THE RECORDING BEGINS… ALMOST
Today we were shopping around in Puerto to find what we needed to build our “sound booth” for recording the Palawano New Testament audio version.

While jet-lagged and busy with all that, we were hit with two situations that remind us we are in a battle. Our enemy does NOT want the Palawanos to have the Word of God in their language in any format. At the same time, we are reminded that God is sovereign and nothing takes him by surprise or presents any difficulty to him!

DISTRACTING HEARTACHE
First, as soon as our Palawano helpers arrived in the city, they received a text informing them that their nephew’s wife had committed suicide. On top of the heartbreaking sadness of this situation, we know it will be weighing on their hearts and and could be a distraction as we work on the recording.

UNSETTLING CHANGES
Not long after learning about the suicide, we went to the hotel where we had booked rooms to do the recording and were faced with some potential concerns. The friendly manager who had given us such a good deal on the rooms and was bending over backwards to accommodate us in the recording venture is no longer with the hotel. So we will be dealing with the owners whom we have not met. Some loud music was playing throughout the hotel (which would be picked up by our microphones) and so we needed to ask them to please turn it down (for the next 6 weeks), and we also wanted to ask for extra foam mattresses to soundproof the room, and we weren’t sure how cooperative the owners might be.

GOD IS FAITHFUL
After leaving the hotel, we were able to find some foam mattresses that would do the job, and before we even finished typing this update, we learned that the a staff member at the hotel (who is a believer!) had come up with some additional mattresses for us. Just what we needed to finish the job!

Please pray that:

• the relationship with the hotel owners and staff will continue to be smooth
• we will be able to  have a relatively soundproof recording situation
• that God will comfort the family in the loss of the suicide
• our helpers here will not be adversely affected by the whole situation

Thank you for your part in this ministry!

Reaching Palawanos together with you,

-Bill and Donna

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