MONTHLY MISSION FOCUS
Pray for our missionaries…
The August “Missionaries of the Month” are Jeremy and Blinda Dunn with Ethnos 360 Aviation serving in Papua New Guinea.
Please share an update on your family.
We arrived back in PNG on June 11th. Miyah begins 3rd grade at Numonhoi Christian Academy in early August. She just had her 8th birthday and was grateful to be able to celebrate with her friends in PNG. Blinda will be doing a preschool curriculum at home with TJ, and he turns 4 later this year. Phin turns 2 in November and has fully embraced the terrible twos. We are grateful to be back in PNG and looking forward to the routine that should come when Miyah starts school.
Please share an update on your ministry. Jeremy took over a new role within our aviation department when we returned to PNG. He is now the program manager. He is responsible for managing the department and the staff as they use aviation to support church planting in PNG. Our aviation department currently has 22 families that serve in PNG. With that many people, it takes a lot of work to maintain healthy relationships, teamwork, and still try to tackle all the technical side of aviation. He works closely with the PNG field leadership team and the Ethnos360 Aviation leadership team to manage the aviation department. Blinda joined the Lapilo Centre Management Team and helps coordinate all the projects and other issues that arise at the support center where we live. Both roles are new and require lots of learning, but we are excited to serve in these ways.
How can we be praying for you? Pray for wisdom and continued reliance on the Lord as we take on more responsibilities within our organization. Pray for Jeremy as he steps into a leadership role within our aviation department and the many issues that he faces. Pray that Miyah, TJ, and Phin will continue to mature and that they will trust the Lord with all their heart. Pray for our friends and coworkers in the Kuyu tribe of PNG. They will be finishing up the language learning process this next month and then begin laying the foundation for the Gospel to be taught among the Kuyu people over the next year.
Do you have any special projects or needs outside of your monthly support?
We will be applying for US Citizenship for TJ and Phin at the end of this year. We are expecting all the expenses of the citizenship, US re-adoption, and travel to be somewhere around $15,000 over the next few years.