Update and Prayer Request

We wanted to make you aware of some friends that have become very close over the last half a year or so. Although we have only known them for a short time, we know they will be lifelong friends of ours. There names are Jon and Adie Leedahl and they have taught us much about what it means to follow Christ and trust in the Lord day to day.

Jon and Adie with their three boys were living in Ukarumpa in order to have Jon receive training on flying in Papua New Guinea. They are with New Tribes Mission and had the desire to bring the gospel message to the far corners of Papua New Guinea. They were going to do that through the service of aviation. The realization of that plan is now uncertain.

On Oct 15, Jon was involved in a motorcycle accident that left him in critical condition.  After a medivac to Cairns, Australia Jon began undergoing surgeries to repair the damage. The doctor's did what they could for Jon's right leg, but it was too badly damaged to repair. They amputated Jon's right leg out of necessity.  Jon's left foot and knee required surgery as well. Needless to say, the road to recovery seems long and challenging.

Us with Jon and Adie

When Jon was medivaced, Adie went with him. We stepped in and helped watch there three boys for a week before flying them to Cairns to be reunited with their parents. This was the way that we could practically help them and we considered it an honor to be able to meet their practical needs this way. We ended up spending a couple weeks in Cairns supporting Jon and Adie and the boys in any way that we could.

The Leedahl boys. Jace, Jaeden and Levi

Jace and Macy

Candace and Adie

Both Jon and Adie have shown such strong faith through this testing period that the Lord has given them. We have seen through personal conversations and through the updates that they are relying on the Lord for there daily bread. Check out this blog for the latest updates and more specifically how to pray.

Please pray for this amazing family. We are going to miss having them in Ukarumpa but also know that God has something amazing planned for this family. Jon is still being watched closely by the doctors and recently has had a nagging flu. Please pray for that the reason for this flu would be found and his recovery wouldn't be interrupted.

"In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls."

1 Peter 1:6-9