For the past month we have been going to the “Dobu village” 2-3 times a week, where we get to put all of our training into practice! The “Dobu village” is a simulation where our teachers are dressed as tribal people and we are the missionary team who has just moved into their tribal village. We have been invited to “live” among them in order to learn their language and teach them God’s talk. When we go down to the Dobu village each day, we get to talk to different tribal people, then we get to spend time learning language with our new friend, Kinosi. He has taught us a lot of his language over the past month, and now we are learning a lot about his worldview–how he views his family and other people, how he thinks, how he reasons, and what makes him do the things he does everyday. Also, the time spent learning language and culture is great for building relationships–because would you rather hear about God from a friend or a stranger? We are learning that we have to earn people’s trust before we give them “God’s talk.” This has been such a learning experience! And it is amazing to think that in just a couple of years we could be living in a village like this in Papua New Guinea!