Clay Pots ~ Malachi and Facelift

No, Malachi is not getting a facelift. But our webpage, however, just got one… please take a minute to check it out! www.claypots.org

However, Malachi will be going in for surgery next week Thursday. His last surgery was in October and unfortunately they have since figured out that it corrected only some of the problem and they are going to have to dig a little deeper (no pun intended) to hopefully correct it completely. 2 specific prayer requests would be…first that he would stay healthy for the next week. Our family has been fighting strep throat, ear infections, flu, bronchitis, cold, cough, etc. Malachi has to be a 100% and pass a physical for this surgery. Secondly, this is not a surgery that is normally done on children so this will be a “new one” for this team of surgeons. We are confident in their abilities and wisdom and we know he is ultimately in the hands of the great Surgeon, so it’s all good… but the waiting is always hard.

Until the next update or next surgery…whichever one comes first.
His Clay Pots,
Jason, Kellie, Micah, Sophia, and Malachi Knapp

Some More Photos

Malachi and his tree swing


Sophia's Tree


Micah's hut that he built with his friends


Awhh mom everyone else has one

Some Photos

Malachi and Turtle


Sophia's Tree Swing


Sophia


Micah getting dinner with his sling shot


Micah walking on stilts


Malachi in his tree


Micah's Tree Fort


Inside of Micah's Hut

Kellie's 29th Birthday and yep Jason made the cake all by himself

Photos of Our House

Our House, with Mankin's house right behind ours


New Home Schooling Corner in Kitchen


Malachi's Room, ladder to Micah's loft


Micah's Loft


The Kitchen


The Kitchen


Jason's Office


Sophia's Room


Our Bedroom


Living Room


Living Room

Clay Pots - The Family

We thought we would update you a little on each member of our family:

Jason: I am still growing up. I have finally learned how to do the dishes; and I think I was even caught making omelets for breakfast the other day. I spend my time translating, teaching the Tobo believers the Word of God, working on the computer, snapping pictures, and teaching our kids bad manners.

Kellie: She is still home schooling Micah and Sophia, cooking, cleaning, cooking, scheduling flights, cooking, ordering supplies, cooking, corresponding with all of you, cooking, and did I mention cooking? She is a great mother and wife, and we don’t know what we would do without her. Oh, and she is the one who teaches our kids good manners.

Micah: Micah is 8, and just like Tom Sawyer. If he isn’t doing his 3rd grade homework, sitting in school, or playing leggos, he is usually out swinging from vines, cutting down the jungle with a machete, making forts, digging pits, playing soccer, and whooping it up with the boys. He just had his first cavity in his back molar, and was a real trooper getting it filled.

Sophia: Sophia is 5 (almost 6 now). She is getting very tall, and is a very pretty girl. If “Soap” (as we call her) is not sitting in kindergarten trying to learn to read and count to 100 (“why do I need to learn this anyway… you don’t count to 100 do you?”), then she is out scavenging the neighbors for sweet potato, cucumbers, or passion fruit. She also carries a bush knife and cuts down trees and grass, starts fires regularly, and swings from tree to tree. She is getting to be a good cook and might even rival her father sometime.

Malachi: Malachi, what can I say? Malachi is now 2 almost 3 years old. He never looses his smile, I think it is plastered on his face. He has a contagious laugh and is always the life of every party. Malachi loves to help me with any maintenance around the house and with translating the Bible Lessons with my helpers. All my friends call him the “old man” and treat him with utmost respect. He is always 100 yards ahead of us on the trail, or climbing a cliff by his hands and feet, or chasing his brother and sister begging to have the bush knife. (don’t worry, we won’t let him have it…yet).

Scamper and Abigail: They are our two cats. They make themselves useful by shedding, eating our leftovers, and leaving rat heads by the front door almost every morning. Yes, we greatly appreciate it.

Hope you have gotten to know us a little better; and we thank you for your prayers. We have had some close calls with accidents this past year; but God has kept us safe; and we realize that it is because you are praying for our little tribe. Thank you.

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

Clay Pots ~ Our Family

We wanted to send you Easter and Spring (unless you live in Wisconsin...it's still winter there!) greeting from our family to yours! The day before we left the tribe for a beak in town we celebrated an early Easter with the Tobo believers. It was an incredible time of worship, fellowship, testimony, and prayer. Some of the believers brought their guitars and tribal drums to sing with. One of the songs which they sang in the Tobo language went like this: "God sent his Son, Jesus, down to earth. He came to earth and died upon a cross. He died on a cross and washed my sins away!" They were super excited and encouraged with what God has done in their lives. One testimony that was shared went like this, "Jesus has done so much for me, it often brings tears to my eyes. Why would he save a bad sinner like me? But our tears don't save us, it is our faith that Jesus blood washed our sins away."

It was a really encouraging note to leave on and we are so thankful for your prayers for these new baby believers. The Holy Spirit is at work in their lives and we feel so privileged to see Him at work.

Since being out in town we have downloaded over 1,000 lost e-mails dating all the way back to last October. We just wanted to apologize if you were one of the many who never heard a response from us. If you were desiring to recieve an answer to a particular email, we would encourage you to resend it to us. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Have a wonderful day rejoicing that He is risen indeed!

His Clay Pots,
Jason, Kellie, Micah, Sophia, Malachi Knapp & The Tobo Church

Family Photo

Jeremy with his girlfriend, Jen Knieval
Dad and Mom
Kyle and Jen with baby Noah

Sophia Dressing Up 2

Sophia Dressing Up

Protective Daddy:-)

The Kiddos

His Little Clay Pots, Micah (7), Sophia (5), Malachi (2)

Micah's Baptism

"The reason I want to be baptized is because I believe that Jesus died on the cross for me and He saved me from all of my sins and I will get to go to heaven some day. I want to show all of you that I love God and show God that I love him"

Said by, Micah Habakkuk Knapp On October 1st, 2006
He was baptized by Jason in the Pacific Ocean, Madang, PNG during our annual Madang regional conference.

Lord, help all of us parents to be faithful to our first and foremost missions field...our children.