We're back in the U.S.!

We're back in the U.S.! After multiple days of travel and seven different flights, we arrived back in California in early July, completing our four-year term in Papua New Guinea.  We plan to be Stateside for one year, returning to PNG next July.  So what are we up to while we're here?  We're glad you asked!  Matt will continue working on the Nukna translation of various portions of the Bible, and also continue revising the Nukna grammar he has written.  Christy is homeschooling our children, teaching grades 7, 5, 2, and Kindergarten simultaneously!  However, the most important activity we'll be involved in during this year will be reconnecting with you, our partners, after four long years away.  We'd love to get together and reconnect!  Let us know when would be good for you. Just before leaving our home in Papua New Guinea.  Please pray for our kids as they miss their PNG friends and adjust to life in a country and culture that is new to them.   The Arop-Lokep New Testament Dedication In June, just before we left PNG, Matt had the privilege of flying to Long Island, Papua New Guinea, to attend the Arop-Lokep New Testament dedication.  Long Island is a dormant volcano with a huge water-filled caldera in the middle (think Crater Lake, Oregon), and is opposite the PNG mainland and the Nukna area where we are working.  On a clear day, we can sit on our village house's front porch and see Long Island across the sea.  The dedication was a joyful celebration full of traditional PNG dancing and singing, with praises lifted up to God for his faithfulness and goodness.  The Arop-Lokep people, for the first time in history, now have the full New Testament in their own heart language.  Take part in the celebration by watching this short video of the Arop-Lokep New Testament dedication! The Arop-Lokep people celebrate with a traditional sing-sing Prayer and Praise Praise God with us for all that he accomplished during our last four years in Papua New Guinea, including the publishing of the first Scripture portions in the Nukna langauge! Praise God with us that we have the opportunity to see family and friends again after so long, and to reconnect with you, our ministry partnership team. Pray for the Nukna people during our absence, that the newly published Scriptures would impact their lives powerfully.  Pray also for our co-translators, Muransi and Simendi, as they continue to work on translation while we are gone. Pray for our family, that we would adjust well to life in the United States. serving together, Matt, Christy, Kaitlyn, Nathan, Justin, Julianne and Elijah   Our U.S. address is: 481 Rosemary Lane Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 matt_taylor@sil.org www.taylormissions.com Wycliffe Bible Translators PO Box 628200 Orlando, FL 32862-8200 1-800-WYCLIFFE www.wycliffe.org We have a new mobile number for our year in the U.S. - give us a call!  949.374.6908   Click Here to Give to Our Wycliffe Ministry Or gifts can be mailed to the Wycliffe address above with a note "Preference for the ministry of Matt and Christy Taylor". You are receiving this email because of your interest in the Bible translation ministry of Matt & Christy Taylor. Our mailing address is: Matt & Christy Taylor 481 Rosemary Lane Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences