August 24, 2012


Dear Friends, Brethren and Family

Veterans doctor appointments
We are on our way this morning for one more blood test at the VA in Mt Vernon to see if my thyroid replacement medicine is working. I still have an appointment with the endrocrinology department at the Veterans Hospital in Little Rock for August 30th. (We were able to move it forward.) So we are on a trip to Mt Vernon, Dallas, Texarkana and Little Rock down to Alabama for a last visit with Chris and Terasa and then back to Memphis to visit friends and hoping to find someone who will give Kathy a female physical with blood tests just to make sure she is good to go back.

Return home
We are still scheduled to return home to Vanuatu September 20th. (Depending on what they decide to do in Little Rock at the VA with my goiter.) They shoot horses don't they!

Vehicle needs
Morris Felix lost his left leg three years ago and can no longer drive because most all vehicles in Vanuatu are manual transmission. I am hoping to take an automatic transmission vehicle over to give him mobility again as well as use for ourselves with the school.

After realizing that obviously nobody had a vehicle to donate to the work in Vanuatu we went to Kansas City Mo and was able to locate and buy a 2000 Dodge Dakota with a V6. It has 122,000 miles and in real good shape. I will take over spare parts in case they are needed. I might even get a new set of tyres for it for good measure as tyres are very expensive over there.

It drove very well back from KC and gets about 23 mpg on the highway. It would have been nice to try the truck out on this trip but a friend of mine in Joplin is going to be repainting the top where the clear coat has bubbled away.

We have been planning to ship just the truck over with the back end loaded but just found out they do not ship RO-RO (roll on roll off) from LA to Vanuatu so we have to ship a 20' container.

So we are going to load up the truck with boxes and now will load up the container with some building supplies and surplus medical supplies to take to the Port Vila hospital as well.

The only shipper I had respond has given me a costing of $6000 from LA and $6900 from Joplin Mo. We are inquiring for a cheaper price. When we get back the first week in September we should be able to start getting everything ready for the container and build shelving in the container over where the truck will be and get the container loaded.

This is our plea (still)
For forty years we have tried to share with people our dream of "Church Planting, Leadership Training and Bible Training in Oceania". Various places have demanded differing roles in our work (Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Fiji). The current location is Vanuatu and the role is still the establishment of a located Bible Training facility to train and equip brethren from the island regions of Oceania to teach and train their own language groups in the Bible and Bible living. We are not trying to establish a preacher training school. We are planning to train and equip brethren in the Bible.

This is the plea: we need your help with finances to establish this facility.
#1 - You are our extended family with contacts that we do not have. You know people that we do not know. Unfortunately initial support for mission work comes not as a result of who you are and what great plans you have but who you know most times. We need you to MAKE CONTACTS FOR US, BY EITHER SETTING UP APPOINTMENTS FOR US OR SENDING US NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAN MAKE OUR PLEA A REALITY (or sending this email to your email friends). Surely most of you can do that!

#2 - Can you personally help us with a one time financial gift of $50? Can you personally help us with $25 a month for a least a year? If enough of you gave $25 per month for a year this would give us funds on a monthly basis to build monthly. Will you PLEASE? 

I have had some ask how they can help financially on a monthly basis so I have attached an Autopay form which will allow you to have funds automatically deducted from your bank account and transferred to the school bank account.  It can be stopped at any time on your part. Simply fill it out, sign it and mail it back to the addresses supplied or scan it and email it back to me.

#3 - If you cannot help personally would you ask people and/or congregations you know to help one time or monthly? PLEASE!  One time help is critical right now!

We have received some help and now have some funds in Vanuatu for a generator. Thank you so much!

#4 - School facilities NEEDS:

(3) Prayers -

We really need your help setting up appointments to talk with people about our plans and financial needs - personally and more importantly for The Christian Institute of Biblical Studies we are building in Eton Village, Vanuatu. Please talk with the powers that be where you are and see if we can come and talk with the brethren where you meet for a one time help or monthly help. Please set it up and/or give us a name and phone number who we can call and talk with. If nothing else just for a one time appeal for funds.

Thank you so much for all of you who are praying for us, supporting us and have contributed to our needs. God bless you! We look forward to being with you soon and sharing with you what the Lord is doing through us.  Thank you for your prayers!

Your seed sowing workers in the Kingdom.

Tobey & Kathy

Contributions for Huffs and building the Bible school, vehicle and house can be sent to:

Huffs/Bible School
c/ Mt Hope church of Christ
2830 Mt Hope Rd
Webb City MO 64870

Tobey & Kathy Huff
c/ 2730 E. 24th St
Joplin. MO 64804