Intro (Who, What, Where, When)

WHO:

Jake Hart - Bro-in-law; Amy Thyng Hart’s husband, Amy is Shelby’s sister

Matt Thyng – Bro-in-law; Shelby’s Brother

Me-Dean Trondle - Shelby’s husband

WHAT: The main purpose for this trip is a pragmatic need for physical help in the form of construction type work. In an awesome testament to God’s sovereignty in ALL things, including death… the funds given in memory of Tyler Thyng (Dan and Amy’s son that went to be with Jesus a few years ago at the age of four) have gone towards building an indigenous church in Papua New Guinea (PNG) called Hosanna Baptist. In an amazing microcosm of the Gospel, natives of PNG will be able to hear the Good News and grow in their faith and knowledge of our great God in large part through Tyler’s life and death. We can only imagine the rewards Tyler and his family will be blessed with in eternity. God promises to one day restore to perfection His own children and bless those who are faithful in life to His work!

Our task while here in PNG is “finish” type construction since the bulk of the heavy building was completed this past summer by a much more skilled crew from Johnston Chapel of Princeton West Virginia. This is the Thyng family’s sending church. You can check out their blog at http://www.thyng.abwe.org/blog to see pictures of the church from this summer and to get to know more about the Thyng family and their ministry in PNG.

When: November 25^th through December 11^th, 2010

This trip came about very quickly… Amy Thyng sent an email on behalf of Dan near the end of October just asking if anyone may be able to come and help since Dan is teaching and managing full-time in addition to having spent much of the summer working on the church prep and construction which didn’t allow him suitable time to prepare for classes this past semester at Goroka Baptist Bible college, which is where his primary ministry takes place. They have a break starting after Thanksgiving so a couple of us decided we’d try to see if we could do this and God has provided in amazing ways. Thanks to much prayer by family and friends and the financial support of Fred and Linda Thyng (Shelby’s parents) God has provided passports, visas, shots, medicine and other logistical needs in a very short time-frame to make this trip a reality.

Where: Final destination - Goroka Baptist Bible College, specifically the home of Dan and Amy Thyng located almost in the center of Papua New Guinea in the mountains. Positioned North of Australia, PNG is a tropical climate and right now it is their rainy season but I understand they’ve been having less rain than normal which can cause problems on the culture there which depends significantly on sustenance farming and living off the land.

Look forward to posting pictures and updates soon on our traveling adventures. Keep checking back or subscribe to this blog site to receive email updates when new posts are created. Please pray for our time in PNG that God would show Himself through the work of the Gospel and protect our families while we are away. Thanks!