Did I ever tell you that Philip brought a bunch of Germans (well, four of them) over to help build the houses? Well he did, and that’s cool! Not only do Germans help build houses, they also say silly things. Like the time I told a German “let’s go prep Read more…
It’s amazing what can get done in two weeks. Our build team has turned piles of wood and cardboard boxes into a house in less than two weeks!
So, as I’m sure you would have guessed, the building has continued on my house. Last week I even ditched milling for half the day in order to help out on the roof. As soon as my house was under roof we began putting Steve’s house up. Unfortunately for Steve’s Read more…
While our men have been gone doing the very manly work of building our houses and growing their facial hair to the macho-est of proportions, we ladies have not been sitting around eating bonbons and pining for them. Our days have been brimming with all the expected duties that come Read more…
We got a house up… but I wasn’t there to see it! We’re half a week into our first build trip with ten guys working sun up to sundown. Posts in the ground to roof on top took only 4 days! Me and Rhett are still here, Rhett’s dad Gary Read more…
While our two weeks off were well spent with Central Area’s conference, logistics (of course), and what might have been dysentery; we are three days into the first build trip! This trip features Bill and Jotham, who know how to build things, and of course Philip who is back with Read more…
Taking a full working day to go food shopping? Welcome to missionary life in PNG! Well I suppose it’s not just a normal food shop.
Alongside the planning Central area conference came to Sobega. Every year all the missionaries in the Central area (the Highlands and Madang area of PNG) leave the bush and come out for conference. A team from the US came to provide childcare and Bible teaching, and each missionary team gave an update on how things are going.