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Friday, April
21, 2023
Yesterday
afternoon I
rode my bike
past this hard
working Amish
farmer baling
hay on
Colebrook Road
near Manheim,
PA.
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to enlarge
"Ee-Taow"
Message
summary:
Although
most of us
can't be
surprised by
the Easter
story may we
never lose the
wonder.
"It
is true! The
Lord has
risen".
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to our message
on your audio
player.
"It
is true! The
Lord has
risen" (Luke
24:34).
I
love to tell
the story;
For those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting
To hear it like the rest.
For those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting
To hear it like the rest.
We
don’t suppose
anyone reading
this woke up
on Easter
morning and
cried out "I
hear it's
Easter
Sunday—I
wonder what
that's all
about". We are
accustomed to
the old, old
story. Most of
us have heard
it since we
were children.
But imagine
being
surprised,
something you
can't be if
you already
know
something!
But
in some parts
of the world
the message of
Christ is
unknown and
when the
gospel is
presented it
discloses many
elements of
surprise.
Mark
and Gloria
Zook are from
Belleville, PA
in a very
remote and
scenic valley
known as "Big
Valley". The
Zooks attended
a small church
but were
called to
missions and
went to Papua
New Guinea in
the early
80's.
The Zooks went to live amongst the Mouk tribe and began to teach them the Bible beginning at Creation. A video (link below) chronicles this story. When they got to the story about Christ's death and resurrection the Mouk people were surprised by the outcome and began expressing their faith by shouting "Ee-Taow, Ee-Taow" which means "It's true, it's true"!
Papua
New Guinea
still has many
unreached
tribes.
Brooksyne's
cousin, David,
along with his
wife, Amy and
family are now
serving there
in missions.
John Keefer, my former pastor (now retired) served a church in Belleville for many years. I called him last night and he recalls having the Zooks to the church he served for mission services and their earnestness as they presented their ministry to the people of that region of the world.
How
good it is to
see the joyful
expression of
the Mouk tribe
in the video
and it's
similar to an
account on the
first
Resurrection
day when two
disciples who
were not among
the Twelve had
met the risen
Jesus on the
road to
Emmaus. They
reported "It
is true! The
Lord has
risen" (Luke
24:34).
Many readers
are probably
more familiar
with the KJV
rendering, "The
Lord is risen
indeed"
since we often
recite this on
Easter
morning.
Today
let us rejoice
in the
foundation of
the Gospel.
Paul wrote "For
what I
received I
passed on to
you as of
first
importance:
that Christ
died for our
sins according
to the
Scriptures,
that He was
buried, that
He was raised
on the third
day according
to the
Scriptures"
(1 Corinthians
15:3,4).
Although
most of us
can't be
surprised by
the Easter
story may we
never lose the
wonder.
"It
is true! The
Lord has
risen".
And
when, in
scenes of
glory, I sing
the new, new
song,
’Twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long.
’Twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long.
Stephen
and Brooksyne
Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father,
may we never
find ourselves
yawning when
the message of
the gospel is
presented,
whether orally
or written. It
is so full of
wondrous
truths that
sets the
captive free
from sin and
secures for us
a home not
made by hands,
but by Jesus
Himself, our
resurrected
Christ, who is
preparing us a
place for us
where we will
forever be
with Him.
Whether we
first learned
about Christ
dying for our
sins when we
were but a
youngster or a
teen, as a
young adult or
in our latter
years - may
the old, old
story always
bring joy and
thanksgiving
to our hearts
and increase
our
anticipation
for His return
or our
glorious
promotion to
heaven when we
breathe our
last here on
earth. In
Jesus' name we
pray. Amen.Today's
Suggested
Music and Supplemental
Resources
"I
Love to Tell
the Story"
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to listen on
YouTube
Katherine
Hankey
"Ee-Taow: The Mouk Story" Official Video by Ethnos360, founded in 1942 as New Tribes Mission. (This is the video mentioned in the message)
Brooksyne's
cousin, David,
has now had
two
opportunities
to preach
in Papua
New Guinea and
has done so in
the local
language of
Tok Pisin! He
and his wife
finished their
official
language
classes right
before leaving
for Kimbe.
They are
continuing to
work on their
language
skills so they
can be as
effective as
possible at
connecting
with the local
people and
ministering
the gospel in.
(Photo taken
while the
Julian family
was near our
area raising
support for
their
missionary
service in
early 2022.)
We
were all about
Lancaster
County
yesterday; the
eastern side
in the morning
for chaplain
visits and
then (Stephen)
took a bike
ride yesterday
afternoon near
Manheim, PA.
Early
yesterday
morning we
passed this
large Amish
farm near
Intercourse,
PA
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to enlarge
Eshleman's
Mill covered
bridge near
Paradise, PA,
one of the
many covered
bridges in our
county
Yesterday
afternoon I
passed these
beautiful
horses on an
Amish farm off
the Lancaster
Junction rail
trail.
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to enlarge
We
both enjoy
being
resourceful,
something we
learned from
our parents
and from our
years of
planting a
church. We had
this leftover
metal planter
as a base so I
asked one of
our
construction
company owners
yesterday if
he had a scrap
piece of Azek
for a top and
he did. Now
Brooksyne has
a high table
to groom the
pets which she
is just
starting to
do. Amazingly,
the malti-poos
act like
they're
getting a spa
treatment
during their
baths,
grooming and
nail trims.
Sadie, our
Shih Tzu/Lhasa
Apso is the
total
opposite! She
feels she's
being punished
when being
groomed.
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