| Packing up for Papua New Guinea |
Nearing the end of our three day journey to PNG |
Hiking the steep mountains of PNG |
Not all the hiking was on a steep mountain! |
Learning Tok Pisin, the national language of PNG |
Building relationships with Papua New Guinean families |
| Keepin' on going when the road ends |
Cooking in a homemade drum oven during our orientation course |
Devotions |
Learning to make a bilum (string bag) |
Teaching women in the village to make bread |
Participating in a church celebration through traditional music |
| Learning to extract sago, a staple food of PNG |
Reading Bible stories to the children |
Selling produce at the market with our village mother |
Washing clothes during village living |
Bush rat - a special treat during village living |
Preparing taro, a staple root crop of PNG |
| Teaching language and culture to a short-term high school team |
Training Papua New Guineans to prepare Sunday School lessons |
Teaching about PNG culture to new missionaries |
Teaching the children of new missionaries |
Visiting the Nyindrou people as a possible language assignment |
Lunch of fish and sago with Nyindrou leaders |
| Visiting the
Wantoat people as a possible language assignment |
Decided to
serve among the Wantoat people |
Went to
Australia to await the arrival of baby Anna |
