Clay Pots for February 27, 2006

We have had the awesome blessing of having not only someone from our home church visiting us this past week but he also happens to be Jason's brother, Jeremy. They are working on the boxes Jeremy had made for us to put all our literacy supplies in.

Translation of Bible Lessons: Before teaching of God's Word can begin there must lessons to teach from. Jason has been working on translating those lessons. He hopes to have all of them done by this fall so that the teaching of God's Word to the Tobo people can begin!!!! Words can not express how much we yearn for that day. In the process of translating those lessons he goes over them with his three language helpers: First Tingon, then Kliford, then Singo. They all got it. The second one he just finished going over with Tingon. It is on God being eternal and everywhere. How he was there before the beginning, etc. He kept thinking that Jason was translating or saying it wrong. He kept wanting Jason to say that God "appeared" or "made himself" or whatever. Jason finally just had to put it in as many terms as possible: God had no parents; wasn't born, didn't appear, didn't make himself, no one made him, etc. Tingon finally understood and "believed". It was great to see him believe this most foundational truth which for his whole life he didn't know well. We can't understand how God can be eternal; but we have to believe it; and Tingon did. It excited our hearts to no end. This is foundational truth for the gospel and Jason feels so privileged to be able to teach it to these guys first as he goes through the process of translating it. Praise the Lord.

We are encouraged in the greatness of our God.

His Clay Pots,
Jason, Kellie, Micah, Sophia, & Malachi Knapp

We're growing up!!

Today we will be celebrating Micah's 7th Birthday! Wow, where did the time go? Micah assures us he is getting really old now because he has hair on his arms.:-) He is excelling in first grade and loves to read anything he can get his hands on...even novels. Spelling is also a newfound hobby and his new name for Dad is "double D with an A in the middle".

Sophia has started pre-school with Kellie and I think it is safe to say Sophia would rather be playing dolls and so would Kellie for that matter :-) We have a shortage of band-aids now that Sophia is playing little nurse to all the Tobo kids bumps and cuts. On a sadder note we have just found out that Sophia is severely allergic to anything with lactose in it. We are thankful we have found the cause to her being sickly all the time. However this is going to be a whole new lifestyle change for all of us. We would appreciate your prayers as we try and find foods in PNG that we can give her and for mom as she learns to cooks a whole lot differently. No more chocolate:-(.

Malachi is an independent 1 year old going on 17. He mimics everyone and wants to help with everything. His favorite place is on top of the table where he finishes everyone's plate. His other place is market where he goes to person to person eating anything given to him. He has recently learned to climb out of his crib. Not a good thing.

There are many days that we struggle with raising our kids and not knowing if we are doing it right without a church fellowship and family giving us advice and showing us. Thank you for your prayers and support to us as a family.

It is a privilege to be here and represent you over here.

His Clay Pots,
Jason, Kellie, Micah, Sophia, and Malachi Knapp