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Dear Friends,
Like any woman in her fifties, Maria has been through a lot. As a "mixed-race" child, she did not fit in with Europeans or villagers, so she was raised by the matrons of a boarding school. Later she moved to the capital city of Papua New Guinea, where she married a "mixed-race" man and raised a family. Now her children are grown and gone, her marriage is long over, and for ten years she has been living here in Alotau. One would think she had seen it all.
But praise God that when she heard about Jesus (weekly for about five months), she recognized Him as the Truth. She decided to give her life to following Him, saying, "He is the only way to God." Her baptism this week is an encouragement to us all and a good reminder that what we are living for is not the stuff we see around us.
Thank you all for how you have reached out to her by encouraging and praying for this mission. Please pray that God will protect her and strengthen her.
Marcus Reese, with Diane and Hannah
Maria
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