God? They had faith and
the desire to fulfill 2 Timothy 2:2. The parts
of the Old Testament that they had heard